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Preview the May 5 matchup between the Milwaukee Brewers and Houston Astros with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.

The Brewers (-116 moneyline odds to win) meet the Astros (-102) in an expected close matchup. The Milwaukee Brewers will give the start to Tobias Myers and the Astros will turn to Ronel Blanco (2-2, 5.

The Chicago White Sox rallied from a four-run deficit Sunday to beat the Houston Astros 5-4 in a game called after 6 1/2 innings because of rain.

Davis Martin went all out during a fourth-inning showdown with Jake Meyers. The Chicago White Sox starter began with two fastballs to get ahead 0-2. Meyers then fouled off a slider and fastball. Martin threw a changeup in the dirt for a ball.

Andrew Benintendi and the Chicago White Sox will hit the field against the Houston Astros and starter Hunter Brown on Saturday. First pitch is at 2:10 p.m. ET at Rate Field. The Astros are 20th in MLB with a .236 batting average. The White Sox have an eight K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 23rd in the majors.

Thirty months after his last appearance, Lance McCullers Jr. finally made it back to the mound in a major league game. The 31-year-old McCullers started Sunday for the Houston Astros and threw 3 2/3 scoreless innings in his first outing since Game 3 of the 2022 World Series in Philadelphia.

The right-hander's first outing after a 915-day absence offers Houston little clarity on what to expect moving forward.

CHICAGO - In his first major-league start in 915 days, Lance McCullers Jr. pitched into the fourth inning, did not allow a run and walked off the mound the Houston Astros holding a lead. McCullers worked 3 ⅔ scoreless innings against the Chicago White Sox in his first start with the Astros since Game 3 of the 2022 World Series.