Is Houston Playing Spoiler Or Are The Giants Spoiling It For Themselves?

Making his third big-league start, Astros pitcher Henry Sosa held San Francisco’s line-up in check Thursday night in the team’s 3-1 victory at AT&T Park, recording his first career win in the process. Matched up against one another for back-to-back weekends, the game ended with Houston coming out on top for the third time in four chances, leaving the Giants trailing a full 3 games behind division-leading Arizona. Has Houston really been that significant of a thorn in the side of the reigning World Champions, or are they merely leaving wins on the table as a result of their own offensive ineptitude? Consider this: the San Francisco Giants have lost 11 consecutive series-opening games. Eleven. In a row. Combined offensive production in those games? 15 runs (look it up!). An average of barely over 1 run per game – that is incomprehensible! I can’t think of a single reason to explain this statistical phenomenon. But I do know that if it fails to soon come to ...