This weekend’s Yankees-Astros series was a tale of teams going in 2 different directions. The Yankees are an older team trying to keep in contention while constantly reshuffling their roster. The Astros are a young team on the rise, with players in place that could be mainstays for a long time. It’s makes sense, then, that the teams in contrasting motion split this 4-game series.
The Yanks were blanked in the first ballgame 4-0. Dallas Keuchel was in total control for the Astros, striking out 12 and walking just 1 in a complete-game, 6-hit shutout. As a marker of his dominance, no Yankees baserunner reached second base until the 9th inning.