Best of five
- Friday: Rays RHP Tyler Glasnow (6-1, 1.78) at Astros RHP Justin Verlander (21-6, 2.58), 11:05 a.m.
- Saturday: Rays LHP Blake Snell (6-8, 4.29) at Astros RHP Gerrit Cole (20-5, 2.50), 6:07 p.m.
- Monday: Astros RHP Zack Greinke (18-5, 2.93) at Rays RHP Charlie Morton (16-6, 3.05), TBD
- *Tuesday: Astros TBD at Rays TBD, TBA
- *Thursday: Rays TBD at Astros TBD, TBA
* - If necessary
WHAT TO KNOW
- Records: Rays 96-66 (2nd in AL East); Astros 107-55 (1st in AL West)
- Head-to-head: The Rays won four of seven, outscoring the Astros, 40-27, in the season series.