Any casual baseball fan from outside of Houston would be completely unsurprised by today’s headline. Of course, who else would win a game for the Astros? Who else but George Springer, Jose Altuve, and Justin Verlander?
Yeah, we know this team has tons of other weapons, but with all the time the Astros have spent this year without that original core, Springer and Altuve, it’s great to see them back and bashing.
And Verlander, although still a leading contender for the Cy Young Award, seemed very shaky for about a month from mid-June into July.