Game Thread for Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros, Jul 11, 2018 7:10 PM CDT

Lance McCullers gets the nod for the Astros (62-32) as they look to continue the momentum from last night's wild win. The last 24 hours have been a whirlwind for Houston, who will be without Ken Giles tonight, who was sent down to AAA after apparently letting AJ Hinch have some choice words after last night's debacle.

Chris Bassitt gets the start for Oakland (51-41). Bassitt has put together an impressive stat-line despite questionable peripherals, but it will be tough to keep it going against an offense like Houston's.

Elsewhere in the AL West, the Mariners (57-35) face off against the Angels (47-45). The Astros have a four game lead on Seattle going into tonight's action.

Vegas Perspective

• Line: Astros -208 (67.53% implied win prob.)
• Crawfish Model: Astros 69.33% (1.8% edge)
• FiveThirtyEight: Astros 65%
• Fangraphs: Astros 65.3%