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Cleveland Guardians at Houston Astros Preview & Picks – Guardians To Complete MLB Series Sweep

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09 Jul 2025
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Leigh Copson 09 Jul 2025
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  • Cleveland Guardians at Houston Astros picks for Wednesday, July 9
  • 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
  • Cleveland Guardians Form
  • Houston Astros Form

Cleveland Guardians at Houston Astros Preview & Picks

Cleveland are tipped to complete the series sweep of Houston.

The Guardians may have arrived in bad form, but their offense has erupted into life in this series and they can beat up on Brandon Walter in this one.

  • Cleveland Guardians have won the last 3 meetings
  • Cleveland have out-scored Houston 17-11 in this series so far
  • The Over has cashed in the previous 2 games in this series
  • The Over has hit in 5 of Houston's last 6 games

Head To Head

  • Houston Astros lead the all-time series 51-48
  • Cleveland Guardians won 10-6 when the two teams last met on July 8

Cleveland Guardians Form

Cleveland travelled to Houston on a terrible run of form, having lost each of their previous 10 games, but they have turned things around in H-town.

Prior to Monday's victory, the Guardians had not tasted victory since the 5-4 home win over Toronto back on June 25.

That win was followed by a 6-0 shutout defeat 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, before finally stopping the rot with 7-5 and 10-6 wins over the Astros.

Houston Astros Form

Houston entered this series on a fantastic run of form, having won 11 of their previous 13 matchups, but they have now lost back-to-back meetings with Cleveland.

The Astros began this sequence with an 8-7 win at the Los Angeles Angels, which was backed 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 defeat 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 rallied from the loss by sweeping the Dodgers in Los Angeles, winning 18-1, 6-4 and 5-1, but they now find themselves on the brink of beng swept themselves, having lost 7-5 and 10-6 to Cleveland.

Verdict

Cleveland have turned things around in this series and have now racked up 17 runs in just two games.

Houston starter Brandon Walter was lit up last time out, so we are backing the Guardians offense to fire once again.

Best Bet1: Cleveland Win Run Line @120.00 at Stake.us - 4 Units
Best Bet2: Over 8.0 Total Runs @100.00 at Stake.us - 2 Units
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