The bloom is officially off the Stros‘ (63-54) streak after the lowly Pirates (51-67) took two out of three from the Stros over the weekend, including the last two in which the Stros could not manage a run. Ouch!
Thus, after getting back into the NL Wild Card playoff race with a 41-14 streak, the Stros are now 7-10 over their last 17 games. Unfortunately, that latter stretch is more representative of this Stros club’s ability-level. So, absent a late season acquisition of a strong hitter, it is not likely that this club will win the 27-30 games out of its last 45 that is probably necessary to clinch the Wild Card playoff spot.

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