If you play for the Astros and your last name begins with “Mc”, then you probably had a good performance on Friday night in the first contest of a three-game series at Minute Maid Park. Houston took a 4-3 win thanks to Lance McCullers’ longest start of 2022 and a pretty good offensive effort by Chas McCormick.
Let’s start with the pitching star. McCormick outdueled Michael Lorenzen with seven strong innings of four hits, two earned runs, one walk, and six strikeouts on 105 pitches (67 strikes). He won his third game of the campaign (3-1) and lowered his ERA to 2.