Justin Verlander Returns to Pitch for Houston Astros Wednesday

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00:00Houston. Justin Verlander

00:07makes his return for Houston

00:09today. He has not pitched since

00:12June 9th over two months. The

00:14veteran righty is back on the

00:16mound. The Astros a favorite at

00:18home day baseball in H town

00:21minus 1 44 that updated

00:23number. This is the rubber match

00:25Houston one game one by a

00:27single run walking it off the

00:29mound and the game winning solo

00:31home run in the top of the

00:33eighth inning. What can we

00:35expect out of Justin Verlander?

00:37How does it affect your handicap

00:39for the rubber match in Houston?

00:41It's a tough handicap and maybe

00:43just a handicap. We've been

00:44using here in Houston been for

00:45the past couple nights, you

00:46know, quality pitchers might get

00:48to the mound, but these lineups

00:49really are locking in and

00:51looking good. So you got back

00:52to back overs and maybe we get

00:54that again because if we focus

00:55just on Cooper Criswell for the

00:57Boston Red Sox and we take a

00:58look at how he starts this

00:59season. He's got 36 innings

01:01pitched on the road. Ben a 5.25

01:03era and an x-fifth. That's 4.63.

01:05That's high. You're going up

01:06against a lineup. And even if

01:07we move Jose Altuve over the

01:09past 30 days doesn't have very

01:10good numbers against right-handed

01:11pitching, which is kind of crazy

01:13but Bregman Alvarez DS Payne

01:15Singleton and Karatini all

01:17elevated numbers. They should

01:18hit they should be able to put

01:19up runs and from a Verlander

01:21perspective. Let's just say he

01:22is very good. Does that mean

01:24Ben his leash is a hundred and

01:25fifteen pitches like back in

01:27the day? No, he might probably

01:28be going four to five innings

01:29max, which will leave it open

01:31to that bullpen to try to get

01:32after him. And also as we take

01:34a look at that Boston Red Sox

01:35lineup, we love it as well.

01:36They've been crushing right

01:37handed pitching over the past

01:38month here. Durant O'Brien

01:40Devers O'Neill and Yoshida all

01:42with heavy ISO power numbers

01:43and weighted on base

01:44percentages here. So for my

01:46money instead of just saying

01:47like, well, I think Verlander

01:48can be back to form or I think

01:50Chris was going to be a bad

01:51pitcher. I do think we get

01:52another over in this game

01:54afternoon game. Not a not a

01:56pitcher's ballpark to say the

01:57least. I think we get some runs

01:58in this one. We'll keep with

01:59that same mo of the past two

02:01games.

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