It seems the Astros and Mariners had a secret agreement tonight to experiment with new rules for baseball. Instead of the winning team being the one with the most runners that crossed home plate like in normal baseball, it seemed like the object of tonight’s game was to see who could leave the most runners standing on the bases. If those were the new rules, this would have been a high scoring affair, eventually won by the Astros, 11-8.
It was a game of wasted opportunities by both teams. Or were they really wasted opportunities, or rather, was that the plan all along?