Sparse crowd, empty seats greet .500 Astros for wild-card opener vs White Sox
HOUSTON (AP) — The crowd at Daikin Park was surprisingly sparse as the Houston Astros — baseball's first division winner with a. 500 or worse record — opened their Wild Card Series with a 6-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday. Large swaths of seats, especially in the upper deck, sat empty while right-hander AJ Blumbaugh delivered the game’s first pitch at 4:10 p. m. The bottom two levels were much fuller than the upper deck, but many seats in the lower two decks were also empty...
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