May 24, 2005 - The Houston Astros would give up 4 runs in the bottom of the 8th and lose 4-2 to the Chicago Cubs. Chad Qualls started the inning off with a double and walk before being replaced. The loss brought the Astros to 15 games under .500 at 15-30.
They would get hot and from from June 7th with a record of 21-35 they would improve to 63-52 by Aug 12th. A winning clip higher than Tampa so far this season.
The Astros would finish the season 89-73-1 and make a deep postseason run beating the Braves and Cardinals (a 100 win team). In a 4 game sweep they would lose the World Series to the Sox including an iconic grand slam by Paul Konerko off the aforementioned Qualls in game 2.
I'll keep drinking my Kool-Aid, but if they could turn their year around 15 under from today, the Sox can do it 9 under. We have lots of ball to play and some big guys coming back soon. 3-4 (or what should be) 4-4 in Detroit and I think we get a lot more people giving this team a shot after abandoning the season.