Rays vs. Astros Pick
The Houston Astros look to stay hot when they play host the Tampa Bay Rays tonight at 7:10PM ET.
The Rays have Blake Snell on the mound to face Dallas Keuchel of the Astros today. According to oddsmakers at BetDSI, Houston is favored at home. The Astros are getting odds of -175 to win, while the Rays are getting a money line of +160 to win. The over/under total for the contest has been set at 8 runs.
Houston is 67-61 on the season, 35-28 at home and 63-57-8 with the under. Tampa Bay is 54-73 overall, 22-36 on the road and 61-59-7 with the under. The Astros picked up the win in the first game of the series on Friday, 5-4. The home team has won five of the last seven meetings between these two.
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The Astros have won six of their last seven games coming into today. While heavily favored, the bigger question is can they run by multiple runs? They send their ace to the mound today in Keuchel, who hasn’t had a great year but is showing signs of his old self. He has a sub 1.00 WHIP and just a 3.27 ERA in his last three starts. Tampa counters with Snell who is struggling to find the strike zone right now, with a 2.61 WHIP in his las three starts. That should help Houston get the runs they need to boost Keuchel to the victory.
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