The Oakland Athletics and Houston Astros meet in Game 2 of the series

Houston Astros (52-48, first in the AL West) vs. Oakland Athletics (40-62, fifth in the AL West)

Oakland, California; Tuesday, 9:40 p.m. EDT

Pitching Probables: Astros: Jake Bloss (0-0, 4.70 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, six strikeouts); Athletics: Osvaldo Bido (1-1, 3.44 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 16 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Astros -132, Athletics +111; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

IN BRIEF: The Oakland Athletics host the Houston Astros, leading the series 1-0.

Oakland is 25-26 at home and 40-62 overall. The Athletics have a collective slugging percentage of .393, which ranks eighth in the American League.

Houston is 24-27 in road games and 52-48 overall. The Astros are 42-15 in games where they have more hits than their opponents.

The two teams meet Tuesday for the ninth time this season, with the Astros leading the series 6-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Brent Rooker had 19 doubles, two triples and 22 home runs for the Athletics. Lawrence Butler had 17 hits in 37 at-bats with three doubles, a triple and five home runs over the last 10 games.

Yordan Alvarez leads the Astros with 45 extra-base hits (23 doubles, two triples and 20 home runs). Jake Meyers is 8-for-39 with two doubles, three home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Athletics: 6-4, .285 batting average, 4.97 ERA, outscored opponents by 23 runs

Astros: 6-4, .237 batting average, 2.73 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs

INJURIES: Athletics: Jacob Wilson: 10 days on injured reserve (hamstring), Luis Medina: 15 days on injured reserve (elbow), Tyler Soderstrom: 10 days on injured reserve (undisclosed), Dany Jimenez: 15 days on injured reserve (oblique), Alex Wood: 60 days on injured reserve (rotator cuff), Paul Blackburn: 60 days on injured reserve (foot), Ross Stripling: 15 days on injured reserve (elbow), Esteury Ruiz: 10 days on injured reserve (wrist), Darell Hernaiz: 60 days on injured reserve (ankle), Ken Waldichuk: 60 days on injured reserve (elbow), Trevor Gott: 60 days on injured reserve (elbow)

Astros: Justin Verlander: 15-day IL (neck), Cristian Javier: 60-day IL (forearm), Kyle Tucker: 10-day IL (shin), Jose Urquidy: 60-day IL (forearm), Oliver Ortega: 60-day IL (elbow), Bennett Sousa: 60-day IL (shoulder), Penn Murfee: 60-day IL (elbow), Luis Garcia: 60-day IL (elbow), Lance McCullers Jr.: 60-day IL (elbow), Kendall Graveman: 60-day IL (elbow)

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