Game Hero, 34 - 46

Mark Loretta

2 for 3, 1 BB, 3 R, 2 RBI Second homer of the year Second career walkoff homer, and first for Houston Second game with 3 runs scored this year, and the 17th of his career He's playing short, he's playing first, he's playing second. He's playing all three for only the third time in his career.

After Biggio struck out early on, I wrote something like, "the magic's gone," but obviously I was drawing the wrong conclusion, because the magic seems alive and well.

The team had never before won back-to-back games on walkoff homers.

Mark Loretta had one homer on the year; he had one career walkoff homer.

Needless to say Fuentes--who ain't Billy Wagner, but also ain't David Weathers--had never given up game-losing homers in consecutive games.

So the odds were long as Loretta stepped in.

But he got it done, we won, let's see some more.