George Springer, who was World Series MVP in the Astros' 2017 championship season, showed up early to get treatment so he could play in Game 4, but he was left out of the starting lineup.

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but failed to hold an early 3-0 lead and lost 4-3 to the Angels to remain a game behind the two AL Central teams. Cleveland and Detroit both hold tiebreakers over Houston, so the Astros needed to win their final two games and have either the Guardians or ...

With Yordan Alvarez out, it was DH by committee for Astros with Jose Altuve getting most starts. Still, Houston ranked 26th in OPS from the DH position.