In advance of their final homestand of the season, a seven-game set that starts Thursday night against the Los Angeles Angels, the Houston Astros muffed a shot to reduce their magic number to clinch the American League West by losing 4-0 to the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.
Despite dropping the rubber match of the three-game series to the Padres, the Astros (82-70) went 4-2 on their penultimate road trip that included a three-game sweep of the Angels.
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