 They just lost a heartbreaker, a nail-biter. They came within a whisker of a championship. They gave it everything they had. This is what sports are all about. It was a well-played game. Everybody rose to the occasion. They had lost their best batter, Braden Montgomery. Former Astro, Jeff Kent, stepped in and had a great fill-in for that. This kid, Jace Laviolette, had a phenomenal series playing through injury.