 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Gerrit Cole naBlake Snell, saJustin Verlander naTyler Glasnow muGame 1, vakatengesa innings dzisina zvibodzwa kwemainnings matatu okutanga Alex Bregman asati aputsa tie neimba imwe chete pasi peinning yechina. Cole akaita kuti Rays isarohwe kwemainings manomwe uye akarova vatambi gumi nevashanu, vazhinji mumutambo wepostseason kubvira Roger Clemens mu2000 ALCS. Zvichakadaro, maAstros akarova imwe run muchikamu chechinomwe pane imwe bloop kubva kuna Martín Maldonado uye ndokuzonyora run yavo yekupedzisira pane imwe Carlos Correa. Roberto Osuna akabvisa Gerrit Cole aine outs mbiri mumutambo wechisere uye Yandy Díaz akasiya basa. Osuna akatanga inning yechipfumbamwe ndokupinda munhamo pakarepo. Akapa Austin Meadows naTommy Pham zvibodzwa zviviri zvokumashure kuti vatange inning uye akafambisa Ji-man Choi kuzadza mabhesi. Osuna akaita kuti Avisaíl García adonhedze achiita forceout iyo yakaita kuti Meadows awane zvibodzwa kubva panhamba yechitatu. Akabva afamba Brandon Lowe kuzadza mabhesi zvakare uye akazoregedzwa naWill Harris aine imwe kunze muchikamu chepfumbamwe. Harris akabva abvisa Travis dArnaud naKevin Kiermaier kuti vapedze mutambo uye vanyore kukunda kweGame 2 kweHouston. 