Tampa Bat Rays at Houston Astros Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 66-55 Houston Astros play host to the 59-61 Tampa Bay Rays tonight in MLB action on the grass of Minute Maid Park, August 20, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Tampa Bay +110/Astros -120
O/U Total: 7
Pitching Matchup
Chris Archer (R) W/L 10-9 WHIP 1.06 ERA 2.92
Collin McHugh (R) W/L 13-6 WHIP 1.30 ERA 4.09
Houston defeated Tampa Bay 3-2 last night. The Astros are 4-2 on their homestand and 5-2 in their last 7 games. They are 42-20 at home in 2015. The Rays are 1-5 on their current road trip.
Tampa Bay leads the season series 4-2 and has a 7-3 advantage in the last 10 matchups between these two teams.
Archer was a 12-4 loser at Texas in his last start. He lasted 5.1 innings and gave up 7 ERs. He has 16 Q starts on the year.
McHugh received a no decision in his last outing, a 4-2 loss to Detroit. He went 7 innings, yielded 1 run and struck out 7 for his 16th Q start of the season.
No one on the Rays has more than 9 ABs against McHugh. OF Desmond Jennings is 2-5 (.400) while C Rene Rivera is 1-2 (.500). OF Grady Sizemore is 1-3 (.333) against the right-hander while OF Daniel Nava is also 1-3 with an RBI. The 7 other hitters to have faced McHugh before are a combined 5-43 (.116) with 1 HR, 2 RBIs and 0 SBs.
Astros SS Marwin Gonzalez is 1-1 against Archer while OF Colby Rasmus is 4-14 (.286). 2B Jose Altuve is 3-10 (.300) against the right-hander with a pair of steals. The 4 other hitters who have seen Archer before are a combined 2-24 (.083) with 2 RBIs.
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Tampa Bay at Houston Betting Trends
Tampa Bay is 1-5 straight up in their last 6 games overall.
The Rays are 19-6 straight up in their last 25 games against Houston.
The game total has gone under in 12 of Tampa Bay’s last 16 games against Houston
The Astros are 5-2 straight up in their last 7 games overall.
Houston is 18-4 straight up in their last 22 home games.
Injury Report
TAMPA BAY RAYS
Jeff Beliveau P 60-Day Disabled List
Alex Cobb P 60-Day Disabled List
Burch Smith P 60-Day Disabled List
Steven Souza OF 15-Day Disabled List
HOUSTON ASTROS
Samuel Deduno P 60-Day Disabled List
Brad Peacock P 60-Day Disabled List
George Springer OF 15-Day Disabled List
Consensus Picks Moneyline
Tampa Bay: 50%
Houston: 50%
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Chris Archer got tagged with seven runs in 5 1/3 innings in his last start, but he pitched extremely well before the poor outing putting together a string of five Q starts. He’s been successful against the Astros in four career starts get the QS in three of the games. Houston’s starter Collin McHugh has been a roll with six Q starts in his last seven starts and is currently on a three game run. He’s had three lifetime starts against the Rays allowing a combined six runs in 18 innings. These teams have trending to the UNDER this season with a 1-4-1 record versus the O/U line. No reason to think that will change today.
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