Astros insider: As run production plummets, is Houston 'just around the corner'?

The Astros are now hitting .227 with runners on base.

Only the Baltimore Orioles and Arizona Diamondbacks have a lower batting average. A 2-for-16 showing with runners in scoring position left their season average at .238 along with a .710 OPS. The figures rank 19th and 20th, respectively, league-wide.

On Friday, Yordan Alvarez tried to stretch a first-inning single into a double. He slid ahead of Jorge Soler’s throw and under Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s tag, but popped up in his slide and vacated the base. Chisholm kept the tag on him to squelch any hope of a rally. “I don’t know if they’re pressing, but everyone wants to be the guy to do the job,” Baker said. “There’s a difference between pressing and trying too hard. There’s such a thing as trying too hard. That’s not necessarily pressing. When you’re trying too hard as a whole, you end up swinging at pitches you wouldn’t normally swing at. The main thing is, we have to relax and realize the is in trouble and not us.

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