The Astros have reclaimed their home-field benefit after struggling to search out their footing at Minute Maid Park.
Final yr, Houston wasn’t the identical group at house as they had been on the street. For the primary time in 5 years, they completed the common season with fewer than 51 wins at house, concluding the season at 39-42 (.481 profitable proportion). This was a far cry even from their 2022 house file, which was 55-26.
Maybe to show their luck round, Houston painted the appropriate aspect of the batter’s eye past the center-field fence inexperienced to neutralize distractions in September 2023. Whether or not it was the inexperienced paint or dropping all 4 house video games of the American League Championship Sequence to the Rangers final October, one thing ultimately clicked.
The Astros haven’t misplaced a sport at house since falling 13-5 to the Detroit Tigers on June fifteenth. Their 10-game house win streak is the second longest streak in Minute Maid Park historical past, behind their franchise-best 18-game win streak set in 2004. Paradoxically, their tenth consecutive house victory got here on Friday after defeating their Lone Star rivals, 6-3.
