Overview:

On Wednesday, September 7th, the (72-64) Houston Astros will be on the road to take on the (79-56) Cleveland Indians.  “The Crowd” projects a final score of Indians 5.6 – Astros 3.4 with an over/under of 9.1.

The Indians are (45-23) at home this season whereas the Astros are (33-35) on the road.  Cleveland and Houston are both (7-3) in their last ten games.

Starting Pitchers:

HOU- Doug Fister (12-10, 3.91) vs CLE- Carlos Carrasco (9-7, 3.23)

Batting Stats:

Runs Scored: Indians 666 (4^th) > Astros 625 (14^th)

Batting Average: Indians .266 (6^th) > Astros .247 (24^th)

On Base Percentage: Indians .329 (6^th) > Astros .322 (16^th)

Total Bases: Indians 2030 (9^th) > Astros 1964 (14^th)

Baserunning Stats:

Stolen Bases: Indians 108 (5^th) > Astros 89 (9^th)

Pitching Stats:

Team Earned Run Average: Indians 3.79 (5^th) > Astros 4.02 (11^th)

Batting Average Against: Indians .242 (4^th) > Astros .260 (17^th)

Walks/Hits Per Innings Pitched: Indians 1.24 (6^th) > Astros 1.29 (9^th)

Strikeouts: Astros 1175 (5^th) > Indians 1169 (6^th)

Saves: Astros 36 (16^th) > Indians 29 (25^th)

Fielding Stats:

Errors: Astros 63 (4^th) > Indians 74 (10^th)

Summary:

Houston is winning the season series (2-1) but played all of the games at home.  Cleveland hitters are hitting a combined .299 off of Astros starter Doug Fister which could spell major trouble.  Tribe second baseman Jason Kipnis absolutely owns Fister hitting .480 off him in 25 at bats.

Indians starter Carlos Carrasco has held Astros hitters to a combined .262 average against.  Looking at the stats Cleveland has the advantage in nearly every category as well as the superior starter in Carrasco.  Cleveland has been excellent at home this season and I look for that to continue Wednesday night.

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