Welcome to Thursday, everyone!
As is with the offseason, there’s just not a whole lot of Oakland A’s news happening right now. But there is an update in their division.
The Astros finally topped their division and state rival in the Texas series, making the ALCS a 2-1 Rangers lead. The Rangers had a chance to put their boot on the neck of the Astros and go up a commanding 3-0 series lead. Instead, the came out swinging hard and fast against the Rangers’ prized deadline addition Max Scherzer.
Overall the future Hall of Famer gave up five runs in just four innings.