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Altuve flied out to center fielder Kiermaier.

Altuve homered to left on a 1-1 count, Reddick scored.

Homered to left on a 1-1 count, Reddick scored.

Astros

Gurriel safe at first on fielding error by second baseman Lowe, Brantley scored, Bregman scored.

Safe at first on fielding error by second baseman Lowe, Brantley scored, Bregman scored.

Alvarez doubled to center, Bregman scored.

Gurriel hit a ground-rule double to right, Alvarez scored.

Hit a ground-rule double to right, Alvarez scored.

Meadows doubled to center, Sogard scored.

Astros fifth.  Reddick walked on four pitches.  Springer struck out.  Altuve homered to left on a 1-1 count, Reddick scored.  McKay pitching.  Brantley singled to right.  Bregman doubled to left, Brantley to third.  Alvarez struck out.  Roe pitching.  Gurriel safe at first on fielding error by second baseman Lowe, Brantley scored, Bregman scored.  Gurriel stole second.  Correa struck out.

Astros seventh.  Drake pitching.  Altuve lined out to left fielder Pham.  Brantley struck out.  Bregman walked on a full count.  Bregman stole second.  Alvarez doubled to center, Bregman scored.  Gurriel hit a ground-rule double to right, Alvarez scored.  Correa struck out.

Rays eighth.  Springer in as right fielder.  Marisnick in as center fielder.  Reddick in as left fielder.  Pressly pitching.  d'Arnaud lined out to right fielder Springer.  Wendle singled to left.  Kiermaier grounded out, shortstop Correa to first baseman Gurriel, Wendle to second.  Sogard pinch-hitting for Adames.  Sogard singled to left, Wendle scored.  Meadows doubled to center, Sogard scored.  Pham hit an infield single to third, Meadows to third.  Harris pitching.  Choi grounded out, third baseman Bregman to first baseman Gurriel.

 The Astros won a franchise record 107 games en route to their third consecutive 100-win season. Houston's 311 wins over the last three regular seasons are the sixth-most by any team all-time over any three-season span, and most since the Baltimore Orioles rattled off 318 wins from 1969-71.

 The Rays finished the regular season with a 96-66 record in 2019. Tampa Bay has recorded six 90-win seasons this decade (since 2010), tied with the Yankees for second most in MLB over that time (LAD - 7).

 Former Astro Charlie Morton was the winning pitcher for the Rays in the AL Wild Card game, becoming the first pitcher in MLB history to earn the win in three winner-take-all playoff games (also 2017 ALCS Game 7 and 2017 World Series Game 7).

 Yandy Diaz returned to bat leadoff for the Rays in the Wild Card game after missing 58 of the team's final 59 games of the season. Diaz homered in each of his first two at-bats in his return, becoming the first leadoff hitter in MLB history to hit a home run in each of his first two at-bats of a single postseason.

 Justin Verlander struck out 12 batters in his final regular season start to bring his season total to 300. Verlander and Gerrit Cole (326) are just the second pair of teammates all-time to strikeout 300+ batters in the same season, joining Randy Johnson (334) and Curt Schilling (316) of the 2002 Diamondbacks. Verlander ranks fourth in MLB postseason history with 167 strikeouts, trailing only John Smoltz (199), Andy Pettitte (183) and Roger Clemens (173).

 Tyler Glasnow has made four starts since returning from a forearm injury in early September; over these four starts, Glasnow has a 1.46 ERA and a .119 opponent average, though his longest start during this stretch was just 4.1 innings in his final start of the season at Toronto on September 27.

 The Rays won the season series against the Astros this year, 4-3, and have won the season matchup over Houston in each of the last three seasons. Tampa Bay is 12-9 against Houston since 2017, the best record of any AL team against the Astros over that time.

HP - Tumpane, 1B - Dreckman, 2B - Wegner, 3B - Hoye, LF - Meals, RF - Reyburn

HOUSTON -- The greatest disparity on paper between the two combatants in Game 1 of this American League Division Series rests with right-handers Justin Verlander and Tyler Glasnow.
In Verlander, the Houston Astros will open this best-of-five series with the quintessential ace on the mound Friday against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays. Verlander (21-6, 2.58 ERA) is favored to claim his second American League Cy Young Award and first since 2011, a span that has included three second-place finishes: 2012, 2016 and last season.

Verlander, Astros not taking Glasnow, Rays lightly

HOUSTON (AP)  Asked what went wrong for his Tampa Bay Rays, manager Kevin Cash invented a word.
''We got Verlandered,'' Cash said.

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TB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
HOU	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	X

Tampa Bay Rays @ Houston Astros on October 4, 2019

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