Astros Choke in Extras Again. Fall to Giants 4-3

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesFor nine innings, it was a pitching duel between two rookies, the only scoring coming from a triple allowed by each.

But in the tenth inning, the Astros went small-ball with an intensity that would make Ty Cobb proud.

And then they became the bad New Bears.

To open extra innings for the Stros, slugger Trey Cabbage led off the inning with a bunt single, which was at first ruled out but overturned on review. On an eleven-pitch at bat, extra-inning hero Tony Caratini sacrificed the ghost runner, Joey Loperfido, home.

Jose Altuve then got the second bunt single of the inning, and Alex Bregman punched a weak grounder just past the shortstop into center to score…