Future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander takes the mound for the home team, while Stephen Strasburg, another viable candidate for Cooperstown once his career is complete, will try and keep the momentum going for the visitors, who are looking to steal two in Houston.<\/p>\n
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The game moneyline is at Washington +158, Houston -184. The Astros are 1.5-run favorites over the visitors, and the over\/under is at seven runs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Verlander played in the 2006 and 2012 World Series with the Detroit Tigers, and won the Fall Classic with the Astros two years ago.<\/p>\n
Strasburg will be making his World Series debut, but the three-time All-Star has been dominant this postseason. The 31-year-old has given up just four earned runs in 22 innings against 33 strikeouts. He also tossed three critical innings in the National League Wild Card Game against the Milwaukee Brewers that kept his team’s season alive.<\/p>\n
World Series Props<\/b><\/h2>\n
With Game 1 in the bag \u2013 and a rather surprise start with the Nationals win \u2013 prop futures are naturally reacting.<\/p>\n
Prior to Game 1, the shortest odds on the exact outcome of the World Series was Houston winning the best-of-seven series in six (+290). Now, that line has extended to +370. Houston in seven has emerged as the favorite at +330.<\/p>\n
Washington sweeping the Astros has shortened from a long +2300 to +800.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Houston Astros remain the World Series favorites despite losing at home in Game 1 to the Washington Nationals. But, of course, their title chances are lengthening in Las Vegas as a result of the opening defeat. Prior to Tuesday night’s first pitch, Houston was the biggest World Series favorite in more than a decade. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":117997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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