Dallas Keuchel (6-11, 4.86) versus Martín Pérez (7-7, 4.22)
So the Astros have struggled since July 24, when they beat up on the Angels, 13-3. Since then, they have gone 2-8, scoring 1, 3, 4, 6, 2, 0, 2, 1, 1, and 1 runs in the process. The Astros scored 5 runs in the Blue Jays series, with the TV announcers talking about the size of the strike zone throughout that series. Brooks Baseball isn't super convinced that the strike zone was as bad as Alan Ashby was describing - I think that it would be more accurate to say that the Astros have had a stars-and-scrubs offense all year, that Springer, Altuve and Correa have been consistently fabulous, and they have been surrounded by guys who have had hot streaks, but have generally been bad.