Astros are kind of a mess right now.
W: Hamels (3-0) L: Fister (1-2) S: Tolleson (5)
HR: White (5), Odor (2)
Doug Fister got the loss but he wasn’t to blame. The Astros had two hit batters in the first–didn’t score. They had three straight singles to start the second-didn’t score, and a lead off hit in the third–produced zip.
“Stinky” hit a two run dinger in the bottom of the second inning to provide all the runs the Rangers needed. After squandering several prime opportunities, Tyler White’s home run in the fifth was all the scoring the Astros could mount.
The Rangers have won something like 30 or 40 games in a row at home against the Astros. Maybe Thursday, when Dallas Keuchel (2-1, 2.18 ERA) takes the hill the Astros can stop the brutality and turn things around with a much needed victory. A.J. Griffin (1-0, 3.27 ERA) is starting for the Rangers.