Houston Astros vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 08/03/25

ROKU has us going with a super early start on Sunday as the Houston Astros play the Boston Red Sox at 11:35 am ET. The Red Sox, who are the best team in the AL over the past 30 games or so, have taken the first two game of this series and are looking for the home sweep. This series has also had plenty of drama, and these teams started accusing each other of cheating and stealing signs and stuff on Saturday. Of course, Red Sox manager Alex Cora was the disgraced coach of the Astros during the cheating scandal, and Carlos Correa, who was at the heart of that scandal, has just been reunited with the Astros. So there is no shortage of controversy in this one. Sounds like a great time to play the game total, and I am on the under 8.

Framber Valdez is one of my favorite starters in baseball because he is so consistent and reliable. The current Red Sox have scarcely any at-bats against him, so we can project another solid outing — 6 or 7 innings with 1 or 2 runs is pretty standard. On the other side is Lucas Giolito. While he has logged a couple of rough starts lately, he has posted 3 straight scoreless starts at home, and that seems important. I think both starters keep the scoring down, which brings in the high-leverage arms, and this one ends up on the low end of the scoring, in spite of all the chirping about sign stealing. Give me the game total under 8.

Astros vs Red Sox prediction: Under 8 (+100) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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