Houston Astros infielder Jose Altuve (oblique) is not in the lineup again versus right-hander Alek Manoah and the Toronto Blue Jays in Monday's series opener.
Altuve is absent for a third consecutive game due to oblique tightness. Mauricio Dubon will cover second base and leadoff duty again for Houston.
Per numberFire's MLB Heat Map, the Astros' implied total is 4.96 and the game total is the highest of the day at 10.0. Manoah has a 5.86 SIERA through 12 starts while allowing 1.56 home runs per nine innings. His 17.6% strikeout rate, 15.0% walk rate, 5.99 xFIP, 8.9% barrel rate, 8.5% swinging-strike rate, and 24.5% called plus swinging-strike rate (CSW%) are all the worst of his career.
Source: Baseball Press