Houston Astros at Tampa Bay Rays 9/19/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Tropicana Field will play host to a Monday night MLB matchup between the Houston Astros and the Tampa Bay Rays. The Astros (95-51) have won eight of their previous ten games and are on the verge of wrapping up the AL West Division title. On Sunday, C Martin Maldonado homered and scored four runs to lead Houston to an 11-2 home victory versus lowly Oakland. Keep up with all of your bets and win with our MLB picks.

Twenty-five year old righty Luis Garcia (12-8 4.04 ERA) will head to the hill for the Astros in this contest. Last time out, Garcia allowed three runs in five innings during a 12-4 home victory versus Los Angeles.

The Tampa Bay Rays have won 49 of their 74 home games and trail AL East Division leading New York by 5.5 games. On Sunday, C Christian Bethancourt and OF Jose Siri each went deep to power Tampa Bay to a 5-3 home victory versus Texas. SP Jeffrey Springs (9-4) allowed three runs (2 ER) in five plus innings to earn the win for the Rays, who improved to 82-64 on the year.

The Rays will give the nod to twenty-seven year old righty Drew Rasmussen (10-5 2.77 ERA) in the series opener. In his last start, Rasmussen gave up four runs in four innings during a 5-1 road loss against Toronto.