The Houston Astros are on the verge of a stunning come-from-behind knockout of the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 7 of the ALCS Playoffs.

Lance McCullers Jr. is slated to start for Houston while Charlie Morton will do so for the Rays.

The line on this game has Tampa Bay favored at -115 and Houston at +106.  The total was coming in at 8.

The Astros are channeling the 2004 Red Sox, hoping to “cowboy up” for a stunning comeback that could send them to the World Series in Arlington, Texas. The only task left — winning Game 7 of their AL Championship Series against the Rays.

Trailing 3-0 in the series earlier this week, Houston players watched a documentary about Boston’s rally from a similar deficit in the ALCS against the Yankees — the only time in baseball’s 116-year postseason history a club trailed 3-0 and advanced. Carlos Correa, George Springer and the Astros’ other players are using that unforgettable comeback as inspiration.

That Red Sox team went on to win the World Series and end the Curse of the Bambino. Houston is merely trying to prove it can win without stealing signs after their 2017 title was tainted by scandal.

“We’re not through writing history,” Astros manager Dusty Baker said. “We’re hoping we can have a happy ending to this historic season and historic year.”

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Astros @ Rays Sat, Oct 17, 2020 EST

- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com