Ariel Miranda vs. Lance McCullers, 5:10pm
The Astros have clubbed the rest of baseball into submission. Jeff had a great article during the break about the historic gaps between the Astros’ offensive production and the rest of the league, pointing out what was at the time an 11 point gap in wRC+ between the Astros (at 129) and the Dodgers. The first series of the second half has seen that gap grow to 18 points. My favorite, though, is the summary stat Fangraphs displays called “Offense” or “Off” which is just the runs above (or below) average combining batting runs and baserunning.