What a crisp, beautiful National League-style ballgame. An Astros victory in a pitchers' duel that clocks in at two hours and seventeen minutes?!? Sign me up. every. damn. time.
All of the offense in this game came courtesy of long balls from two of the youngest, newest 'Stros: Teoscar Hernandez and Alex Bregman. Hernandez turned on a ball on the inside half of the plate in the fifth for a majestic jack that also drove in A.J. Reed, who had walked one batter in front of him. Bregman tacked on a solo shot in the ninth to give the Astros more cushion than they would end up needing.