Astros vs Red Sox 3/16/10

[Limey]

Pitching duel underway in Kissimmee.  Both Lester and Oswalt have posted 3 scoreless frames, yielding only 2 hits each.

[Limey]

Oswalt issued his first walk of the game in the 4th, and then cleaned that up with a double play ball.  0-0 mid 4.  Oswalt 9-2 GO / FO (1 K).

[chuck]

Roy looked very good and was helped tremendously by several nice DPs. Lindstrom in now. He looks good, too, and is confounding batters with his breaking ball.

[juliogotay]

This may qualify for a conspiracy theory but I think some of Roy's problems last year were because he pitched in that world tournament. There seems to be a pattern of pitchers having "off" years when doing so.

[Limey]

In the 4th, Lee scored from 3rd on the wildest pitch in living memory a wild pitch.  Also, Matsui singled and came home, after getting moved to 3rd by Towles single, when Lee grounded into the easiest double play in living memory a double play.

Pitching staff still getting it done.  Working on a 3-hit shut out with Wright on the hill in the 9th.

[Limey]

Wesley gave up a double and a walk (thankfully, in that order), and closed it out.  4-hit shutout, 3-0 Astros (Kata got doubled-in to score an insurance run in the 8th).