Guess Who is the Fan of the Day!

GAME 7: Angels 9, Astros 1

When a team is not doing that well, the way to get through the season is just to try to find something to like in every game. Trust me, as a longtime Astros fan, I have a lot of experience at this. And I expect to have to use this approach frequently this season.

So what is there to like when the Astros lose 9-1 to end their opening homestand under .500? Well... here are a few ideas:

• We didn't get shut out! Carlos Corporan's 8th inning homer not only put the Astros on the board; it also keeps us leading the American League in season homers, at 10. We may have only scored 1 run in 3 of the 4 games of this series, but we haven't been shutout yet this year.
• We didn't get swept! True, we lost the series against the Angels, but yesterday's win kept it from being a four-game sweep. 
• And best of all -- I was fan of the day on the CSN Houston broadcast! If you've got MLB.TV, check it out at 1:51, at the top of the 7th inning!

There was too much to dislike about this game to spend much time detailing it -- Cosart's shaky start (giving up 3 runs in a first inning that just dragged on and on), sloppy base running (what little we had in the way of base runners!), no hits for Altuve, and of course, losing another very lopsided game. But it's just one week into the season. Let's just move on to Toronto for the start of the team's first road series.