The Oakland Athletics are a game away from being eliminated by the Houston Astros in the ALDS. As good as they looked in the Wild Card round they look just as bad in the ALDS. They have dropped the first two games against the Astros and now face a must win game to stay alive. They will need to get their offense going if they hope to change their fortunes. They are hitting just .206 in the playoffs but have scored 19 runs. Oakland will turn to Jesus Luzardo in today's start. In the postseason, he is 0-1, 8.10 ERA. The pitching staff as a whole in the playoffs has seen their opponents hit .307 and have posted a 4.25 ERA.

The Astros have won all four games in the playoffs this season. A win today will give them two straight sweeps in this year's playoffs. They are putting up 7.5 runs game against the A's. Overall in the playoffs, they are hitting .269 with 22 runs scored. Overall their pitching has held opponents to a .163 batting average and has posted a 2.00 ERA. The Astros will counter with Jose Urquidy taking the mound. In the postseason he is 0-0, 2.08 ERA.

Oakland is putting up just 3.5 runs a game in this series. They are doing worse against Urquidy putting up just 1.5 runs a game and hitting less than .100 against him. The Astros are putting up 7.5 runs game in this series. They are averaging 4.6 runs per game against the Athletics in their last five meetings. The Astros and Athletics have played under the total in four of their last six meetings. I think the Astros slow down a little in this game it stays under the number.

Play on the UNDER.