The Astros join the Rangers as winners on the road during the first day of the league championship series. Houston defeats Kansas City 5-2. The Astros started the game appearing to try to put the ball in play, but when they came back from a long rain delay, they started swinging for the fences. They struck out 12 times in the Royals seven relief innings, but hit two home runs to extend their lead.

Road teams won all of the first four games of the 2015 post-season. That’s very cool. I wouldn’t mind seeing an all-Texas ALCS, since that means a team that never won a World Series would get a chance to end the drought.