Box score With the contest seemingly out of hand early, Brandon Barnes at least gave Astros fans plenty of reason to stay in their seats Friday night at Minute Maid Park with a magical performance. Barnes almost willed the Astros back into the contest by hitting for the cycle, but the ninth cycle in franchise history wasn’t enough to overcome the crater Bud Norris left for the bullpen to fill. Barnes homered to left-center in the second inning, tripled to right-center field in the fourth inning, singled to right field in the sixth and doubled down the right field line in the eighth inning. His heroics weren’t enough, however, to [...]