After sweeping the Kansas City Royals in four games, the Astros dropped three in a row to the Cincinnati Reds, the third straight sweep at the hands of that particular team. Tonight, they’ll start a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Astros are 67-79 when playing Arizona, for a .459 winning percentage that ranks as their worst against a National League team.
Despite Houston’s historic lack of success against the D-Backs, they did manage to sweep Arizona in their last common series, closing out the 2023 season between September 29 and October 1. In the final game of the regular season for both teams, Cristian Javier (10-8, 4.