Season Record: 62-33. First in AL West, 3 games ahead of the Seattle Mariners. Second in AL behind Boston, 3 games behind the first place and red hot Red Sox.
Pythagorean won/loss record: 67-28, best in MLB. Run differential: +182 (481 runs 2nd most, 299 runs allowed, least)
Baseball Reference SRS: 1.9, best in MLB but down .1 of a point and losing ground to Boston at 1.6
The Big Trends: The Astros came back to Minute Maid Park this week and feasted on some home cooking, sweeping the Chicago White Sox but only taking one of three from the hot and suddenly formidable Oakland A’s.