Houston Astros at Los Angeles Angels

Lambert (5-4, 3.55) draws Reid Detmers (2-5, 4.26) for first pitch at 8:38 PM CT. Detmers is the more interesting form play — he twirled 6 shutout innings on 2 hits against the Dodgers his last time out and ESPN's fantasy desk flagged him as a guy worth riding through this hot stretch. Lambert's last outing was a serviceable 5.1 innings against the A's, though the 4 walks were a yellow flag.

The bigger picture for Houston is that Lambert is in this rotation at all. He signed a minor-league deal in March, opted out, re-signed, and got pushed up to the bigs when Hunter Brown, McCullers, and Javier all stacked up on the shoulder IL. The Astros' rotation is being held together with duct tape and Sugar Land call-ups, and last night Kai-Wei Teng got tagged for 5 earned in 4 innings during the 10-1 loss.

Houston Astros

(31-38)

Jun 10L@ Angels1-10

Jun 9W@ Angels5-4

Jun 7Lvs Athletics0-5

Jun 6Wvs Athletics13-2

Jun 6Wvs Athletics5-1

Los Angeles Angels

(26-42)

Jun 10Wvs Astros10-1

Jun 9Lvs Astros4-5

Jun 7W@ Dodgers13-5

Jun 7L@ Dodgers2-9

Jun 6L@ Dodgers0-1

The Angels rookie story from Monday is worth flagging: 22-year-old Walbert Ureña threw 5 shutout innings with 7 strikeouts in his start, pushing his ERA down to 2.44. Anaheim hasn't had many feel-good developments at 26-42, but the kid pitching and Jo Adell driving in runs is at least something. Nolan Schanuel is back at first base tonight after the ankle scare, and Sebastian Rivero is day-to-day after a 5-for-5, 6-RBI eruption in the Dodgers series.

Houston Astros

(13)

• Day-To-DayWalker Janek C — Double-A Corpus Christi placed Janek on its 7-day injured list Sunday due to an unspecified injury.
• 10-Day-ILYainer Diaz C — Diaz (oblique) is starting a minor-league rehab assignment Tuesday, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
• 10-Day-ILLaMonte Wade Jr. 1B — Wade left Monday's game against the Angels with right hamstring soreness, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
• 10-Day-ILNick Allen SS — Allen was removed from Sunday's game against the Athletics due to left hamstring discomfort.
• 10-Day-ILBraden Shewmake SS — Shewmake (groin) is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Brewers, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
• 15-Day-ILBennett Sousa RP — The Astros announced Friday that Sousa (elbow) has begun a throwing progression, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
• 15-Day-ILLance McCullers Jr. SP — The Astros announced Friday that McCullers (shoulder) began a throwing progression, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
• 60-Day-ILHunter Brown SP — Brown (shoulder) will make his next start at Triple-A Sugar Land on Wednesday, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

Los Angeles Angels

(13)

• Day-To-DaySebastian Rivero C — Rivero went 5-for-5 with a double, six RBI and a run scored in Sunday's 13-5 win over the Dodgers.
• Day-To-DayNolan Schanuel 1B — Schanuel (ankle) is starting at first base and batting fifth versus the Astros on Tuesday, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register.
• 10-Day-ILAdam Frazier 2B — Frazier is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the White Sox.
• 10-Day-ILVaughn Grissom 2B — The Angels placed Grissom on the 10-day injured list Monday with a left oblique strain.
• 10-Day-ILGustavo Campero C — The Angels selected Campero's contract from Double-A Rocket City and placed him on the 10-day injured list Saturday due to a fractured hand.
• 10-Day-ILJorge Soler DH — The Angels placed Soler (oblique) on the 10-day injured list Saturday (retroactive to June 4).
• 15-Day-ILJack Kochanowicz SP — Kochanowicz (elbow) will undergo Tommy John surgery, Erica Weston of Bally Sports West reports.
• 60-Day-ILBen Joyce RP — Joyce (shoulder) was sent to Single-A Rancho Cucamonga on Tuesday to resume a rehab assignment.

Houston's injury list reads like a depth chart got run through a shredder. Carlos Correa had ankle surgery, Yainer Diaz is rehabbing in the minors, LaMonte Wade Jr. left Monday's game with a hamstring, and Nick Allen is on the IL with his own hamstring issue. GM Dana Brown publicly backed Joe Espada this week, which is the kind of vote of confidence you usually only need when things are going sideways — and at 31-38, things are going sideways.

Pinnacle has the Angels as a slight home favorite at -111 with the total sitting at 8.5. Detmers vs a Houston lineup missing Diaz, Wade, Correa and Allen is a fair edge to home. The split should come down to whether Lambert's command holds — when he walks 4, the rotation depth behind him is non-existent.