The Houston Astros finish a three-game series with the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday at Daikin Park. Ronel Blanco (2-3, 4.96 ERA) pitches for Houston against Chase Petty (0-1, 34.71) for Cincinnati. The teams split the first two games.

The numbers do not lie: they are now, once again, a sub-.500 baseball team. And the next club on the docket is the Houston Astros, a club on the tail end of a generational dynasty that has twice won World Series titles since 2017 (and appeared in another pair of World Series, too).