Verlander is rolling. It will be tough for Hill to match up with him on the mound.
It comes down to how Houston fares in games 3 and 4 at home, with a combination of Peacock, McHugh, McCullers, and Morton likely available for those games to match up with Darvish and Wood.
Dogs will have had to sit since almost a week ago, when the WS starts. There could be some effect from that in game 1.
Jansen trumps anyone in the Stros pen, the key will be for the Stros to be leading going into the 8th inning.
A gut feel, since neither team has WS experience, I will go with the Stros in 6 games.