If it is possible for a first place team with a 17-10 record to have a break out game, then this is it.
Yes, the Astros are winning, mostly with great pitching, but somehow, something has been missing. Something, somehow has felt not quite right. The Stros have seemed like a mighty stallion, maybe a Secretariat, who started slow from the gate, and got stuck in the pack.
But you all know how that movie ends. When the jockey shakes the reins, when he taps his steed on the neck, leans forward, gives a little kick, the mighty horse with the heart of a champion finds a new gear, unleashes his full power and speed, and leaves the rest of the pack breathing his dust.