Astros Get Swept In a Heartbreaker

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty ImagesThe first rule of baseball mindset is: “Concern yourself with what you can control and forget the results.”

Hopefully, the Astros can forget this game —and this series — and move on.

In terms of what can be controlled, contact, the Astros outhit the Yankees in every game of this series according to the Statcast statistic, xBA, even the 7-1 loss Saturday. The xBA for the Astros of the four games averaged was .308. For the Yankees, it was only .224.

But especially forget today’s ninth inning. Down 4-3, the Astros didn’t go down easily. Singles by Jeremy Pena and pinch hitter Victor Caratini to lead off against closer Clay Holmes put runners on first and second…