Houston Astros' Stunning Turnaround: Above .500 in July

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00:00We'll be right back.

00:03How great you could argue the hottest team in all the bigs.

00:06That's the Houston Astros winners yesterday up in Toronto

00:09three to one make that 10 victories in the last 11 for

00:13the Stroh's at the start of June eight games below 500 at

00:17the start of July and now into its second day two games

00:21above 500 for the first time this year 43 and 41.

00:26How did Houston flip the switch?

00:29They're playing much better, you know, hitting a little bit

00:32better. Ben when I look up and down their lineup, it's still

00:35nowhere near as formidable as it was in the past. A lot of

00:39that has to do with Kyle Tucker not playing obviously, but

00:42you know, no Correa sometimes no Altuve. It just depends on

00:45the day for them and they're still not scoring a lot of

00:47runs. So naturally they're digging into their form system

00:49and calling kids up and they're getting good pitching. The

00:52bullpen seems to be a little bit solidified, but it does

00:55feel like maybe this is an Astros victory by default.

00:58That's not to take anything away from them. But the you

01:01know, the Texas Rangers have just been awful, you know, and

01:04so the bottom of that division with Oakland and I know la

01:07has played a little bit better but without those teams really

01:09in contention. It's kept the Astros in the game and that's

01:13really all you can ask for. I'll be curious to see what

01:15they do in a few weeks. It's it's a dynamic where again this

01:19season, it looks like you could get a couple of playoff teams

01:22and a on the NL with just 83 or 84 wins or maybe even less.

01:25So maybe Houston keeps alive and still has that shot.