In the 1950’s the Milwaukee Braves had a saying about their starting rotation. ”Spahn and Sain and pray for rain”
I don’t know how to make a rhyme out of Valdez and Javier—if you can think of one, add it in the comments— but the situation is pretty much the same. The Astros have two, and only two, excellent starters. And after Valdez’s career game last night, Cristian Javier did his part to be the Astros’ Sain in today’s game.
Before the Angels had to face Javier, the Astros took the lead quickly on a first-inning solo homer by Yordan Alvarez off Angels starter Griffin Channing.