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- Updated: September 23, 2016
HOUSTON — With the Wild Card race as tight as it is, the Astros can’t afford many more nights like Thursday’s 2-0 loss to the Angels if they want a shot at playing meaningful baseball in October.
Though Astros starter Mike Fiers rebounded from a rough first inning in which he allowed a two-run homer by Albert Pujols that went a Statcast-projected 358 feet from home plate, his 6 1/3 innings of two-run ball weren’t enough to keep Houston from losing, as the Astros’ offense couldn’t come up with a big hit all night. The Astros couldn’t even get a baserunner past second until the eighth inning.
With the loss, the Astros fell to 1 1/2 games back of the second Wild Card spot, currently held by Detroit, with whom the Astros entered Thursday tied in the standings. …
