Are you in the right spot?

Astros 6, Giants.3 F/10

So much about life is being in the right place at the right time. Baseball, too.

Twice in the ninth inning Drew Gilbert was exactly where he needed to be.

He ran down the first out, a ball with an expected batting average of .540, only because the Giants nearly had him positioned as a second left fielder.

The second out came in Gregor Blanco country. Gilbert, shaded toward right-center this time, tracked down a ball that would’ve been a home run in 19 other yards.

Phew. One out to go.

Here it comes, on a routine ground ball to second base ... and nobody’s there.

Osleivis Basabe started the play behind second base, leaving a Grand Canyon-sized gap between him and Rafael Devers at first. That’s exactly where Cam Smith hit it. Right place, right time.

And for Basabe and the Giants, one strike from winning: wrong place, wrong time, wrong season.

Up next: Bleh, a Tuesday night game against the Astros? I really wanted to point out that Matt Cain threw his perfect game on a Tuesday night against the Astros. Unfortunately it fell on a Wednesday. Even more unfortunate, if anyone’s throwing a perfect game Tuesday, it’s much more likely to be Astros ace Hunter Brown (3-1, 3.53 ERA). First pitch at 6:45 pm.