In Game 2 of the 3-game set, the Astros sent a formidable hurler to the mound you (and the Cards) actually heard of. Former Pirate Gerrit Cole took the hill to put at end to the Cards’ team streaks of winning 6 straight and homering in 10 straight as well as Goldy’s streak of homering in 5 straight. Two outta three ain’t bad...
Cole brought a great anti-homer tool in his arsenal: the strikeout. Cole leads all of MLB—like the whole thing—with 205 strikeouts total, issuing them at a rate of 13.5 Ks per nine (also tops in MLB).