Astros magic number 2021 series#
Some late homers by the kids salvaged a series win for the Astros yesterday and kept them in the catbird seat to win the division ().But I also wouldn’t mind seeing the Mariners lose at the same time.Check out the rest of the Crawfish Boxes here and listen to the latest version of Locked on Astros, our partnered podcast, here. This could be the best chance for a Seattle loss and perhaps a clinch for the Astros, who I would love see sweep the Athletics.
Sunday, however, will be the toughest matchup for the Mariners as they throw Marco Gonzales who is 9-5 with a 4.14 ERA versus the Angels star Shohei Ohtani who is 9-2 with a 3.28 ERA, which is solid but even more so pitching at home Ohtani has posted a 2.77 ERA this season. This game also could prove to be vitally important if the Astros don’t win one of the other games and the Mariners keep winning, then we are looking at the final seven games with a magic number of three and all seven are against playoff caliber teams. The Phillies are 1 1/2 games ahead of the. The San Diego Padres (86-68) now have a 2 1/2 game cushion over the Phillies (83-70) for the second Wild Card in the National League after an extra-inning win over the Los Angeles Dodgers Tuesday. This is definitely a wild card game, as either of these pitchers could have a horrible or a good game, time will tell. Increasingly, it appears that the Phillies will be the third Wild Card team or miss the postseason. He faces off against Paul Blackburn who is 1-3 this season with a 5.17 ERA. Sunday is probably the worst matchup of the three for the Astros, as Jake Odorizzi is scheduled to start at 6-7 with a 4.22 ERA this season.
Seattle is starting Tyler Anderson who is 2-1 with a 3.38 ERA since joining the Mariners versus Anaheim’s Jaime Barria who is 2-4 with a 4.77 ERA. With only eight games left in the season for Saturday’s start and the Astros currently seven games up this game could win it all and punch the Astros playoffs ticket the Angels play their part. With the way Valdez has been pitching, the Astros should be able lock up their postseason appearance on Saturday. Saturday has a great matchup as Houston’s Framber Valdez currently posting an 11-5 record with a 3.07 ERA versus Oakland’s Sean Manaea, who has a 4.05 ERA with a 10-10 record. Seattle has Logan Gilbert on the bump who is 6-5 with a 4.74 ERA versus the Angels’ Jose Suarez who is 7-8 with a 3.67 ERA this is definitely one of the best chances for a minus two night for the magic number.
Greinke could definitely get the magic number down to one or clinch with this game depending on what Seattle does in their game. Greinke has faced 46 batters and given up seven hits, and Oakland, as a team, is hitting. While Greinke has struggled as of late, he has owned Oakland this year so far in two outings. 2022 team records, home and away records, win percentage, current streak, and more. Follow your favorite team through the 2022 season. On Friday, the opening game of the three-game set against Oakland, the Astros have Zack Greinke on the bump sitting at 11-6 with a 4.11 ERA facing off against Oakland’s Frankie Montas, who is 12-9 with a 3.57 ERA for the season. Get the latest MLB Baseball standings from across the league. Let’s take a look at matchups to measure the odds of that happening for the Astros this weekend. In the best case scenario, the Astros could punch their ticket to the postseason with a win Friday and Saturday against Oakland and one Seattle loss on either of those days. With Seattle sitting in second place, a combination of an Astros win and a Seattle loss will also count double. Winning against a division team head-to-head can double the value of the win with regards to the magic number. With the Houston Astros‘ magic number sitting at three, the Oakland series starting on Friday can be the final hurdle to a postseason appearance and an American League West title.
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