For those who felt splitting the series with the Astros would be a perfectly fine result (author meekly raises hand), today’s game could be pure gravy. The salsa on the nachos. The cherry on the sundae. The hot sauce on the dirty rice. The icing on the cake. The parmesan on the pasta. The clotted cream on the scone. The celery salt on the Chicago dog. The cheese on the burger. The croutons on the Caesar. The the a la mode on the a la mode ...
Oops. Sorry. Got off-track there. It’s always dangerous to do a gamethread at lunch time.