Recent form
7-3
HOU +0.6 vs ARI -1.0 margin
HOU brings the hotter last-ten margin into this matchup tonight with balance.

ARI
74-67

HOU
72-69
Verdict
Pass · no edge tonight.
The model doesn't see daylight against the posted line on this game. We don't surface negative-EV picks; check the drill-down for sub-model context.
Why this matchup
1 signal · model + marketDrill down
Sub-model tables · ensemble breakdown · last meeting · book shop · player props
Pregame · scouting report
Probable starters, projected lineups, head-to-head this season, our model edge against the market — every angle on one surface.
Away starter
TBD
Probable starter not yet announced. ESPN typically posts the card 12–24 hours before first pitch.
Home starter
Ethan Pecko
SP · #70
1-0
W-L
6.23
ERA
1.54
WHIP
9
K
13.0
IP
Last 3 starts
Vegas line
Lines post once a sportsbook releases them.
Model edge
Head to head
Scouting report · pre-game
HOU is 7-3 recently; ARI is 5-5.
60.0%
model · HOU win prob
Recent form
Situational
ARI has 1 more rest day. HOU has 0 straight road games; ARI has 0.
Model angle
Weather and park remove about 0.1 runs from the total environment.
Players to watch
Peter Lambert · 5.6 K · last-10 5.7 vs season 5.5.
Eduardo Rodriguez · 4.3 K · last-10 4.3 vs season 4.2.
Merrill Kelly · 4 K · last-10 4.2 vs season 3.8.
Aggregated from r107 anatomy · r109 CLV history · r112 calibration · r118 line moves · r124 player projections · refreshes every 5 minutes
Model ensemble · how the prediction is built
Each sub-model uses a different rating substrate. Bayesian model averaging weights them by rolling Brier score so the ensemble inherits each model's strengths. Disagreement flags games where the sub-models don't see eye-to-eye — lower confidence, wider band.
60.0%
ensemble · HOU favored
Elo Static
56.9%
P(HOU win)
45%
weight
Elo Pitching
fallback · inputs missing
56.9%
P(HOU win)
11%
weight
Bullpen Park
57.1%
P(HOU win)
44%
weight
Disagreement
0.10 pp
weighted σ across sub-models
Confidence
99% · high
maps from disagreement
Substrate count
2 / 3 active
ones with full inputs tonight
Weights recalibrated nightly on a 90-day rolling window with strict point-in-time correctness — no model gets credit for a game it hasn't seen. Headline % is Platt-scaled per league; sub-model rows show raw BMA inputs.
Player projections
Per-player stat projections built from a recency-weighted blend of the last ten games, season average, and matchup context. Confidence reflects sample size and stability — the top of each list is who to watch.
138
projections · 118 high confidence
Strikeouts
Hits
Total bases
RBIs
Earned runs
Projections recompute every 30 minutes · prop lines plug in once sportsbook ingest lands
Matchup · 2026
MLB Stats API
ARI
league avg
HOU
.710
OPS
.719
▶.723
.315
OBP
.319
.315
4.45
Runs / G
4.50
▶4.53
4.16
Team ERA
4.17
4.56
1.29
WHIP
1.31
1.36
6.9
K / 9
8.5
▶8.9
ARI
Diamondbacks
78-83
HOU★
Astros
90-78
Team pages
Elsewhere in the MLB
Data via ESPN · MLB Stats API · Baseball Savant
Preview · MLB
rizona Diamondbacks visit Houston Astros Saturday at 9/5 - 7:15 PM EDT. HOU is 7-5 in their last 12.
The market hasn't shipped a line worth tagging key numbers on yet — check back closer to first pitch.
ByTheOnemodel/auto-generated · live odds + scouting data/refreshes with the page
MLB · Box score
No player stats available yet.
No player stats available yet.
Team stats
ARI
Away
Stat
HOU
Home
628
Runs
639
1145
Hits
1137
53
Errors
64
1864
TB
1933
138
HR
185
466
BB
470
1024
K
1152
0
LOB
955
Season series
Series starts 9/4
Pitching matchup · today
ESPN · season statsStarter TBD
E. Pecko
#70 · 1-0
ERA
6.23
K
9
SV
—
Last 3 starts
Scouting report
ARI @ HOU
Rest going in
ARI +1 day
2 days
last game Sep 2
1 day
last game Sep 3
Tale of the tape
74-67
Record
72-69
#6
Conf rank
#5
0.0
Pt diff
-0.3
W1
Streak
W2
5-5
Last 10
7-3
Bullpen used yesterday
ARI
7.3 bullpen IP · heavy
W 1-0 · Sep 2
HOU
3.0 bullpen IP · heavy
W 6-2 · Sep 3
Composite signals from ESPN standings + 21-day power rolling. NBA pace / ORtg / DRtg from ESPN core team-stats; NFL yards-per-game from nflverse aggregation. Park factors, weather, KenPom-class metrics still on the roadmap.