Game 1: White Sox 5, Astros 3. The Sox were good, very good, but this one was winnable.
Through the first five innings, the find-a-way-to-win Astros were on the field - making plays, scoring in the second and third innings, and staying within a run even with Clemens pitching sub-par ball and then pulled due to a still-injured hamstring.
But then the old Astros took over, wasting lead-off doubles in the sixth and eighth innings and leaving men on base. When they were blanked by that refrigerator-sized Sox closer who threw 102-mph fastballs, it was over fast.
Looking forward to watching them make adjustments tomorrow and hoping they've got game for all nine innings.
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