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Astros Crawfish Boil: June 25, 2018

You’ve probably heard already, but if you haven’t, Alex Bregman shaved his mustache in between plate appearances - Cut4 by MLB.com

This piece of Astros news has gone viral by now, but here’s more to the story about why Alex Bregman got rid of the ‘stache mid-game.

During his first couple months with the Astros, Gerrit Cole was used to pitching deep in games and keeping his pitch count at a manageable level. Yesterday, that was not the case as Cole ran into pitch count issues early in his outing due to a lot of foul balls.