Houston Astros vs Tampa Bay Rays 9/20/2022 Picks Predictions

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The Houston Astros will go against the Tampa Bay Rays in MLB action in Tropicana Field, FL, on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at 6:40 PM ET.

In the series finale at home on Sunday afternoon, Houston defeated the A’s to win for the ninth time in their past 11 matches.

The Astros had a magic number of two going into Monday with a 15-game advantage over the Mariners for first place in the AL West.

For the AL’s best record and home-field advantage throughout the AL playoffs, they are 7.5 games better than the Yankees.

For the Astros, Cristian Javier is anticipated to pitch here for his 28th appearance and 23rd start of the year. He enters the game with a record of 9-9, a 2.87 ERA, a 0.995 WHIP, 46 walks, and 173 strikeouts in 131.2 innings pitched.

In his most recent start, which took place on the road against the Tigers on Wednesday, Javier was successful. He pitched six innings in a 2-1 Astros victory, giving up no runs on 2 hits, zero walks, and 8 strikeouts.

Javier is 2-0 with a 2.20 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 5 walks, and 23 strikeouts in 16.1 innings pitched in his previous three starts.

The total went UNDER in 4 of Houston’s previous 6 matches.
The Houston Astros are 8-1 SU in their previous 9 games.
Houston is 8-3 SU in their last 11 matches against the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Houston Astros vs Tampa Bay Rays Predictions 9/20/2022

After suffering a setback on Friday, Tampa Bay recovered to take the remaining two matches of their weekend home series against the Rangers.

The Rays were six matches behind the Yankees in the AL East standings as of Monday. They were 5.5 games ahead of Baltimore and held the second wild card berth, 1.5 games ahead of the Mariners, to stay on the correct side of the cut line.

For the Rays in this game, Shane McClanahan will make his 26th start of the year on the mound. He enters the game 12-5 with a season record of 152.1 innings pitched, a 2.13 ERA, a 0.86 WHIP, 31 walks, and 187 strikeouts.

In his most recent start, against the Blue Jays on the road on Thursday, McClanahan triumphed. In a game the Rays went on to dominate 11-0, he pitched five innings without surrendering a run while giving up only three hits, one walk, and five strikeouts.

McClanahan is 1-0 with a 1.00 ERA, a 0.778 WHIP, 5 walks, and 22 strikeouts in 18 innings over his previous three starts.

The total went UNDER in 6 of Tampa Bay’s last 9 matches.
The total went UNDER in 5 of the Rays’ last 6 contests against Houston.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 13-3 SU in their last 16 matches at home.

Houston Astros vs Tampa Bay Rays. The MLB pick for this game is the Tampa Bay Rays. Both of these clubs are predicted to go to the playoffs, and their respective pitching staffs are loaded with quality.

Javier is most likely the best back-of-the-rotation player in the league. The challenge for the Astros in this game is that they will go up against McClanahan, who returned from the disabled list after experiencing shoulder pain to continue where he left off against the Blue Jays.

McClanahan does the job to lead the Rays to win in this game, and Tampa Bay was quite reliable at the Trop this season. The Tampa Bay Rays will win to a predicted score of 4-3.

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