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Game 1
After surviving all the hullabaloo of the expansion draft, I settled into the business at hand. We had to take our collection of misfit toys and shape them into a baseball team. After a spring training that felt like an eternity and what felt like months on the phone trying to work out an equitable trade, we found ourselves stretching on the beautifully manicured field of Steamboat Park prior to our historic first game against the division rival, if you can call a team we’ve never played before that, Houston Astros. This would be the first of six home games over the start of the season. Let’s hope we don’t embarrass ourselves. Let’s hope people show up.
Game: 1 of 162
Date: April 4, 2016
Weather: Partly Cloudy (56 degrees)
Start Time: 7:05 pm EST
Time: 3:27
Attendance: 54156
Magic Walk Off with Win
The Orlando Magic put one in the win column on Opening Day at Steamboat Park. The Magic defeated the Houston Astros, 5-4. Orlando left fielder Marwin Gonzalez was instrumental in his team's success. He was 3 for 4 with a home run and a triple. He scored 2 runs.
Orlando won the game in the bottom of the tenth inning. With no outs and Ken Giles on the mound for Houston, center fielder Leonys Martin hit a dramatic solo home run, bringing Magic fans to their feet.
Gonzalez said afterward that he was "glad the fans were treated to a good ballgame."
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