The Boston Red Sox takes on the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the ALCS. Boston took care of the Tampa Bay Rays in four games while the Astros took care of the Chicago White Sox in four also. Boston will send Chris Sale to the mound for the start. During the regular season, he was 5-1 in nine starts posting a 3.16 ERA with 52 strikeouts in 42.2 innings.

The Astros’ found their offense in the series win over the White Sox. The Astros will turn to Framber Valdez for today's start. He did not pitch well in his first postseason game posting an 8.31 ERA in 4.1 innings of work with six strikeouts.

Sale has pitched to the over in six of his last 10 starts. The Red Sox have scored at least six runs in eight of those 10 starts. Valdez had a bad iuting against the White Sox going just 4.1 innings. The over has hit in five of his last six starts. Houston was first in the majors with 5.39 runs per game while Boston was fourth with 5.16 runs per contest. Two pitchers that give up runs and two offenses that can score runs.

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