Tampa Bay Rays at Houston Astros 8/27/19 - MLB Betting Picks & Odds
Tampa Bay Rays vs. Houston Astros
MLB: 8:10 PM EST
Aug. 27, 2019
TV: ATSW
Latest Odds : HOU -172 Total 8
The Tampa Bay Rays will be taking to the road and that is going to be something that the team has had some struggles with this year. However, the Rays are one of the only teams that can run down the Yankees, but they would have to win a lot of games. Coming into this game the Rays have managed to win the season series so far over the Astros, but it is a 3-1 lead. The Astros, though, are coming into the game with a great home record and have been able to improve to a record that is able to play well at home and have only lost 16 games.
The Rays on the year have managed to get a total of 1161 hits and have hit at a clip of .253 this year. When it comes to the scoring the Rays have scored 613 runs with 173 homers on the year. The Astros have managed to get a total of 1247 hits and have ended up getting an average of .247 this year. Scoring for the Astros have ended up scoring a total of 724 runs with 222 homers on the year.
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Charlie Morton is the pitcher the Rays are planning on putting on the mound in this game. Morton on the year has managed to post a 13-5 record and a 2.85 ERA. He has thrown a total of 161 innings on the year with 126 hits and 45 walks, but has managed to strike out 197 batters.
The ace for the Astros is the pitcher going to the mound in this game. Verlander has managed to post a 15-5 record and a 2.77 ERA. He has thrown a total of 178.2 innings on the year, but is a strikeout king with 239 on the year, but has walked only 34 batters and allowed 110 hits.
Recent Betting Trends:
Rays are 2-5 in their last 7 after allowing 5 runs or more in their previous game.
Astros are 41-13 in their last 54 home games.
Over is 8-0 in Rays last 8 Tuesday games.
Under is 5-1-1 in Astros last 7 games following an off day.
Free Betting Pick: Houston Astros -172
With the Astros the team is coming into this game as a great home team so far and that is going to make it easier for the team to bring home a decent win here. With the Rays, though, the team is playing decent and has a better hitting compared to the Astros, but with Verlander on the mound it will not matter. Verlander is going to look to pick up a win here and end up getting the win in this game here after losing his last outing. Final Score, Houston Astros win 3-2.