Adrian Sampson versus Gerrit Cole is one of those games that, on paper, is a clear mismatch. But its worth remembering that baseball is a game where even the worst teams generally win 60 games over the course of a season, and in even the most lopsided matchups, an MLB rarely would be expected to win less than 25% of the time. Today is a good reminder of that.
Adrian Sampson was staked to an early lead, and kept Houston off the board the first four innings, even though the Astros got a runner to second in three of those four innings.
