Baseball Picks – Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Houston Astros

The Los Angeles Dodgers continue a three game series against the Houston Astros on Wednesday night when they send pitcher Randy Wolf to the mound. The former Astro and Padre actually hasn’t been too bad for L.A. this season when recording a 3.93 ERA and .264 OBP in 18 innings pitched.

But Wolf faces a formidable opponent in Astros’ ace Roy Oswalt. Oswalt used to be as automatic as any pitcher in Major League Baseball at one time. That hasn’t been the case this year as Oswalt is 0 for 2 with a 4.26 ERA and .351 OBP.

Here is the BetOnline online sportsbook betting line for this game.

Los Angeles Dodgers

Randy Wolf – L +1 ½ -210 -105 O 9 -105 O/U 4 -120/-110

Houston Astros

Roy Oswalt – R -1 ½ +175 -115 U 9 -115 O/U 4 -130/Ev

Here are a few online wagering trends for this game.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are 8 and 1 in their last 9 games overall.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are 4 and 1 in Randy Wolf’s last 5 starts.

The Home team is 5 and 1 in umpire Jerry Layne’s last 6 games behind home plate.

The Houston Astros are 11 and 5 in Roy Oswalt’s last 16 starts.

The Dodgers had won 8 in a row before losing to Houston Tuesday night. L.A. was actually up 3 to 1 after the first inning but Houston rallied later on in the game to secure an 8 to 5 victory.

Oswalt and Wolf shouldn’t give that many runs up in this, but which pitcher is going to have the better game?

Oswalt has done well against the Dodgers in the past, but he’s not really the same guy as he used to be. Will he be able to keep that Dodgers’ starting line-up from putting up runs?

I’m not sure that he will. L.A. is still a very strong team and they put a veteran on the mound tonight. I see them bouncing back from that Tuesday night loss by getting to Oswalt early.

I’ll bet the Dodgers at -105 straight-up in the sportsbook.