Red Sox at Astros 10/17/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 08/07/2019 at 7:39 AM ET

In the second game of a Wednesday MLB Playoff double header, the Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros will play Game Four of the ALCS from Minute Maid Park. On Tuesday, Jackie Bradley’s eighth inning grand slam put an exclamation point on an 8-2 victory. SP Nathan Eovaldi allowed six hits and two runs over six frames to earn the win for the Red Sox.

2016 Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello (17-7 4.28 ERA) will draw the starting assignment for the Red Sox in this contest. Through 191 plus innings during the regular season, Porcello struck out 190 batters and posted a 1.18 WHIP.
The defending World Series Champion Houston Astros must win three of the next four games in this best-of-seven series to return to the Fall Classic. In Game Three, Houston RP Roberto Osuna was rocked for five runs and recorded just two outs. Jose Altuve collected two hits and scored a pair of runs for the Astros in a losing effort.

The Astros will counter with twenty-four year old righty Charlie Morton (15-3 3.13 ERA) on Wednesday. Morton did not start during the three-game sweep of Cleveland in the ALDS and struck out 201 batters in 167 regular season innings.

Boston SP Chris Sale (illness) was released from the hospital and is still expected to start in Game Five.. Through 162 regular season games, Boston ranked 1st in batting average and 1st in runs scored. For the season, Houston ranked 7th in batting average and 6th in runs scored. Take Houston in a game that they need to even this series. Final Score Prediction, Houston Astros win 5-4.

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