Forget about the dreadful month of April, and only look forward. Stepping into May, the Houston Astros open up a long home stand against the Minnesota Twins (7-18), Seattle Mariners (13-11), and the Cleveland Indians (10-12).
The Astros very well could have won their second series of the season against Oakland, had the bullpen not faltered in game one. The Astros finally received good starting pitching for an entire series from Mike Fiers, Chris Devenski, and Doug Fister, who surrendered a combined five earned runs over the three-game set. The bats were held quiet by the A’s pitching staff, but somehow the Astros squeaked out a win in the final game with only two hits, one of which was a leadoff home run by Jose Altuve, who now has seven long balls on the year.