With a 2-1 lead already, the Houston Astros are back home again Saturday night to host Game 4 of the 2017 World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The fans in Houston are hoping for two more wins in their home stadium to see their team win it all in what's been a tough past few months for the area. Here's a look at tonight's game preview including matchup odds, start time, TV Channel, and how to watch the Dodgers vs. Astros live streaming online.
MLB Game Preview
After winning the first game of this series 3-1, it seemed the Los Angeles Dodgers were going to continue to dominate their postseason opponents.
However, Houston came through with a momentum-building 7-6 win in Game 2 in extra innings and then followed it with a 5-3 win in their last meeting.
The latest win by the Houston Astros saw four RBI from several different players in just the second inning. That included a 379-foot home run from Yuli Gurriel and singles from Marwin Gonzalez and Brian McCann. Alex Bregman also hit a sac fly to score Gonzalez for a fourth run of the inning. L.A. was unable to provide any sort of answer to that early outburst by the home team.
Dodgers' pitcher Yu Darvish basically got rocked in that inning and ended up taking the loss for the game, while winning pitcher Lance McCullers Jr struck out three in 5.1 innings while giving up just three runs.
Brad Peacock recorded his first save of the series after striking out four in just over three innings on the mound.
On the mound for Game 4 will be left-hander Alex Wood for the L.A. Dodgers and right-hander Charlie Morton for the Astros.
For tonight's game, the home team will be the favorites to win. The Astros are at -1.5 on the run line and -120 on the moneyline.
The underdog Dodgers are +1.5 on the run line or +110 on the moneyline. Tonight's over/under is at 8.5 runs for the complete game in Houston.
How to watch it live
Saturday night's Game 4 of the World Series featuring the L.A. Dodgers vs. Houston Astros is scheduled for an 8:20 PM Eastern Time start. Live television coverage of the latest installment in the series is available on FOX and their affiliate stations around the United States.
Live streaming may be available to cable and satellite customers through Fox Sports Go, or on their specific cable/satellite TV provider services.
In addition, the MLB.TV postseason package for 2017 has all of the World Series games available to subscribers to live stream. It currently costs just $9.99 and will also give anyone who joins 2018 MLB Spring Training games for free. More details are available at the MLB.TV website.