BIG AL's ASTROS/RED SOX GAME 3 WINNER (14-5 RUN)

At 8:05 pm, our selection is on the Houston Astros over the Boston Red Sox.  Like they did in the Division Series against the Rays, the Red Sox came back with a vengeance on the road in Game 2 after dropping Game 1 to Houston.  Boston scored all nine of its runs on homers, including becoming the first team in history to hit two grand slams in the same post-season game.  But despite the fact that they are coming home on quite a high, the Sox have a challenge ahead of them.  They've used Nathan Eovaldi, Chris Sale, and Tanner Houck in the first two games and so now the choice for starter in Game 3 is a subpar Eduardo Rodriguez.  The Astros on the other hand will go with RHP Jose Uquidy who had a very effective regular season, despite being cut short by a nagging shoulder injury.  In 20 starts covering 107 innings, the 26-year-old went 8-3 with a 3.63 ERA and 0.99 WHIP with a 4.74 K:BB ratio.  Urquidy has a 2.81 ERA in eight post-season appearances (four starts).  Take the Astros.  As always, good luck...Al McMordie.