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A The Astros finished the season tied for first place with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Houston defeated the Dodgers, 7–1, in a one-game playoff to clinch the division title. [3] B The 1981 Major League Baseball strike caused the season to be split into two halves. The Astros earned a berth in an expanded postseason tournament by finishing in ...
After a dramatic last two weeks of the season, including a four-game sweep of the Cardinals, the Astros did not get to the playoffs losing their last game to the Braves, 3–1. The Astros had managed to win 10 of their last 12 games of the season, and all but erased what had been an 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 game lead by the front running St. Louis Cardinals.
The Houston Astros also made their first postseason appearance in franchise history this year. All four teams would return during the expanded 1981 postseason, as due to the lockout-shortened season, the season was split in half and the division leaders during each half qualified for the postseason.
Houston's win clinched the team's first postseason berth in franchise history. [10] The Astros lost the five-game NLCS to the Phillies 3–2, ending their season. [11] Due to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, the following season was split into halves and the winner of each half advanced to the postseason.
The Astros won the 2024 division title despite beginning the season 7–19, at one point trailing the Mariners by 10 games in the AL West, becoming the first team in the expansion era to begin the season with that record and still make the playoffs. [135] The Astros faced off against former manager A.J. Hinch and the Detroit Tigers in the ...
It could have finally happened this week, but the Houston Astros did not include Verlander on the roster for their best-of-3 AL wild card series against the Tigers, which gets underway today in ...
The Major League Baseball postseason is an elimination tournament conducted after the regular season, by which MLB determines its World Series champion for a given year.. The MLB postseason format has evolved throughout its history, with the number of participating teams increasing from two (for its first six-plus decades) to the current 12, with a special format in 2020 having 16.
Salvador Perez set the goal of making the playoffs at the start of the 2024 season. Here’s how the Royals did it. ... the win over the Houston Astros at Kauffman Stadium on April 11, 2024 ...