Even without José Altuve and Carlos Correa, the Astros are no slouch. Even good teams go through bad stretches! Houston came into today on one of those - each of their last four games ended in defeat, and they scratched just eight runs across the board in that period. It was inevitable that a team with the depth that they have would bounce back eventually.
Tonight, though? C’mon, man.
As seems to be the trend with these types of losses, the game started with good feelings. Facing the daunting task of following James Paxton’s deconstruction of Houston’s hitters, Mike Leake breezed through his first three frames, a solid hit to Tony Kemp the only infraction.