Astros as very heavy favs lose two consecutive at home to Orioles.
Unique about this once in a lifetime rare occurance are these:
- first place team (Astros) vs AL last place team Orioles
- Astros at HOME where they were 26 - 13 entering the series;
- Orioles on the road were 12 - 28 entering the series @Houston
- first place Astros were a whopping +124 net run differential - best not only in AL but all of MLB!
- last place Orioles were a net -122 run differential - worst not only in AL but in all of MLB!
- the -330 and -300 lines were based on the above, NOT on AWESOME/dominating Astro's starting pitchers.
- Of course I've seen HUGE favs lose before -- MANY TIMES! Sometimes on back-to-back games!
BUT all those were a case where those favs had at least one OVERWHELMING DOMINANT "ACE" on the mound - which was the main cause for the line being so high. Those loses can much more easily occur because everything is dependent on that dominating starter to NOT have a bad outing. But they will from time to time. Happens to them all. I avoid all those HEAVY FAVS because a dominating "ACE" is on the mound games. Bad bet. He could have that bad outing! Way too risky!
But not when the TEAMS are this far apart - where there is NO DOMINATING "ACE" in either game - and on back to back nights, no less.
Never witnessed such a scenario in my 67 years. If it has happened this same way before then it is exceptionally rare.
So I bet $2,000 to win $651 that such a rare fluke would NOT happen here.
And it did.
I am the only one made huge money against Astros today i guess 
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