At 8;15 eastern we are backing the Houston Astros here. Houston is tied to the 41-3 Monster Playoff system below that is PERFECT in divisional play off games. Verlander goes and was dominant allowing a run through 7 against Texas earlier in the year. He has more big game experience than Montgomery for Texas who was lit up against Baltimore. The Astros did well in the season series this year and really poured it on against the Texas bullpen. Look for Houston to bag game 1


SU: 41-3

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Oct 23, 2004 recap Sat 2004 home Red Sox Tim Wakefield-R Cardinals Woody Williams-R 11-9 2 W 9.0 O 13-11 4-1 5-0 -120.0 11.0 9
Oct 04, 2005 recap Tue 2005 home Cardinals Chris Carpenter-R Padres Jake Peavy-R 8-5 3 W 4.5 O 10-13 1-1 8-0 -170.0 8.5 9
Oct 05, 2006 recap Thu 2006 home Mets Tom Glavine-L Dodgers Hong Chih Kuo-L 4-1 3 W -4.0 U 7-5 0-1 4-0 -150.0 9.0 9
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Oct 05, 2007 recap Fri 2007 home Guardians Fausto Carmona-R Yankees Andy Pettitte-L 2-1 1 W -6.5 U 9-3 1-0 1-1 115.0 9.5 10
Oct 06, 2007 recap Sat 2007 home Rockies Ubaldo Jimenez-R Phillies Jamie Moyer-L 2-1 1 W -8.0 U 9-3 0-0 1-0 -160.0 11.0 9
Oct 04, 2008 recap Sat 2008 home Dodgers Hiroki Kuroda-R Cubs Rich Harden-R 3-1 2 W -3.5 U 6-8 0-1 3-0 120.0 7.5 9
Oct 27, 2008 recap Mon 2008 home Phillies Cole Hamels-L Rays Scott Kazmir-L 4-3 1 W -0.5 U 8-10 1-0 2-0 -170.0 7.5 9
Oct 08, 2009 recap Thu 2009 home Dodgers Clayton Kershaw-L Cardinals Adam Wainwright-R 3-2 1 W -2.0 U 5-10 0-1 1-1 -105.0 7.0 9
Oct 08, 2009 recap Thu 2009 home Angels John Lackey-R Red Sox Jon Lester-L 5-0 5 W -3.0 U 7-4 1-3 5-0 100.0 8.0 9
Oct 09, 2009 recap Fri 2009 home Yankees AJ Burnett-R Twins Nick Blackburn-R 4-3 1 W -2.5 U 7-12 0-1 1-2 -280.0 9.5 10
Oct 01, 2011 recap Sat 2011 home Brewers Yovani Gallardo-R Diamondbacks Ian Kennedy-R 4-1 3 W -2.0 U 8-4 0-0 4-0 -140.0 7.0 9
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Oct 14, 2015 recap Wed 2015 home Blue Jays Marcus Stroman-R Rangers Cole Hamels-L 6-3 3 W 1.0 O 7-8 1-3 3-2 -170.0 8.0 9
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Oct 09, 2016 recap Sun 2016 home Blue Jays Aaron Sanchez-R Rangers Colby Lewis-R 7-6 1 W 4.0 O 10-4 0-0 3-1 -200.0 9.0 10
Oct 14, 2016 recap Fri 2016 home Guardians Corey Kluber-R Blue Jays Marco Estrada-R 2-0 2 W -5.5 U 6-7 0-0 2-0 -140.0 7.5 9
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Oct 18, 2020 recap Sun 2020 home Dodgers Dustin May-R Braves Ian Anderson-R 4-3 1 W -1.0 U 10-3 0-0 1-2 -155.0 8.0 9
Oct 08, 2021 recap Fri 2021 home Astros Framber Valdez-L White Sox Lucas Giolito-R 9-4 5 W 5.0 O 10-11 0-0 5-2 -105.0 8.0 9
Oct 11, 2021 recap Mon 2021 home Red Sox Eduardo Rodriguez-L Rays Collin McHugh-R 6-5 1 W 2.0 O 12-7 0-1 5-0 -110.0 9.0 9
Oct 12, 2021 recap Tue 2021 home Braves Charlie Morton-R Brewers Eric Lauer-L 5-4 1 W 1.0 O 11-8 1-0 1-2 -155.0 8.0 9
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Oct 11, 2022 recap Tue 2022 home Astros Justin Verlander-R Mariners Logan Gilbert-R 8-7 1 W 8.5 O 11-13 0-0 1-4 -250.0 6.5 9
Oct 13, 2022 recap Thu 2022 home Astros Framber Valdez-L Mariners Luis Castillo-R 4-2 2 W -0.5 U 6-5 1-0 2-1 -150.0 6.5 9
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Oct 23, 2022 recap Sun 2022 home Phillies Zack Wheeler-R Padres Yu Darvish-R 4-3 1 W 0.5 O 6-5 0-0 2-1 -135.0 6.5 9
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