10…runs, that is! | OrangeWhoopass

May 31, 2007

Reds 2
Astros 10

W: Woody | L: Arroyo

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The White-filled pile of unlucky dog doo has slammed into something and I think it might be Bronson Arroyo! Woody pitched well and the bats woke up to help the boys avoid tying a team record for consecutive losses by punking the Dickities 10-2. In regaining their mojo, for tonight at least, the team produced half of it’s entire offensive output over the 10-game losing streak.

The scoring started for the Astros in the 3rd after an Ausmus triple (yes, triple. yes, Ausmus) off the right field wall and St. Biggio singled him home. Red hot Loretta singled to left (only 1,500 more to 3,000) but then Twinkie, who apparently was not in on the joke, popped out on the infield. Ahh, but El Caballo riding his magical RBI stick-horse proclaimed the 1-run inning a thing of the past. His blistering, dead-stop double into the left field corner plated Bidge and Loretta and the Caballitos were extra dancy over at the Conoco pump. PENCE!!! gets in on the fun and rips a liner off of the scoreboard that caroms away from Dunn towards the infield. Thunder Pants’ eyes were like beachballs as he rounded second with Dunn still chasing the ball but once he got to it, the throw was a cinch and PENCE!!! was toast. Zipp scored it, “Youthful Enthusiasm 0, Crippling Reality 1.” Lee scored but the fun was done with a 4 on the board.

Woody was dottin’ the corners all night. He threw alot of pitches but effectively, getting 8 K’s through the first 4 innings. He ran into trouble with 1 out in the 5th when Hatteberg doubled to left and then Juhnya advanced him to 3rd on a fly out. Next batter, phucking Phillips, singles to right to score Hatteberg and I, for one, wondered has Woody had enough. He was up around 100 pitches by then with Adam Dunn at the plate. But Woody did well, induced a pop fly on a 1-2 count that unfortunately turned into a Texas-leaguer into shallow center and with Phillips running on 2 outs, he scores standing to cut the lead to 2 with Dunn advancing to 2nd on the throw. Gar came out to stroke Woody a bit and that was just enough to get A.Gonzalez to K looking and end the threat.

The Astros’ bats were not finished with Arroyo. With 1 out in the bottom of the 5th, Biggio singled and Loretta, determined to not let Craig get too big a hit lead followed with one of his own. Now Lance, who looked like the only kid who didn’t get a present at the party, stepped in and after a steady diet low and inside, he got his gift in a hanging curve that just cleared the right field wall for his first homer since… let me look that up… fuck it, I’m tired…a long time and the Astros break it open. A Kabong single and LUUUUKE! triple finished up another 4-runner and the rout was on.

Rick “Poopypants” White had a shaky 6th but held it together and the bullpen kept the Commies off the board for the remainder. The offense kept the fire burning with 2 more in the 7th on Loretta, Scott and Everett singles and that finished the scoring with 10 runs on 16 hits. Notable efforts:

Woody 5 IP, 2 R, 9 K

Not a bad way to get out of a funk. Time to shave, change your underwear and get back out there for the reeling Jakes. RoyO starts off the 3 game series tomorrow.