There was a feeling recently that the Athletics would overtake them for first place, but they were only able to tie so far. I was not part of the panic button crowd. This team is too good. Coming back home on a five-game winning streak should help them play well at home, where they have struggled recently. In the last six-game homestand, the Astros lost five of the six games despite scoring as many runs as they allowed. All stats and records from Baseball-Reference.
The Stros scored 26 runs and allowed 26 runs, but take away the 12 runs that they scored in the one win, it wasn’t as pretty.