9TH INNING: 7-4 Houston Astros
8TH INNING: 7-4 Houston Astros
7TH INNING: 7-2 Houston Astros
6TH INNING: 5-1 Houston Astros
5TH INNING: 4-1 Houston Astros
4TH INNING: 1-0 Tampa Bay Rays
3RD INNING: 1-0 Tampa Bay Rays
2ND INNING: 1-0 Tampa Bay Rays
1ST INNING: 0-0
PREGAME:
Houston Astros (29-31, second in the AL West) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (40-20, first in the AL East)
San Diego; Friday, 6:07 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Houston: Framber Valdez (5-3, 3.57 ERA in regular season) Tampa Bay: Blake Snell (4-2, 3.24 ERA in regular season)
LINE: Rays favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 8 runs
ALCS: Tampa Bay leads the series 3-2
BOTTOM LINE: Tampa Bay will look to clinch a series win with a victory over Houston in Game 6 of the ALCS.
The Rays were 20-9 in home games in 2020. Tampa Bay has a team batting average of .210 this postseason, Randy Arozarena has led them with an average of .417, including 10 extra base hits and eight RBIs.
The Astros went 9-23 in road games in 2020. Houston has a team slugging percentage of .458 this postseason, Carlos Correa leads them with a mark of .816, including six extra base hits and 14 RBIs.
REGULAR SEASON TOP PERFORMERS: Brandon Lowe leads the Rays with 37 RBIs and is batting .269.
Kyle Tucker leads the Astros with 56 hits and has 42 RBIs.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 8-2, .233 batting average, 2.72 ERA, outscored opponents by 15 runs
Astros: 4-6, .235 batting average, 3.96 ERA, outscored by four runs
