Boston Red Sox (97-72) vs Houston Astros (99-69)
Monday, October 18, 2021 at 8:08 pm
Boston will start game 3 of this series with left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez (0-1, 5.40 ERA). The hurler went winless in two playoff starts against Tampa Bay in the ALDS and is 0-1 with a 7.02 ERA in 10 career postseason games (three starts) RODRIGUEZ is 1-3 when starting against HOUSTON with an ERA of 8.52 and a WHIP of 1.894. Rodriguez was smashed by the Astros in two regular-season starts going 0-1 with an 11.57 ERA in 9 1/3 innings. According to my power ranking pitcher vs batting order rankings the Astros matchup well vs Rodriguez.
Urquidy went 8-3 with a 3.62 ERA over 20 starts in the regular season. In his postseason career, he is 1-1 with a 2.81 ERA in eight appearances (four starts).URQUIDY is 1-0 when starting against BOSTON with an ERA of 1.50 and a WHIP of 0.667.
Boston look the last game played in this series 9-5 but the Astros have proved resilient in the recent past off a loss winning 4 straight redemption situations.
Astros are 9-4 in their last 13 playoff road games.
Astros are 11-5 in their last 16 playoff games as an underdog.
Play on the Houston Astros to win