The Oakland Athletics are a game away from being eliminated by the Houston Astros in the ALDS. As good as they looked in the Wild Card round they look just as bad in the ALDS. They have dropped the first two games against the Astros and now face a must win game to stay alive. They will need to get their offense going if they hope to change their fortunes. They are hitting just .206 in the playoffs but have scored 19 runs. Oakland will turn to Jesus Luzardo in today's start. In the postseason, he is 0-1, 8.10 ERA. The pitching staff as a whole in the playoffs has seen their opponents hit .307 and have posted a 4.25 ERA.

The Astros have won all four games in the playoffs this season. A win today will give them two straight sweeps in this year's playoffs. They are putting up 7.5 runs game against the A's. Overall in the playoffs, they are hitting .269 with 22 runs scored. Overall their pitching has held opponents to a .163 batting average and has posted a 2.00 ERA. The Astros will counter with Jose Urquidy taking the mound. In the postseason he is 0-0, 2.08 ERA.

The Astros have had an offensive advantage against the A's. This should continue as the A's are batting less than .100 against Urquidy. Urquidy has given up three hits and three runs in two career starts against the A's. The Astros have put up 15 runs in two games.

Play on the Astros.