The Astros have now lost eight of their last 10 games but are still leading in the race for the second Wild Card spot. They have lost 26 of their last 34 road games but open a nine-game homestand at Minute Maid Park on Friday night. That includes three games against the Rangers at the end of the homestand next weekend.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Moreland doesn't knuckle under: Moreland, batting with two on and two out, struck out on a knuckle curve from McCullers in the first inning. Moreland came up in the same situation in the third and this time McCullers threw him a full-count knuckle curve.