For the fifth consecutive game, the Astros pitching staff has held an opponent to two runs or less. Coincidentally, Houston won all five games. That has to be a sign about how good pitching leads to wins or something. Sure, those shutdown performances have occurred against the Giants (98 wRC+), Mariners (84 wRC+), and the road Rockies (86 wRC+), but it is a step in the right direction with, at last count, seven rookies on the staff. Following that rather dreadful stretch of baseball in early August, I’ll gladly take a turn for the better.
A key reason why the Astros have been fun to watch in the last couple of weeks is due to the pitching performances from that lovable assortment of rookies.