The Oakland A’s are in first place in their AL West division, but they’ll need to play well over the next few days to stay there. The second-place Houston Astros are in town for three games starting Tuesday, and they’re trailing by only a half-game in the standings.
This series will serve as a long-awaited rematch between these two rivals. They opened the season against each other and the Astros smashed the A’s four games in a row, part of a wretchedly bad start to the season, but Oakland bounced back and took two of three in the follow-up series in Houston.