Playoff prognostication is a futile occupation. One can study the trends, the tendencies, but if you think that means those patterns will repeat themselves in a short series, you’re probably going to be wrong a lot.
If there was a game sitting out there for the Astros to win, it was this game, Game 2, featuring David Price against Gerrit Cole. Price’s team was 0-10 in the post-season games in which he has recently started, including his last game against the Yankees in which he got only 5 outs.
Gerrit Cole on the other hand came into the game red hot, with a 3.