What’s going on here!
The Astros weren’t supposed to be this good this season.
When the Astros began putting themselves ahead of the AL West pack earlier in the season it was mostly on the strength of pitching. Pitching that according to all advanced metrics, was overperforming long term projections. Meanwhile, the hitting was a disappointing “meh.”
Guess what? The pitching just keeps getting better. In fact it is simply amazing. Two immaculate innings in one game. A combined no-hitter against the Yankees in New York. The starter in that game followed up last night with a seven inning one-hitter, and combined for 27 strikeouts in 14 combined innings in the two games.