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Three consecutive sweeps, 10 straight wins, offensive and rotational dominance have all been major headlines for the Houston Astros over the past two weeks. While sweeping the Baltimore Orioles in shutout fashion, the Astros ran up six runs on a former farm hand of their’s: Thomas Eshelman, who was traded in a package for Ken Giles.
To make it worse for Baltimore, minor-league journeyman Mickey Jannis finally made his major-league debut at 33-years-old against the best offense in baseball. The knuckle-baller surrendered seven runs.
All of the starters reached base via a hit for a second time this series.