Houston Boils Boston's Beans: An ALDS Game 2 Retrospective

The BoSox are now in a 2-0 hole in the best-of-five series against them buzz-sawing Astros. This after losing by an 8-2 tally for the second time. The template is: get rocked early, then further fizzle in the mid-stanzas. 

Whenst Houston acquired Justin Verlander, Keuchel -- to-day's starter, willingly surrender'd his Ace status. Even as a Cy Young winner and AL MVP in 2011. That passing was confirmed yesterday as Verlander received the nod for Game 1 of the ALDS. "We couldn't have picked a better guy for Game 1." Said Keuchel, whom to-day yielded just three hits through six frames.

As to template: A Springer dinger, Altuve’s RBI in the third staked the two-slot starter to a 4-1 lead. The 'Stros then drove nail-into-coffin via four runs in the sixth, Correa getting his third-and-fourth RBIs a' the game. This all capitalizing on a Bettis blunder. The squads now travel to Boston for the Sox to fall on their swords at home.

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