After what felt like forever, the stage of the ALCS is finally set. The Yankees needed all 5 games to take down the Cleveland Guardians and even had 2 weather postponements along the way. Meanwhile, the Astros were able to sweep the Mariners and have been resting ever since. There's certainly the argument that New York will be coming into this series with some momentum, but Houston also handled them with ease in the regular season. Now that they're playing a series that means so much more, let's break down how Game 1 should play out. Along with this Same Game Parlay, be s ure to check out our MLB analysis for all of the upcoming postseason games.
Astros ML (-195)
Under 7.5 total runs (-160)
Jose Altuve 2+ total bases (+175)
Parlay odds: +575
Let's take a closer look at each leg of our same game parlay.
Houston Astros ML (-195) over New York Yankees
A rested Astros team should be able to get this series started out with a win at home. The Yankees aren't being provided any time off between their win yesterday and having to travel down to Houston. While the Astros did play 18 innings the last time they were on the field, that was also 4 days ago. They've had ample time to recover and should be able to replicate their dominance over the Yankees once again.