In early-April baseball, small sample sizes are often the name of the game. Shoot, just a week ago at this time, the Astros were a 2-4 team who had just dropped an embarrassing series to their cross state rivals thanks in part to hitting with runners in scoring position that felt like what you would get by letting Santiago Casilla stand at the plate with a salami stick.
But that was mostly just a spot of bad luck that was bound to let up eventually, even if none of the hitters made any material changes to their approach at the plate.