Houston Astros (57-52) vs Tampa Bay Rays (55-54)
Game Info: Sunday, August 4, 2024 at 2:10 pm (Minute Maid Park)
The Line: Betting Odds: Houston Astros -167 / Tampa Bay Rays +141 — Over/Under:
The Tampa Bay Rays and the Houston Astros meet Sunday in MLB action from Minute Maid Park. Here’s a Tampa Bay Rays vs Houston Astros prediction. This will be the final installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game. We will examine:
The Tampa Bay Rays recent form and player performance
The Houston Astros recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Tampa Bay Rays
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Houston Astros
Recent betting trends in games played between the Rays and Astros
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Rays vs Astros game
Tampa Bay Rays Betting Preview
In their last series the Rays took on the Miami Marlins in a pair of games. Tampa Bay won 9-3 in the opener but then took a 6-2 loss Wednesday. After a tight 3-2 loss to the Astros in the Friday game, on Saturday Tampa Bay rolled to a 6-1 victory.
Hunter Bigge will start for the Rays on Sunday. This year Bigge has a 1.69 ERA with seven Ks and no decisions.
Houston Astros Betting Preview
Over on the Astros’ side, they played the Pittsburgh Pirates in their last set. Houston lost 5-3 and 6-2 in the first two installments of that series, but staved off the sweep with a 5-4 win in the finale. On Saturday the Astros were out-hit 13-5 in the defeat.
Spencer Arrighetti will take the mound for the Astros on Sunday. This season Arrighetti is 4-9 with a 5.58 ERA across the first 19 starts of his MLB career.
Rays vs Astros Pick Injury Notes
Rays RF Richie Palacios will miss four to six weeks with a right knee sprain.
Total Runs Facts
- Five of the Rays’ last six road games against AL West opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Four of the Astros’ last five day games against AL East opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Rays’ last seven Sunday day games against AL West opponents.
Houston Astros Player Prop Facts
- Kyle Tucker has hit at least one home run in seven of his last 11 appearances in day games.
- Jeremy Pena has recorded at least one Double in five of the Astros’ last six day games against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
- Jose Altuve has recorded at least one total base in each of his last eight appearances in day games.
- Victor Caratini has recorded at least one RBI in four of his last five appearances in day games against AL teams that held a winning record.
- Kyle Tucker has scored at least one run in each of his last six appearances in day games against teams that held a winning record.
- Kyle Tucker has recorded at least one hit in each of his last eight appearances in day games against teams that held a winning record.
- Jose Altuve has recorded at least one Single in seven of his last eight appearances against AL opponents that held a winning record.
Tampa Bay Rays Player Prop Facts
- Yandy Diaz has scored at least one run in each of the Rays’ last three games against the Astros.
- Jose Siri has recorded a hit in each of the Rays’ last seven games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Taylor Walls has recorded at least one Single in each of his last four appearances against AL West opponents that held a winning record.
- Jose Siri has hit a home run in three of the Rays’ last four day games against AL opponents that held a winning record.
- Yandy Diaz has recorded at least one Double in five of his last six appearances against opponents that held a winning record.
- Yandy Diaz has recorded two or more total bases in each of the Rays’ last five games against AL West opponents that held a winning record.
- Jose Siri has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last six Sunday day appearances against teams that held a winning record.
Tampa Bay Rays vs Houston Astros Prediction
I’ll probably just stay with the Astros. Arrighetti needs a good start, though. Over his last two outings Arrighetti has been a little sketchy with seven earned in 12.0 innings. Prior to that he notched 6.0 innings with just one earned versus the Rangers, though.
On Saturday the Astros had a lead going into the fifth but couldn’t score after the second inning during a quiet offensive evening. If Houston can get the bats going Sunday I think they’ll be able to bounce back.