The Boston Red Sox travel home to take on the Houston Astros in game three of the ALCS. The Houston Astros dropped game two to Boston 9-5 after taking game one of the series. Luis Garcia allowed five earned runs on two hits in just one inning. The Astros will turn to Jose Urquidy to turn things around. He was 8-3 with a 3.62 ERA in the regular season, with 147 strikeouts, He has not made a start in the postseason. The Red Sox got the bats going and hit a grand slam in both the first and second innings. Nathan Eovaldi allowed three runs on five hits with three strikeouts in 5.1 innings for the win. the sox will go with Eduardo Rodriguez on the mound. He is 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA and 7 strikeouts in the postseason.

Houston is 4-0 in their last 4 games after a loss and 9-4 in their last 13 playoff road games. Boston is 11-4 in their last 15 games following a win. Houston and Boston were two of the top three offensive teams in baseball in the regular season and neither team has slowed down in the postseason. Both teams have gone over the total in the last five games. Houston did score runs in the later innings of game two so the offense should be able to carry over in game 3. Neither of these starting pitchers has been reliable, so we could start to see the runs pile up early and often.

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