WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Interstat) — Houston visits the Athletics at Sutter Health Park on Saturday, with the Astros trying to rebound from a one-run loss in the most recent meeting between the teams. Houston enters at 80-81. The Athletics are 64-96. The forecast calls for 78 degrees at game time. Houston’s recent results include a 7-0 win at Seattle and a 4-2 win over Kansas City. The Athletics’ recent home results include wins over the Los Angeles Angels 7-3 and 9-7.

Houston lists Hayden Wesneski (5-2) as its probable pitcher. Jack Perkins (3-12) is the probable pitcher for the Athletics. Hunter Brown is a player to watch for Houston. In the most recent meeting, Brown allowed one earned run over 5 1/3 innings with four walks and four strikeouts. He struck out 10 over five scoreless innings against Atlanta and 10 over five innings against Kansas City. Brown also allowed four earned runs over five innings at Philadelphia and two earned runs over six innings against the Chicago White Sox. In the Atlanta start, Brown walked two and allowed three hits. In the Kansas City start, he allowed one earned run, two hits and three walks. He has at least four strikeouts in each of his past five appearances.

Jacob Lopez is a player to watch for the Athletics. He allowed one earned run over six innings with two walks and four strikeouts in the most recent meeting against Houston. Lopez struck out seven over six innings at Texas and had a six-inning, four-earned-run outing against Toronto. He allowed 10 earned runs over 2 2/3 innings at Cleveland and five earned runs over 3 2/3 innings against Seattle.

The Athletics won the most recent meeting 6-5. Houston won the previous meeting 7-5. The teams have split their past 10 meetings. Houston has lost six of its past 10 games. The Athletics have lost seven of their past 10. In the most recent Houston result, the Astros fell 6-5 at the Athletics. In the most recent Athletics result, the Athletics beat Houston 6-5. Hogan Harris threw a scoreless inning and Henry Bolte went 2 for 5 with two RBIs for the Athletics in that game. For Houston, Logan VanWey threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings and Josh Hendrickson added 2/3 of a scoreless inning.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Houston 6, Athletics 4. Interstat’s ELO system gives Houston a 58.7 percent probability to win. Houston has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over-under is 8.5.