Astros at Natinals, 5/5/09 (resumed 7/9/09)
Astros 10, Natinals 11
This game ended, much as it began, in craptacular fashion. If you care to torture yourself with the details of the ‘game’ on 5/5/09, you can read about them here (I personally wouldn’t bother…).
In any event, the Astros found themselves as the away team at MMPUS in the bottom of the 11th with one out and a runner on first base. The game was tied at 10. Hawkins was on the mound, and Kata had replaced Erstad (bad hammy) in left. Nyjer Morgan had been substituted in as the baserunner on first base.
The first batter, Josh Willingham, singled to left. With runners on first and second bases, Hawkins induced the not-so-speedy Josh Bard into a DP grounder to Keppinger (playing second base). Keppinger flipped it to Tejada for the second out of the inning, but Tejada sailed the throw for the would-be third out of the inning over Berkman’s head, allowing Morgan to easily score. Ballgame.
In many ways this game ended as it should: one more craptuclar play in a game chocked full of craptacular plays. C’est la vie (I guess).