First-ever playoff meeting between the franchises.
Houston led baseball with 107 wins this regular time but dropped four vs. Tampa Bay; the Astros were 2-1 in house if they last played Aug. 27-29. The teams opened the 2019 year against one another in St. Petersburg, therefore tough to choose much out of that.
The Rays hit .255 with eight home runs in the seven games. Avisail Garcia, who went yard at the Wild-Card game, was 7-for-19 with a double. Willy Adames hit .333 having a homer and 3 RBIs. Diaz was .308 but played in three matches. Ji-Man Choi has been 5-for-18 with two homers and five RBIs. Austin Meadows, that led Tampa in virtually every offensive category this year, hit on just .148.
Houston struck .266 vs. Rays pitching with 12 homers. Rookie sensation Yordan Alvarez has been 4-for-11 with two homers six runs and four RBIs in the three matches he playedwith. Alex Bregman was 8-for-29 with 2 doubles and a homer. Jose Altuve hit .241 with 2 homers.
1 injury notice this is that Astros shortstop Carlos Correa may perform after finishing the previous week of this season because of a sore backagain.
Tampa Bays ace is Charlie Morton, who rejuvenated his career the past two seasons with the Astros. By allowing one run and five hits over five 19, morton won the Wild-Card sport in Oakland. Once it changes to Florida, he consequently wont currently be ready until Game 3 of this series.
It will be likely AL Cy Young winner Justin Verlander of all Houston vs. Tyler Glasnow at Game 1. Verlander (21-6, 2.58 ERA) led the majors in wins and was first in the AL in innings (233) and WHIP (0.80) while ranking second in strikeouts (300) and ERA. He has plenty of playoff experience. Glasnow (6-1, 1.78) has none. He made just 12 starts this season because of injury; Glasnow just returned in early September and did not go more than 4.1 innings in four begins. Hes not likely to go deep here — the Rays have a great bullpen and manager Kevin Cash is not afraid to pull out his starters (except possibly Morton) very early.
Game 2 includes yet another AL Cy Young candidate in Gerrit Cole (20-5, 2.50) vs. 2018 Cy Young winner along with lefty Blake Snell (6-8, 4.29) of this Rays. Snell missed about two months because of accidents and made only three September appearances totaling six innings. He will not be moving either.
Game 3 features midseason trade acquisition and former AL Cy Young winner Zack Greinke (18-5, 2.93) from Morton.
Houston gets the starting pitching advantage that is huge, but also the Rays dont use their rotation . Tampa Bays bullpen is going to have to be untouchable for the Rays to have any shot. We just dont watch it.
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