It’s a good thing the Astros have the road-field advantage for the rest of the season. They just might have a chance for the playoffs after all. Was this the same team tonight that sleep-walked its way to a recent 3-9 tailspin?
After getting swept by the last-place Royals at home this weekend, tonight two solo homers and perhaps the best pitching we’ve seen from Justin Verlander since his 2019 no-hitter put the Mariners a game and a half behind the Astros for the third Wild Card berth.
Although the Astros looked up to their abysmal at home-hitting ways in the first inning by stranding Yordan Alvarez at second, in the second inning, the Astros played like the season was on the line.