New year, same result for the Houston Astros.
Roy Oswalt takes the mound and, for the first game of the season and coming off a season of injuries, pitches a decent game: six innings, seven hits, three earned runs, three strikeouts.
His team goes out and gets four hits against two-time Cy Young Award-winning San Francisco Giants hurler Tim Lincecum. They also strike out seven times, draw no walks, and score no runs.
End result: Giants 5, Astros 2.
If Waylon Jennings were still alive, he no doubt would throw his arm around Roy O and offer to write a song of condolence for him. Opening night was a typical depressing country music song for the Astros and Oswalt, minus the loss of sobriety, your girlfriend, your pickup truck, your chewing tobacco, and your basset hound.
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