ASA FREE PLAY ON Tampa Bay Rays Money Line (-) vs Houston Astros, Wednesday at 8:40 PM ET

As we have mentioned in the write-up for each of our first three MLB plays in the ALCS (all 3 winners on Tampa Bay): the Rays were the better road team in the regular season and these games are being played at a neutral location and that certainly favors Tampa Bay. In the regular season, the Rays went 20-11 away from Tampa Bay. As for the Astros, they went 9-23 away from Minute Maid Park. The Yankees were the only other team still in the post-season last round that had a losing road record in the regular season and Tampa Bay dispatched them in 5 games. We like the Rays to now exact some revenge (by getting a SWEEP) against the Astros team that eliminated them from the playoffs in last year's post-season. Houston continues to waste scoring chances as they have been devoid of clutch hitting so far in this series. Those struggles are likely to continue today. The starting pitching edge goes to the Rays with Tyler Glasnow over a struggling Zack Greinke. In terms of the Rays solid pitching overall (including superb bullpen) they have allowed an average of only 2.3 runs per game in their 8 post-season victories. They have the bullpen edge in this match-up and our computer math model predicts another solid win for them in this one. Bet the Tampa Bay Rays on the money line in evening action Wednesday.