HOUSTON
As the artificial fog cleared inside the visitors clubhouse at Minute Maid Park, left over from a postgame party replete with strobe lights and shouting and rapper Kevin Gates on the stereo, Wade Davis snuck into a quiet corner of the room.
He was just 25 minutes removed from another death-defying escape, a close call in the ninth inning of a 3-2 victory over the Astros on Tuesday night. He wore a T-shirt and shorts and a look of relief.
“It was definitely off a little bit,” he said.
Davis did not have his best stuff on Tuesday night.