One thing my mom loved to do was take a good road trip to help get her out of a daily routine that had seemed to wear her down. When the monotony of home and work life began catching up to each other. On the road we went. It was always refreshing and helped her to get refocused.

By the time the Astros return to Houston on Sunday night they should be refreshed and no residue from the last home stand where they were swept by the Baltimore Orioles should remain.

On Saturday the Astros defeated the Cleveland Indians by a score of 3-2 to win their third game in a row.

Houston used a strong pitching performance by starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi who only allowed one earned run through seven innings.

“It is nice to get a little deeper in the game,” said Odorizzi who has only allowed two runs in his last four starts. “I didn't really feel like I executed my fastball all that well today. It's been the first time this year, I felt like I was throwing it more than putting it where I wanted to. But it's good to have success when I didn't really have my best pitch the majority of the game today.”

The Astros needed a strong pitching performance to help offset the lack of players they were missing in the lineup. Catcher Martin Maldonado (Bereavement), designated hitter Yordan Alvarez (Paternity Leave), right fielder Kyle Tucker (Back), and left fielder Michael Brantley (Right Side Discomfort) were all unavailable for Astros manager Dusty Baker. Second baseman Jose Altuve, who was given the day off for rest was the only available player for Houston off the bench.

One veteran Baker knows he can always count on is shortstop Carlos Correa, who once again showed his leadership qualities on the field and at the plate on Saturday. With the Astros leading 1-0 in the top of the fourth inning, Correa hit his 16th home run of the season to left field to increase the lead to 2-0. Third baseman Abraham Toro followed in Correa’s footsteps by hitting a solo shot to right field in the same inning to give Houston enough runs to finish the game.

Correa reiterated that baseball is a game of highs and lows and the two bad series they had against the Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles, who have a combined record of 64-102 on the season have been put behind them as they try and go for the four-game sweep of the Indians.

“Anybody can beat anybody in this game,” said Correa. “Baltimore beat us, Detroit beat us, but now we’ve got to keep our focus on the next series. We won the series, but we're gonna try to go for that sweep tomorrow, and then go into the next series with the same mentality.”