I wrote the Astros off after last Tuesday’s loss to the White Sox. Until then, I had assumed that the Astros were a good team and would figure it out. Even with hindsight, I wasn’t rash or unfair; it was mid-June, and the team looked stuck in first gear.
The boys haven’t lost since; baseball is a weird game.
Tonight’s game started with a hit parade in the bottom of the first.
In total, the Astros plated five runs on seven singles. This was the team’s highest-scoring first inning of the season, and, surprisingly, it did not include an extra-base hit.