{"id":767,"date":"2024-08-12T20:40:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T00:40:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-08-12T20:40:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T00:40:17","slug":"matchup-preview-houston-astros-vs-tampa-bay-rays-august-13-2024-at-tropicana-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betmarylandsports.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/12\/matchup-preview-houston-astros-vs-tampa-bay-rays-august-13-2024-at-tropicana-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Matchup Preview: Houston Astros vs Tampa Bay Rays &#8211; August 13, 2024, at Tropicana Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Astros are set to clash with the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on August 13, 2024, starting at 06:50 pm under clear skies.<\/p>\n<p>Yusei Kikuchi will be on the mound for the Astros, carrying a 4.618 ERA. Opposing him will be Shane Baz of the Rays, with an ERA of 4.295.<\/p>\n<p>In the AL West Division standings for 2024, the Astros are currently 6th, sporting a 62-55 record, which translates to a .530 winning percentage. They hold a 21-18 record within their division, ranking 1st. The Astros have captured 7 of their last 10 games and are riding a 5-game winning streak. Their home record is 32-26, while their away stance is 30-29, and they&#8217;ve won 21 day games versus 41 at night. The Astros have scored 542 runs and conceded 485.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Rays sit 9th in the AL East Division with a record of 59-58, or a .500 winning percentage. They are 4th in their division with a 17-23 division record. The Rays have taken 4 out of their last 10 contests and are on a 1-game winning streak. Their performance at home is balanced at 31-31, with an almost similar road record of 28-27, and they show contrast in their day (24 wins) versus night games (35 wins). Tampa Bay has scored 460 runs while allowing 509.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Astros are set to clash with the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on August 13, 2024, starting at 06:50 pm under clear skies.<\/p>\n<p>Yusei Kiku<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betmarylandsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betmarylandsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betmarylandsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmarylandsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmarylandsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betmarylandsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmarylandsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betmarylandsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmarylandsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmarylandsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}