mlb Game Recap
Justin Verlander vs Miguel Castro Battle Sees Arizona Fall 1-0
Houston's pitching staff did its job for UNDER bettors, holding Arizona scoreless in a 1-0 victory on Saturday at Chase Field.
Houston was favored by -127 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 9.
Justin Verlander earned the victory for the Astros, throwing 5 innings of work, striking out 5, walking 3, and allowing 2 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 1 RBIs from Jose Abreu in the win.
Arizona's starting pitcher Miguel Castro worked 0.2 innings, giving up 1 hits and 0 earned runs while striking out 1 in the loss. They got 1 hits from Evan Longoria in a losing cause.
The battle of the bats favored Houston as they had 6 hits, while Arizona only had 5.
Bryan Abreu pitched the final 1 innings for the save. He struck out 1 and allowed 1 hits in his outing.