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Today's PicksApril 4, 2026 › HOU @ Athletics
HOU 46%
@ April 4, 2026
Athletics 54%

Pitching Matchup

HOU Tatsuya Imai
vs
Athletics Luis Morales

Win Probability

HOU 46%
Athletics 54%
SourceHOUAthletics
Model (blended) 46.1% 53.9%
Simulation only 45.5% 54.5%
Elo ratings 46.7% 53.3%
Market (implied) 50.9% 49.1%

Simulation Results

Based on 10,000 Monte Carlo simulations

HOU avg runs 5.1
Athletics avg runs 4.9
Avg total 10.1

Win Margin Distribution

Negative = HOU wins, Positive = Athletics wins

-10
-9
-8
-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Run Scoring Distribution

Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
HOU 4.3% 8.0% 11.1% 12.7% 12.5% 11.5% 10.4% 8.3% 5.9% 4.5% 3.5% 2.2%
Athletics 4.1% 7.7% 11.5% 12.8% 13.6% 12.3% 10.1% 8.6% 6.6% 4.6% 2.7% 2.0%

Lineups PROJECTED

HOU

  1. Jeremy Peña
  2. Yordan Alvarez
  3. Isaac Paredes
  4. Carlos Correa
  5. Christian Walker
  6. Joey Loperfido
  7. Cam Smith
  8. Yainer Diaz
  9. Jake Meyers

Athletics

  1. Nick Kurtz
  2. Shea Langeliers
  3. Tyler Soderstrom
  4. Brent Rooker
  5. Jacob Wilson
  6. Lawrence Butler
  7. Max Muncy
  8. Jeff McNeil
  9. Denzel Clarke

Park Factors & Conditions

Park Factors

Runs: 1.0 HR: 1.0 BB: 1.0 K: 1.0

Elo Ratings

HOU: 1467 Athletics: 1466

Sportsbook Odds

BookHOUAthletics
FanDuel -112 -104
Bovada -114 -106
BetMGM -115 -105
DraftKings -115 -105
Caesars -115 -105