After Monday night’s rainout, the Astros were facing three games in 24 hours with the doubleheader Tuesday and an afternoon game today. Everything was looking positive with Zack Greinke, Gerrit Cole, and Wade Miley penciled in to start. Possibly eyeing a sweep and the starters eating up some innings to avoid overworking the pen with the three quick games.
That all changed when Cole felt discomfort in his right leg while warming up for the second game. He ended up being a last-minute scratch and A.J. Hinch had to scramble to put together another one of his relief-by-committee pitching lineups for game two.