Conventional wisdom says the playoffs are a crapshoot. More often than not, winning in October can be entirely random. But not for the Astros.
Now one win away from reaching the ALCS for the sixth straight year, the Astros have continued to showcase why they’re consistently one of the last teams remaining each postseason.
In Game 1 of the ALDS, the Mariners ambushed Justin Verlander early, scoring four runs in the first two innings before tacking on two more in the fourth. It was the worst playoff start of Verlander’s illustrious career. Typically, a game feels lost when the team’s ace surrenders six runs in just four frames.