The margin between winning and losing a major league game is paper thin sometimes. And it typically comes down to a play or two.
That play came in the eighth inning Friday night at Minute Maid Park when Drew Robinson misplayed a single to center by Marwin Gonzalez, which allowed the Astros to score the go-ahead run. Robinson was charging the ball and it bounced passed his glove and deep into center field. Pinch-runner Derek Fisher scored from first and Gonzalez made it to third.
"I just muffed it," Robinson said. "We are taught to take a look at the runner early.