Is it that the Astros have traditionally played down to weak competition?
Is it that home-field jinx coming back with a vengeance after a couple of good games this weekend?
The Astros came into this game leading the AL West by 2.5 games. And with nine out of 17 games against cellar-dwellers the A’s and Royals, it looked like the Astros could cruise into the AL West pennant.
A win tonight seemed especially assured, with the Astros ace, Framber Valdez on the mound and the offense coming into the game red-hot. In the last six games, the Astros had scored sixty runs, and in the last 30 days, the team wRC+ led the league at 144.