The Houston Astros enter the figurative second half of the baseball season with the second best record in the American League, within shouting distance of the league-leading New York Yankees, and conveniently enough, with an opportunity to pick up two games in one day on the Yankees if they can…
The Houston Astros enter the figurative second half of the baseball season with the second best record in the American League, within shouting distance of the league-leading New York Yankees, and conveniently enough, with an opportunity to pick up two games in one day on the Yankees if they can sweep the hated New Yorkers in a day-night doubleheader today at Minute Maid Park. If the Astros’ play thus far this season against the Yankees is any indicator — the Astros are 3-2, with two late inning collapses accounting for the two Yankee wins — this race for best record in the American League is about to get tighter in the next 24 hours!…