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Walk-off trending: Astros get 4th in 8 games

Sunday it was Jason Castro -- the sage Astros veteran who's endured more Houston baseball misery than perhaps anyone in the clubhouse -- hitting his third career walk-off home run as Houston won 3-2, finishing a sweep of the first-place Dodgers and back-to-back beatings of former Cy Young winners Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw.

The walk-off was the Astros' fourth in eight games and gave Houston a 7-3 homestand, a feat some thought improbable given the daunting pitching it would be facing and the offense's recent inconsistency.

"It underscores the idea that you've got to play complete games and you've got to get 27 outs against us to beat us," manager A.