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What Happened
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Dallas Keuchel, the major league leader in ERA coming into the game, got lit up for nine earned runs including three home runs in 4.2 innings. Michael Feliz entered and surrendered five more earned runs in 3.1 innings, including two more home runs. The Astros anemic road offense managed ten hits, but only one - a two run home run by Evan Gattis, his 24th - was for extra bases. The Astros continued struggling both on the road offensively and to score against left handed pitching - which the Rangers exploited by throwing only left handed pitchers against the Astros in this game. The Rangers originally scheduled lineup for this game was scratched, and replaced with this one:
1. Ty Cobb
2. Willie Mays
3. Babe Ruth
4. Mickey Mantle
5. Lou Gehrig
6. Honus Wagner
7. Jimmie Foxx
8. Johnny Bench
9. Pete Rose
P: Steve Carlton
And that's pretty much it. 14-3 Rangers was the final, and the Astros are now 1.5 games back in the AL West and currently have a 1 game lead over the Twins, who are losing 2-1 to the Tigers in the bottom of the seventh inning as this article is being typed. The Astros have just nine home games and seven more merciless road games to play before the end of the season.
Good night, Astros fans.