Astros want adjustments to new slide rule

Astros manager A.J. Hinch talks about the final play that handed his team a loss to the BrewersMILWAUKEE -- The consensus in the Astros' clubhouse a day after their ninth-inning comeback against the Brewers was foiled by Major League Baseball's new slide rule is that the rule should be changed to allow some interpretation of intent.

In the midst of a four-run rally in the ninth inning that brought the go-ahead run to the plate with one out Friday, Astros second baseman Jose Altuve hit a slow bouncer to Brewers second baseman Scooter Gennett, who threw to second to get Colby Rasmus for a forceout. Rasmus was out, but he also slid past the base. Shortstop Jonathan Villar did not even throw to…