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Astros News
- After a pitching decision gone awry, Dusty was happy to have Jake Meyers in the lineup to smack the game winner and erase his blunder (Astros.com)
- Here’s Meyers after the game talking what it felt to hit his first walk off RBI (Twitter - Mark Berman)
- Alex Bregman returned to the lineup for the first time in 2 months last night, and seemed to get things off to a grand start (Astros.com)
- Martin Maldonado also had himself a game where he threw out two would-be base stealers, and moved himself into a tie for that stat (Twitter - Mark Berman)
- The Athletic did an excellent dive into what it means to play for a team with scandal dogging them everywhere they go (The Athletic, $$$)
- One of the questions facing the Astros this offseason will be whether or not to extend a QO to Justin Verlander (MLB Trade Rumors)
Around the League
- The Dodgers and Padres battled back and forth for 16 innings and almost 6 hours last night before LA finally emerged on top (MLB.com)
- In today’s edition of “Everybody’s Mortal”: The Orioles were finally able to snap their epic losing streak by teeing off on Shohei Ohtani (MLB.com)
- MLB is reportedly looking into the possibility of using pre-tacked balls and has sent prototypes to pitchers to test out (MLB Trade Rumors)
- Gavin Weir is drawing a lot of attention at the LLWS this year, and a lot of people are mentioning him in the same sentence as Chris Sale (Sporting News)
- The PAC-12 has announced that it will create its own baseball championship tournament (PAC-12)
- Game 7 in the 2021 World Series is scheduled for November 3rd, making it the latest into the year that the Fall Classic has been played since 2009 (ESPN)
- Here’s the complete postseason schedule for those planning out October already (Astros.com)