Pirates 3, Astros zip
W: Maholm (1-2) L: Woody (0-3)
Homeruns: Paulino
March to 3000: 2,948 (2×4)
Alyson chimes in tonight.
AP recap from Yahoo!
Craig Biggio led off the game with a base hit through the hole between short and third against Pirate starter Pat Maholm, who had a record of 0-2 and an ERA of 6.19 entering the game. That was the highlight of the night, and the only play I watched until I drove home from work and it was already the sixth inning a mere 45 minutes later. Scrambling to catch up on the missed action, I turned to the infamous Game Zone for an update.
Seems in the bottom of the first, the Astros crappy outfield defense came into play as it so often does. Jason Lane misplays a Wilson sister drive for a double and Jason Bay hits this shot, described by our very own Alkie:
Fucking ball gets goddamn scortched to deep shiting CF. Our dick CF goes back and to his twat right and jumps a good 15 cunt feet before the wall. The asshole ball hits the middle of his cock glove and he drops the goddamnfuckingcuntmidgetasianpornball. Run scores.
Damn, that sounded bad. The second inning brought more fun for the bumbling centerfielder, as he broke on a ball hit over his head, running with his head turned towards home plate of course, peeked at the looming barrier and adjusted his angle as he reached the warning track, jumped and slammed into the padding just as the ball…. hit twenty fucking feet over the wall. Nice judgment there. 2-0 Buccos.
Guess what happened in the third? I don’t have a clue, but the Pyroots scored again off of Woody Williams, with the Wilson sister and the Canook twerp again combining for the run. Woody settled down and wound up with seven solid innings, but it wasn’t enough facing Lefty Grove Maholm. I distinctly remember Burke actually catching a fly ball as he jumped against the wall in one inning, although he was only about five steps from the track when the ball was hit.
MRaup observed:
Its like the Stros are filming a “how not to play baseball” video tonight.
Followed by some advanced scouting from TheWalrusIsAl:
Nice play by the ball boy – is he a free agent?
And a reminder from Bench in regard to the lefty Maholm:
Just when I got used to cringing upon seeing a rookie hard-throwing righty in an upcoming series, they start changing all the questions.
At this point, after arriving home and feeding all the hungry critters that decided my yard is home, I nuked some leftovers and sat down the enjoy the rest of the game, only to realize in horror that Burke just used a 9 iron to loft a short fly to left. Ballgame. One hour and fifty seven minutes of total suck.
Ty in Tampa had the same problem I did:
Had to stay late at work. Thought I’d get home, settle in with a beer and watch the 7 inning on. What the fuck just happened?
And EasTexAstro summed it up nicely:
Go to Huntsville, get in the shower, drop the soap.
It all happened very fast and you don’t want to remember it tomorrow.
15 straight innings without scoring.