CLEVELAND -- The Astros, winners of 103 games during the regular season, rarely met a gift opportunity that they didn't embrace. The seventh inning of Game 3 of the American League Division Series on Monday afternoon was just another example.
Facing Indians "super reliever" Trevor Bauer, left fielder Marwin Gonzalez laced a bases-loaded double to the corner in left, driving in two runs and putting the Astros ahead, 4-2. The hit, Gonzalez's first of the day, was as improbable as it was timely. The pitch was 4.22 feet off the ground, which, according to Statcast™, was the second-highest pitch Houston has turned into a base hit in 2018.