Marlins face the Astros looking to break road slide

Miami Marlins (52-50, third in the NL East) vs. Houston Astros (49-54, third in the AL West)

Houston; Wednesday, 8:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Sandy Alcantara (10-5, 3.89 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 107 strikeouts); Astros: Peter Lambert (8-5, 3.03 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 91 strikeouts)

LINE: Astros -122, Marlins +100; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins visit the Houston Astros looking to end a five-game road losing streak.

Houston is 49-54 overall and 25-27 at home. Astros hitters have a collective .315 on-base percentage, the 10th-ranked percentage in the AL.

Miami is 21-30 on the road and 52-50 overall. The Marlins are 40-17 in games when they record at least eight hits.

Wednesday's game is the third time these teams square off this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Yordan Alvarez leads the Astros with 33 home runs while slugging .649. Jose Altuve is 9 for 42 with three home runs and four RBIs over the past 10 games.

Liam Hicks has nine doubles, a triple, 14 home runs and 60 RBIs while hitting .285 for the Marlins. Griffin Conine is 11 for 29 with two doubles and four home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 4-6, .236 batting average, 4.55 ERA, outscored by three runs

Marlins: 2-8, .229 batting average, 3.86 ERA, outscored by 11 runs

INJURIES: Astros: Brice Matthews: 10-Day IL (knee), Mike Burrows: 15-Day IL (elbow), Carlos Correa: 60-Day IL (ankle), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow), Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Marlins: Max Meyer: 15-Day IL (neck), Robby Snelling: 60-Day IL (elbow), Anthony Bender: 15-Day IL (shin), William Kempner: 15-Day IL (elbow), John King: 15-Day IL (ankle), Owen Caissie: 10-Day IL (calf), Josh Ekness: 60-Day IL (calf), Andrew Nardi: 60-Day IL (ribs), Ronny Henriquez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Adam Mazur: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.