{"id":677,"date":"2024-08-01T07:26:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T11:26:26","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-08-01T07:26:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T11:26:26","slug":"showdown-in-houston-rays-vs-astros-game-preview-for-august-2-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betarizonasports.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/01\/showdown-in-houston-rays-vs-astros-game-preview-for-august-2-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Showdown in Houston: Rays vs Astros Game Preview for August 2, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scheduled for August 2, 2024, the Tampa Bay Rays are set to battle the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park beginning at 8:10 PM. The forecast predicts scattered clouds for the evening.<\/p>\n<p>Shane Baz will take the mound for the Rays, holding a 3.661 ERA. Opposing him from the Astros will be Yusei Kikuchi, with an ERA of 4.746.<\/p>\n<p>The Rays are currently 9th in the 2024 AL East Division, with a record of 55-53 and a winning percentage of 0.51. They have a divisional record of 16-21 and are ranked 4th within the division. Recently, the Rays have won 6 of their last 10 games, despite being on a one-game losing streak. Their overall home record is 30-29, and they are 25-24 on the road. With a record of 23 wins in daytime games versus 32 in nighttime encounters, the Rays have scored 432 runs while allowing 480.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Astros hold the 7th spot in the 2024 AL West Division with a 56-52 record, which translates to a 0.52 winning percentage. They lead their division with a record of 19-17. Over the last 10 games, the Astros have won 4 and are currently on a one-game winning streak. They own a 31-24 home record and are 25-28 away. With 19 victories in day games and 37 in night games, the Astros have managed to score 502 runs and concede 456.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scheduled for August 2, 2024, the Tampa Bay Rays are set to battle the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park beginning at 8:10 PM. The forecast predicts <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betarizonasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betarizonasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betarizonasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betarizonasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betarizonasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betarizonasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betarizonasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betarizonasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betarizonasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betarizonasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}