Wood scheduled to start for San Francisco against Houston
Houston Astros (64-40, first in the AL West) vs. San Francisco Giants (64-39, first in the NL West)
San Francisco; Saturday, 4:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Zack Greinke (10-3, 3.48 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 93 strikeouts) Giants: Alex Wood (9-3, 3.65 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 102 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Giants -101, Astros -116; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: San Francisco and Houston will play on Saturday.
The Giants are 33-17 on their home turf. San Francisco's lineup has 151 home runs this season, Kris Bryant leads the club with 18 homers.
The Astros are 30-20 on the road. Houston has a team on-base percentage of .339, led by Michael Brantley with a mark of .382.
The Astros won the last meeting 9-6. Framber Valdez secured his seventh victory and Jose Altuve went 3-for-6 with two home runs and five RBIs for Houston. Kevin Gausman took his fifth loss for San Francisco.
TOP PERFORMERS: Mike Yastrzemski leads the Giants with 40 extra base hits and is slugging .469.
Altuve leads the Astros with 25 home runs and has 66 RBIs.
LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 5-5, .230 batting average, 4.55 ERA, outscored by eight runs
Astros: 8-2, .287 batting average, 4.05 ERA, outscored opponents by 24 runs
INJURIES: Giants: Dedniel Nunez: (elbow), Reyes Moronta: (right flexor), Jaylin Davis: (hamstring), LaMonte Wade Jr.: (leg), Evan Longoria: (shoulder), Tommy La Stella: (hamstring), Brandon Belt: (knee).
Astros: Justin Verlander: (elbow), Jose Urquidy: (arm), Andre Scrubb: (shoulder), Enoli Paredes: (shoulder), Josh James: (hip), Kent Emanuel: (elbow), Pedro Baez: (right shoulder), Alex Bregman: (hamstring).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.