This is an 8* HOME-RUN CLUB on the Astros on the RUN LINE.

I have a play on Tampa for the series and I also had a play on it in Game 1. Now facing the right-hander Morton, I like Houston to bounce back here in Game 2.

Houston posted nine hits and drew four walks, but it left ten men on base yesterday.

Lance McCullers was 3-3 with a 3.93 ERA in the regualr season. He's made five starts in the playoffs and gone 1-0 with a 4.06 ERA. He's 1-2 with a 3.79 ERA in three starts vs. the Rays lifetime.

Morton was 2-2 with a 4.74 ERA in the regular season. While he's 5-2 with a 4.34 ERA in ten career post-season outings, Morton is just 4-6 with a ballooned 6.28 ERA in 11 career outings vs. the Astros.

I like the Astros primiarly right-hitting line-up to "strike back" against Morton and even up this series at 1-1.

That said, in a contest which could go to extra frames, I'm laying the price for the extra 1.5 runs in my back pocket!

Good luck, NP