It was a lot to ask. The Astros, notorious extra inning game losers, were not about to win two of them in a row.
Tonight, they found another bizarre way to lose, flying into a 7-4 double play to end the game.
The Astros and Guardians starting pitchers, Justin Verlander and Triston Mackenzie, started the game engaged in a scoreless pitching duel for four innings.
It was Verlander who blinked first, allowing a Will Brennan solo homer in the fifth. And then, with two outs, Steven Kwan hit an RBI triple.
The Astros crawled back into contention with a run in the sixth on a rare Jose Altuve RBI single, scoring Mauricio Dubon.