The Houston Astros — baseball's surprise story of the first two months of this season — bear similar qualities to the Orioles of three years ago, both teams that emerged from years of losing by doing little things well.
Whether they can duplicate what the Orioles did in 2012 remains to be seen, but there's no doubt the O's see a little of themselves in an Astros team that came to Camden Yards with the best record in the American League.
But this Orioles team is immersed in a month-long struggle to score runs. And a day after beating the Astros in Monday's series opener thanks to a pair of two-run homers, the Orioles bats continued to struggle in a 4-1 loss to Houston in front of an announced 21,541 at Camden Yards.