"It's been the best season of my career so far," Ramirez said. "To get to this point, I feel like I don't have to stop. I just have to continue doing what I've been doing, no matter what happens."
After facing the minimum in the first, Ramirez looked to be cruising through the second, retiring the first two Astro batters he faced, but Colby Rasmus had other plans, depositing a 1-1 fastball into the right-field seats to put Houston on the board first.
"It was a mistake," Ramirez said.