Martín Maldonado worked a walk to start a big fourth inning for the Astros.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Mistakes aren’t always middle-middle or driven deep into a second deck of stunned spectators, even if the past two days inside Globe Life Field make it seem so. Inside a stadium the have overtaken, momentum is sacred. Squandering it with six pitches to one of the sport’s sorriest hitters is the type of blunder Houston makes a habit of blitzing. Advertisement “The beauty about this team, there’s not an easy out,” catcher said.
20 ERAs in the regular season and were supposed to fortify Texas’ bullpen. Thursday, they furthered its collapse. “We’ve faced these guys a lot. They’ve faced us a lot. I just think we’re not missing the mistakes,” said McCormick, who whacked Will Smith’s 0-1 slider for a cosmetic two-run home run in the seventh inning. “When you can do some damage and work the count — I think we’ve been doing a really good job of working the count as well.
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