Astros vs Rays MLB live stream 2019: how to watch today's baseball from anywhere

Spring training is over - regular season MLB baseball is finally back! And over in Florida today sees the now former-World Series champs Houston Astros in action. Will they build on yesterday's 5-1 win? Find out with an Astros vs Rays live stream today.

After a long awaited off-season and all the anticipation that spring training brings, baseball has returned to cities across the US. Although Floridians may have preferred that it had come a day later, with the Astros coasting to a 5-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on the Opening Day.

That was largely thanks to a three-run homer flown to center field by George Springer. As you'd hope from his name, Springer has form for getting MLB seasons off to a flying start and yesterday was no exception. It was his third consecutive season hitting a home run in the first game up. Today's pitching match-up sees Gerrit Cole go up against Charlie Morton, with Cole the favorite to give Houston a two game series lead.

Keep reading to see the best ways to get an Astros vs Rays live stream. As you'll see, it's available via the ESPN+ subscription service (which comes with a 7-day free trial if you haven't tried it before). And we'll also tell you how to catch it even if you're not in the US this weekend.

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Live stream MLB baseball from outside your country

If you've been looking forward to this opening day match-up but now find yourself abroad, you'll find that your coverage will be geo-blocked. Annoying for sure, but not the end of the road...as you can try using a VPN to change your IP address to a US server and watch as if you were back at home.