After two heartbreaking losses in the first two games, the Astros head to their road portion of the ALCS with a 25% chance to survive the Rangers and advance.
Fourteen teams in MLB postseason history have come back to win in a best-of-seven series after dropping their first two games.The Houston Astros are two games from being eliminated from the postseason, but according to the team's GM, they can handle such panic-inducing moments.The Houston Astros are a resilient crew, and you can see that in the last week of their regular season when they went from holding a position out of the playoffs to becoming the American League West champs.
He was asked about the team's demeanor and attitude with such a seemingly demoralizing playoff hole to deal with. According to him, the deficit is nothing to the players. ABC13 Sports digs into the history the 'Stros will have to accomplish to fulfill a comeback for the ages, as well as how recent events inform how Houston might be able to overcome a Rangers team that has won seven postseason games in a row.Coming back from losing the first two games of a seven-game series in baseball is a lofty proposition to place on a team, no less one that has done it all in the postseason.
Arguably, the most famous example of a team coming back from a deep hole was in the 2004 ALCS when the Boston Red Sox, who trailed 0-3 against the rival New York Yankees, won four in a row en route to not only the AL pennant but also a World Series.
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