In fact, they left 11 on base for the game and have gone hitless in their last 17 chances with men in scoring position, going back to Game 2.
Baker admitted he may have to tinker with the lineup out of desperation on Sunday, hinting he could move Bregman down from his usual place at No.
Correa is hitting just .143 for the series while ALCS MVP Yordan Alvarez sits at .091.
“They’re not giving us a lot of pitches to hit,” second baseman Jose Altuve said.
Except the other team gave the Astros an opening by pitching Lee, who had never started a game in the majors before Saturday.
The veteran wasn’t scheduled to pitch long into the game anyway, but after he singled in his first at-bat — while looking sharp on the mound — Baker left him hit again.
“Greinke swung the bat well,” Baker stated.
In fact, it was his best outing in months having thrown very little due to an injury and inactivity during the postseason.
Despite stranding all those runners, the Astros were up 2-0 in the sixth inning before the Braves mounted their comeback.
They were down 3-0 to the Tampa Bay Rays in last year’s ALCS before losing in seven games and also won three in a row in this year’s ALCS to advance.
“You lean on your past,” Baker said.
Asked how the players are handling the situation facing them, Altuve used the old “one game at a time” approach.