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This article was published 04/10/2019 (2557 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Tampa Bay Rays (96-66, second in the AL East) vs. Houston Astros (107-55, first in the AL West)
Houston; Friday, 2 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Astros: Justin Verlander (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
LINE: Astros -216; over/under is 7 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Justin Verlander and Houston will host Tampa Bay in Game 1 of the ALDS.
The Astros are 60-21 on their home turf. Houston has a team on-base percentage of .351, led by Alex Bregman with a mark of .422.
The Rays have gone 48-33 away from home. The Tampa Bay pitching staff as a whole has an ERA of 3.69. Charlie Morton leads the team with a 3.05 earned run average.
TOP PERFORMERS: Michael Brantley leads the Astros with 179 hits and is batting .311. George Springer is 8-for-29 with a double, four home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games for Houston.
Tommy Pham leads the Rays with 156 hits and has 69 RBIs. Ji-Man Choi is 9-for-31 with three doubles, three home runs and eight RBIs over the last 10 games for Tampa Bay.
Astros Injuries: Aaron Sanchez: (pectoral), Lance McCullers Jr.: (elbow), Carlos Correa: (back).
Rays Injuries: Hoby Milner: (back/neck), Jose Alvarado: (elbow).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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