Thursday, April 17, 2008
Astros 2
pHillies 10
W-Myers (2-1) | L-Backe (1-2)
That’s MR. Andy Jasner to you, bub.
AP via Yahoo!
DAS ist das TalkZone, ja?
What to do with Q?
Although it was just under 15 hours between last night’s final pitch and today’s first, it felt like 2 years to some. The Astros played like they couldn’t get out of pHilly pHast enough and they blew their chance at back-to-back series wins by bowing to the pHucking pHillies 10-2.
Admittedly, work didn’t give me a chance to watch much of this one, but it was quickly apparent to me that fellow Ball High alum Brandon Backe was not in possession of his best junk. By the time I was able to check in it was already 3-0 in the 1st on 5 hits and an error by Blum. Backe gave up 1 more in the 3rd and a 2-run bomb with no out in the 4th that got him run.
Meanwhile, world-class asshole Brett Myers – he of the hideous, rusty brillo pad taped to his chin – toyed with the offense, giving up just the one yack in the 4th to suddenly-33-year-old Miguel Tejada, who was 3-4 to lead the offense. The boys had a chance in the 2nd with Tejada on 1st and Lee on 2nd and 2 out, Q singled past a diving Howard and right to a charging Jenkins. As Lee rounds third, Jenkins throws an offline strike to Coste who turns, makes a sammich, eats it, kneels in front of the plate and tags Lee just as he’s awkwardly sliding in. El Kabong would put up the only other Astros’ run with a solo tater in the 9th.
The Twin V’s? The Flying V’s? I’m trying to figure out just what to call these enigmatic pinball machines of the Astros’ bullpen. Villarreal and Valverde kept the game from being reachable by giving up 2 runs apiece in their 3 total relief innings. I’ll leave the speculation and hand-wringing up to the freaks in the TalkZone but man, if these two could get it together, this team looks pretty damn good.
Back home for 3 vs. the Rukkakies. Sampson toes it tomorrow @ 7:05 CDT.