If the Red Sox fail to clinch the American League East and have to play a meaningful Game 162, the Astros have no intention of making things easy for them. Even if tomorrow's game is meaningless for Houston's place in the standings, Astros manager A.J. Hinch said he's prepared to keep all of most of his regulars in the lineup on Sunday.
The way he sees it, it's always in the Astros best interest to make things harder for the team they're about to face in the division series.
"I don't want these guys to have a day off," Hinch said.