Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Reds 2
Astros 3
W: Backe (9-12) | L: Harang (4-14) | S: Valverde (35)
A surprisingly efficient outing by Backe was bolstered by some offensive pop as all the Astros runs came via the solo dinger and the boys finished off this home Dicketies series with a 3-2 win, taking 2 out of 3.
“He With the Awesome First Name” bopped bomb #1 to the Bidge Boxes in the 1st off of Aaron Harang. Q hit the fucking cow in the 5th and then in the 6th, Ty continued his blistering August with his 2nd jack of the game and his 10th of the month. The Astros strolled into the 7th with a 3-0 lead.
Backe pitched quite well, challenging the hapless Reds’ hitters wih his FB and racking up 6 Ks. He unraveled in the 7th though when after 2 quick outs, he couldn’t pull off a miraculous play of a pesky chopper to his right and proceeded to beat himself up through the next 3 batters, giving up a triple, a walk and a single before Coop had seen enough. Brocail clamped down the inning and Hawkins perfected the 8th.
Papa Grande put on a fucking clinic in the 9th, striking out the side on 13 pitches, 3 he threw blindfolded, 2 left-handed and 1 with his right foot.
Don’t leave your set ’cause the fucking Jakes stroll in to town looking for trouble. Fuck ’em! Lohse @ Wolf tomorrow @ 7:05.