Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Astros 7
Pirates 8
W: Osoria (4-3) | L: Geary (2-2) | S: Marte (5)
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On a day when the Astros increased their playoff hopes with an infectious blend of delusional optimism and poorly-timed e-mail blasts, they also managed to pack up their shit and move into the Central basement, where they are free to remove their pants and holler up to the rest of the division to send down some fucking meatloaf.
The two teams’ starters combined for a robust 5.1 total innings and 11 runs, while the bullpens were just OK enough to keep the differential at 1 run in favor of the Pirates for the eventual sweep. It was a constant back and forth on offense, with the visiting nine jumping out for 4 in the first, and the Good Guys answering back with 3 in the bottom half. They traded runs in the second and third, the Astros tied it up with 1 in the fourth, the Pyroots pulled away again with 2 in the seventh, and Houston answered with 1 in the bottom, but that was it. I’d document the whole thing, but I think this does a better job:
See-saw affair with an unpleasant but predictable ending