5-4, 10 innings, Orioles over my Astros. A lead in the Top of the 9th was our first in the game. O's came back to tie things at 4-4 in the Bottom of the 9th. In the end, it was walk-off magic for the Orioles to beat my Astros for the win. It's going to be a long Spring and a long Summer for my Astros. Then again, it's been that way for them for several years. When will the Astros EVER return to relevance? Even the 2005 Astros were relevant despite all the losing they've had. How far did that team go? The World Series, which we'd ultimately be swept by the Chicago White Sox. Astros seem like they can't be on the winning end of games even if their lives depended on it. Damned shame.
Elsewhere, let's see who DIDN'T f:censored: up winning opportunities today/tonight...
* The Diamondbacks knocked the socks off the Chicago White Sox in Chicago. A 4-3 victory for the Snakes came on 12 hits and no errors. Wade Miley won for ARI with a save from Addison Reed. Losing for CHW was José Quintana.
* Prosthetic's San Francisco Giants. Villain's Dodgers. Who won today in the greater Los Angeles area? The Dodgers- by a score of 6-2. It was a win for Greinke of LAD and a SF loss for Jeremy Affeldt.
* In Atlanta, the Braves blanked the Chicago Cubs 2-0. Ervin Santana won along with a Save from Craig Kimbrel for ATL. Brian Schlitter lost for CHC.
* Yankee haters, thank Milwaukee today because the Brewers beat the New York Yankees 5-4. Both teams had 10 hits and 1 error each. The Brew Crew won with Zach Duke and a Save from Francisco Rodriguez. Losing for NYY was Alfredo Aceves.
* It was 8-3 in Arlington, Texas as the Boston Red Sox hammered the Texas Rangers. Winning in the BOS hammer job was Jon Lester. Martin Pérez was the losing pitcher. Both pitchers have four wins each after this game (Lester is now 4-4 while Pérez is now 4-3).
* Nicksflix's Cleveland Indians got trounced in Tampa Bay with a 7-1 spank job by the Tampa Bay Rays. Erik Bedard (former Astro?) picked up the win for TB while Zach McAllister lost for the Tribe.
* It was an unhappy day for Blitz24's Mets as they failed 5-4 hosting the Philadelphia Phillies. The boys from PHI saw Mike Adams win along with a Save from Jonathan Papelbon. Kyle Farnsworth was the NYM loser.
* Canadian hospitality was served to Justin's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and the Angels weren't having any of it thanks to a 5-3 victory in Toronto. Winning for LAA was Tyler Skaggs along with a Save from Joe Smith. Former Astro J.A. Happ was the Toronto loser.
* Justin's Twins paid a visit to Joey D's Tigers, and it was not pretty for the Twins. Detroit won 9-3 over the Twins. Max Scherzer picked up his fifth win of the season for Detroit while Kyle Gibson was the MIN loser.
Congratulations to all other winners.
