American League
Astros (2-0) @ Rays
Greinke is 4-0, 1.78 in his last four starts; he is 4-6, 3.36 in 17 games (14 starts) vs Tampa Bay- he is 3-4, 4.03 in 11 playoff starts.

Former Astro Morton is 3-0, 2.73 in his last five starts; he is 4-6, 6.28 in 11 starts vs Houston, and is 3-2, 3.96 in 8 playoff games (7 starts). 

Houston is in playoffs for 4th time in five years; they won 2017 World Series, lost ALCS LY. Astros are 5-4 vs Tampa Bay this year; home side won seven of the nine games. Houston outscored Tampa Bay 9-3 in first two games of this series. 

Rays won the Wild Card game Wednesday; they’re in playoffs for first time since 2013.  Tampa Bay is 1-3 in the ALCS, winning their first one in 2008, losing the last three. 

New York (2-0) @ Twins
Severino is 1-1, 1.50 in three starts this year; he is 0-1, 4.15 in two starts vs Minnesota, is 1-2, 6.26 in six playoff starts.

Odorizzi is 1-1, 2.65 in his last three starts; he is 7-9, 4.71 in 18 games (17 starts) vs NYY- this is his first playoff start. 

New York is in playoffs for 4th time in last seven years, after making it 17 of 18 years before that; they won three of last five trips to the ALDS. 

Twins lost their last 12 playoff games with NYY. Minnesota lost Wild Card game here in 2017, their only playoff appearance since 2010; they’re 2-6 vs NYY this year, NYY scoring 18 runs in first two series games. Average total in the seven games is 13.1.

National League
Braves (2-1) @ Cardinals
Fried is 2-2, 7.71 in his last five starts; he is 1-0, 0.00 in two games (7.1 IP 1 start) vs St Louis, and is 0-0, 2.08 in six relief stints (4.1 IP) in playoff games. 

Hudson is 6-1, 1.86 in his last nine starts; he is 0-0, 3.38 in two games (1 start) vs Atlanta- this is his playoff starts. 

Atlanta is in playoffs for 2nd year in a row after a 4-year absence; they lost their last seven appearances in the NLDS, dating back to 2002. Atlanta scored three runs in 9th inning Sunday to pull out a dramatic 3-1 win and grab a 2-1 series lead.

St Louis is in the playoffs for first time in four years, after making it every year from 2011-15. Cardinals are 4-5 in nine games with Atlanta this year, 1-3 in this ballpark- they scored only two runs in innings 1-7 in first three games of this series.

Dodgers (2-1) @ Nationals
Hill is 0-0, 1.59 in three starts since coming off IL; he is 2-2, 4.08 in seven games (5 starts) vs Washington, and is 1-2, 3.04 in 12 playoff games (11 starts).

Corbin is 3-0, 4.84 in his last four starts, and is 5-9, 3.36 in 21 games (19 starts) vs LA. He is  0-1, 1.50 in his one career playoff start. 

Dodgers are 6-4 vs Washington this year, 3-2 in games games played here. LA is in playoffs for 7th year in a row, losing the World Series the last two years. 

Washington won the Wild Card game Tuesday, then scored only four runs when they split the two games in LA; they’re in playoffs for fifth time in eight years. Nationals lost in NLDS last four times they were in playoffs, three times in a 5th game.