Astros 0, Nationals 10
W: Tim Redding, L: Chad Paronto, S: Steven Shell
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Astros found another way to lose. It did not help that Roy Oswalt started this game and left after one inning with an injury, but Roy probably would not have had a win anyway. The Astros potent offense got 9 hits on the night, none of them plated a runner though. Tough night for a bullpen that gets used a lot. Tough night especially for Dave Borkowski and Chad Paronto.
Tim Redding, former Houston Astro, was probably thought by many to be the pitcher the Astros would beat in this series. He wasn’t. He went six innings giving up 7 hits but getting 6 strike outs lowering his ERA to 3.85. Steven Shell pitched the final 3 innings only giving up 2 hits.
Kaz Matsui seems to be doing okay coming off the DL earlier this week. Lance Berkman is doing what he’s been doing all season. It is really disheartening to see some players really doing great when the rest of the team is doing really bad.
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Check out the GameZone for in game action. (Or to read about the game you may have missed.)
The Series Preview, a must-read Masterpiece, is one reason to care about this series.
I’m having a great weekend visiting my parents in San Antonio. Hope everyone else has a great weekend also.