Whether you think the future is now, or the future is later, this game is exciting.
The Future is Now: If the Astros lose this game and get swept in the series they will fall five and a half games behind the A’s in the AL West at this, the quarter mark of this short season. Picking up six games in the remaining 45 is doable, but the odds are clearly with the A’s if the Astros lose again today.
And with their four game losing streak the Astros have given hope to some of the AL West’s perennial also-rans.