Month: February 2023

This offseason, I set out to find the biggest trouncings our team has delivered over the past 5 years. I checked all of the Astros regular season games since 2018 and selected any that had a run differential of 8 or more. I paired down my list to the final ten candidates, considering the opponent’s strength and HR/K stats for each game, along with other metrics.

I am going to be releasing one video a day on this sub, leading up to the first game of spring training on Feb. 25. Let’s get excited over Astros baseball together and talk about some of these gems in our history.

Game 1 – 8/4/18 @ LA Dodgers – W, 14-0

The year after their World Series encounter, these two titans meet again at Dodger Stadium. The Astros, with 10 wins over the Dodgers at this point, are considered favorites. And boy, did we deliver.

A young Lance McCullers Jr. and a loose Cock from the pen outduel Kenta Maeda. The Astros offense explodes late in this one, with 9 runs scored in the 8th and 9th inning. Reddick and Gonzalez go yard. Maldonado gets his first major league hit, and his second one too. Bullpen preserves the shutout.