won Game 2 by the same lopsided score. Though they lost Game 3—the winning pitcher was one the Red Sox had acquired from the Cardinals three years before, a diminutive fireballer named Joe Kelly—the Astros then closed out a three-games-to-one series victory just four days after it started. That clinching win was due to a contribution from a now unlikely source: Carlos Beltrán, who had finished the regular season batting a career-low .231, with just 14 homers and 51 RBIs. By October, the 40-year-old had become not just a designated hitter, but a part-time one. Thirteen
