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Athletics play the Astros with 1-0 series lead

By The Associated PressYahoo Sports

Houston Astros (5-3) vs. Athletics (2-5) West Sacramento, California; Saturday, 4:05 p. m.

EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Tatsuya Imai (0-0, 13. 50 ERA, 2. 62 WHIP, four strikeouts); Athletics: Luis Morales (0-1, 10.

38 ERA, 1. 61 WHIP, five strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Astros -110, Athletics -109; over/under is 10 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Athletics bring a 1-0 advantage into the next game of the series against the Houston Astros. The Athletics went 76-86 overall and 36-45 at home last season.

The Athletics averaged 8. 7 hits per game last season and totaled 219 home runs. Houston went 87-75 overall and 41-40 on the road a season ago.

The Astros slugged . 399 with a . 714 OPS as a team in the 2025 season.