The Astros scored as many runs in yesterday's 11-3 win - including eight runs in the 2nd (season high for runs scored in an inning) as they had in their previous four games combined to improve to 52-27. It's the Astros' 5th straight series win, tying a season high. They're 4-2 on this homestand, outscoring opponents 26-14. Houston is 15-2 in their last 17 games.
*The Astros' 4.5-game division lead is a season-high.
*Gerrit Cole: 5IP, 2H/1ER, 8K:3BB. The one run he allowed came on a Lucas Duda home run. Cole needed 104 pitches to get through 20 batters, the first time in his career (I'm 95% sure of this) that Cole has had a start in which he threw five times as many pitches as he had batters faced.