Cleveland Guardians at Houston Astros Preview & Picks – Astros To Add To Guardians’ Misery In MLB

By Leigh Copson

07 Jul 2025

Leigh Copson 07 Jul 2025

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Cleveland Guardians at Houston Astros picks for Monday, July 7
Game is taking place at Minute Maid Park
Preview, predictions, stats & form

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Cleveland Guardians at Houston Astros Preview & Picks

Cleveland Guardians at Houston Astros Preview & Picks
Head To Head
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Cleveland Guardians at Houston Astros Preview & Picks

Houston are tipped to cover as the win the opening game of the series.

The Astros have had Cleveland’s number in recent times, and they enter this matchup as the team in considerably better form with a more in-form starter.

Houston Astros are 11-2 in their previous 13 games
Cleveland Guardians are on a 10-game losing run
Houston Astros are 8-2 in the last 10 meetings with Cleveland
The Under has cashed in 7 of the last 10 meetings

Head To Head

Houston Astros lead the all-time series 51-46
Cleveland Guardians won 4-2 when the two teams last met on June 8

Cleveland Guardians Form

Cleveland head to Houston on a miserable run of form, having now lost each of their previous 10 games.

The Guardians have not tasted victory since the 5-4 home win over Toronto back on June 25.

That win was followed by a 6-0 shutout loss to the Blue Jays, before they were then swept in a three game series by St Louis, 5-0, 9-6 and 7-0.

Cleveland briefly went out on the road after that and lost all three meetings with the Cubs in Chicago, losing 5-2, 5-4 and 1-0.

The Guardians then returned home to face Detroit and lost all three encounters with the Tigers, 2-1, 1-0 and 7-2.

Houston Astros Form

Houston enter this series on an excellent run, having now won 11 of their previous 13 games.

The Astros began this sequence with an 8-7 win at the Los Angeles Angels, which was followed up by 1-0, 2-0 and 2-1 home wins over Philadelphia.

They then won two of their three meetings with the Chicago Cubs, sandwiching a 12-3 loss with 7-4 and 2-0 victories.

Houston went out on the road after that for a highly successful trip that saw them beat Colorado 6-5 and 5-3 before losing the final meeting 7-6.

The Astros then rallied from that loss by sweeping the Dodgers in Los Angeles, winning 18-1, 6-4 and 5-1.

Verdict

CLE Guardians @ HOU Astros

Houston are on a roll and have momentum firmly on their side heading into this matchup.

They have also won eight of the last 10 meetings, so we are backing the Astros to cover as they take this.

Houston -1.5

Run Line

@135.00 - 4 Units

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Total Runs

@-120.48 - 2 Units

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