<p>The Houston Astros find themselves one win away from their third trip to the World Series in the last five seasons, heading into Game 6 of this best-of-seven American League championship series Friday night H-Town.</p>
<p>These teams split the first four games of this ALCS, but the Astros took the crucial Game 5 Wednesday night in Boston to return home with a series lead.</p>
<p>Houston opened this ALCS as a -150 favorite to win it, with the Red Sox Boston getting +130 as the underdogs. Now the Astros are chalked at -385 to win the pennant, with Boston getting +290.</p>
<p>It’s a rematch of Game 2 of this series as Luis Garcia hits the hill for Houston here against Nathan Eovaldi for the Sox. How are we playing this game with our free baseball betting <a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/free-mlb-picks&quot; title="Today's MLB Pick">pick</a>?</p>
<h2>ALCS Betting Odds </h2>
<p>The <a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/odds&quot; title="Compare MLB Betting Odds From Multiple Sportsbooks">MLB oddsboard </a>opened Houston at around -120 for this Game 6, with an over/under of 8.5 runs. Early betting action then dipped that line to -115 and bumped that total to nine.</p>
<h2>ALCS Game 6 Betting Preview </h2>
<p>Houston leads this ALCS three games to two following Wednesday’s 9-1 Game 4 victory. The Astros led that game 1-0 through five innings, then put up a five-spot in the top of the sixth and cruised from there.</p>
<p>Houston won Wednesday as a +110 underdog on the betting line and the game, like the four others before it, played over its total.</p>
<p>So the Astros are now 6-3 this postseason, Boston 6-4.</p>
<p>Houston has also now out-scored the Red Sox in this series 31-28, and 12 of Boston's runs came in one game.</p>
<p>The Astros played three games better than the Red Sox during the regular season, 95 wins to 92, and took the season series five games to two.</p>
<h2>Game 6 Pitching Match-Up </h2>
<p>This pitching match-up is a rematch of Game 2 of this series, a 9-5 Boston victory.</p>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/366286&quot; title="Luis Garcia Astros Pitching Stats">Garcia</a> is making his third start of this postseason; he’s hoping for better results. First, in that ALDS against the White Sox, he allowed five runs in less than three innings of a 12-6 Houston loss. Then in Game 2 of this series, he gave up five runs in one-plus inning, then left with a sore knee.</p>
<p>So the Astros are 0-2 with Garcia this postseason.</p>
<p>In his one other start against the Red Sox this season, back in June, Garcia allowed just one run and five hits through seven frames of a 5-1 Houston win.</p>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/40207&quot; title="Nathan Eovaldi Pitching Game Logs">Eovaldi</a> is making his fifth appearance of this postseason; the first three went OK, as he held the Yankees, Tampa, and this Houston team to six runs and 12 hits through 15 2/3 innings, with two walks and 19 strikeouts. Then came the ninth inning Tuesday night, when a blown strike-3 call led to four runs and a Boston loss.</p>
<p>Still, the Red Sox are 3-0 in Eovaldi’s starts this postseason.</p>
<p>However, over three appearances now this season against the Astros, Eovaldi has allowed 12 runs and 18 hits through just 11 2/3 innings.</p>
<h2>Splits With the Sticks</h2>
<p>Houston batted .266 against right-handed pitching this season, which ranked No. 1 in the Majors in that split, with a .339 team OBP, which also ranked No. 1, and a .442 team slugging percentage, which ranked No. 5. The Astros have also scored at least six runs in six of their nine games this postseason.</p>
<p>Boston batted .260 against RH pitching this season, which ranked No. 3, with a .328 team OBP and a .460 team slugging percentage, which ranked No. 2. But the Red Sox have also scored just three runs total over their last two games.</p>
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<h2>The Bullpens </h2>
<p>The Boston bullpen posted a 3.99 ERA this season, along with a 1.39 WHIP and a 2.37 K/BB ratio.</p>
<p>The Houston pen posted a 4.06 ERA this season, a 1.30 WHIP, and a 2.47 K/BB ratio.<br />
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<h2>MLB Betting Trends</h2>
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<li>Boston played 43-38 on the road this season.</li>
<li>Houston played 51-30 at home.</li>
<li>Boston played 57-39 against right-handed starters this season.</li>
<li>Houston played 61-39 vs. RH starters.</li>
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<h2>Totals Report</h2>
<p>The Under is 84-72 in Red Sox games.</p>
<p>Overs played 86-68 in Astros games this season.</p>
<p>Overs played 45-35 at Minute Maid Park this season.</p>
<p>Overs are 5-0 in this ALCS.</p>