Houston Astros at San Francisco Giants 7/31/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Oracle Park will play host to a Saturday MLB matinee between the Houston Astros and the San Francisco Giants. The Astros (64-40) have won 30 of their first 50 road games and hold a six-game lead over Oakland for first place in the AL West Division. Last night, All-Star 2B Jose Altuve homered twice and drove in five runs to power Houston to a 9-6 road victory.

2009 AL Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke (10-3 3.48 ERA) is still pitching well at age thirty-seven. In his last start, Greinke allowed one run in six innings during a 3-1 home victory versus Texas.

The San Francisco Giants are off to a 33-17 start at home and lead Los Angeles by 2.5 games for the top spot in the NL West. On Friday, San Francisco SP Kevin Gausman (9-5) gave up three runs in four plus innings and took the loss. Buster Posey had two hits and scored a pair of runs in a losing effort for the Giants, who fell to 64-39 on the year.

The Giants will counter with thirty-year old left-hander Alex Wood (9-3 3.65 ERA) on Saturday. San Francisco has won four of Wood’s last five starts and he has allowed eight earned runs across his last 27 plus innings.