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Astros Crawfish Boil: October 15th, 2020

“I never doubted them for a minute!” I say while surreptitiously hiding my eulogy draft

By CKuno Oct 15, 2020, 9:00am CDT

American League Championship Series Game 4: Tampa Bay Rays v. Houston Astros

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Astros News

The Astros live another day and force a Game 5 on the back of a masterful Zack Greinke performance (Astros.com)
So we’ll get to appreciate at least one more game with the Astros’ core of players together (Astros.com)
Greinke was particularly grateful to actually be left in a postseason game even though he wobbled (ESPN)
Here is the FAQ for tonight’s game, answered by MLB writers (Astros.com)
One big question for tonight is who exactly will take the ball for the Astros? (Houston Chronicle)
Altuve bounced back from a couple of rough games to be the hero of Game 4 (Astros.com)
There were also fireworks from Springer, who remains an Astro for the time being (Astros.com)
Cristian Javier has become a shutdown reliever for the Astros at a time when they needed one the most (Astros.com)

Around the League

The Dodgers won Game 3 of the NLCS in rather convincing fashion (MLB.com)
Which included an historic 11-run outburst in the first inning by LA (MLB.com)
Speaking of history, Randy Arozarena continued his march into the history books with yet another homer yesterday (MLB.com)
Old Friend Max Stassi has undergone hip surgery (MLB Trade Rumors)