On Tuesday night, all the stars were aligned. The still first place Astros were at home against the worst team in baseball, the Colorado Rockies, the first night of a ten-game home stand that heavily favored the Astros. Their ace, Hunter Brown, was on the bump facing a brutally bad Rockies lineup, but most importantly, it was the return of Yordan Alvarez, who had spent nearly the entire season on the IL with a broken hand.

No, it wasn't Friday, so no postgame fireworks at Daikan, but fans were hoping for big things with the team almost fully intact again after a season of injury after injury.

The baseball gods had other plans.

While Brown was fine, going 6.2 innings giving up just two earned runs, and Alvarez got on base twice via walks, the Astros floundered with a pair of errors and t

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