Tampa Bay Rays vs Houston Astros Prediction & Betting Tips - MLB

Prediction published on 17/10/2020, 12:20  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 17/10/2020 at 13:40 in Baseball Predictions

A place in the 2020 World Series is at stake as the Tampa Bay Rays take on the Houston Astros.  This is the deciding match in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series with the winners taking on either the Atlanta Braves or Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series. It's a match that the Rays probably didn't think would happen because they led the Astros 3-0 in this series. Playing in their first American League Championship League Series since 2008, they won the Eastern Division, the first time they'd done that in ten years.  The postseason has seen them beat Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 and then the New York Yankees 3-2 

The Astros are in their fourth straight play-offs even though they had a losing record of 29-31, something that hasn't happened in the American League since 1981. History was made when they beat Minnesota 2-0, becoming the first sub .500 team to get a win in a play-off. Further success came when they beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1. They've become the first side with a losing record to reach the American League Series but they looked dead and buried when losing the first three matches of this series. Their form has picked up though with three straight wins taking us to a final-match decider. Can they complete their comeback and reach the World Series?  It's hard to see the Rays losing four in a row, go for them to get the win and make it through.