Opening Day Fun and Game!

GAME 1: Astros 6, Yankees 2

Is there anything better than Opening Day? Your team takes the field with a clean slate and ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN! Given the Astros' last place finish for 3 years running, that ANYTHING might be just that we don't finish in last place this season. But who knows?

Tonight's game was terrific. The real difference maker in the game was the starting pitching. Scott Feldman threw almost 7 innings of shutout ball in his debut as the Astros' ace, while the Yankee's CC Sabathia floundered in the first couple of innings, giving up 6 runs. The Astros showed a lot of hustle, both in fielding and on the base paths -- just what we all want to see from the youngest team in the Major Leagues.

Sabathia settled in after the first few innings and the Astros did not score again. Astros reliever Kevin Chapman, who rescued Feldman from a 7th inning bases-loaded threat, put a couple of runners on in the 8th. Then Chad Qualls, resurrected from the 2005 pennant winning Astros team, let them score to make the score 6-2. Albers, the closer du jour, pitched a scoreless ninth to end the game.

Offensive high points of the game: Homers by Guzman and Hoes. Multi-hit games for Altuve and Fowler. Stolen base for Altuve. GO DOG GO!

Opening Day Prediction: The Astros may not make the playoffs this year, but they aren't going to lose 100 games this season.

Game Day Food: Vegetarian hot & sour soup with udon, lotus root, king oyster mushrooms, winter melon, and smoked tofu. I bet they weren't serving THAT at Minute Maid Park!