Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Astros 3
FTC Babybears 6
W: Harden (3-1) | L: Hampton (1-3) | S: Gregg (5)
HR: Twinkie (7), ErrorMiss (4)
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The return of Aaron Boone to MMPUS last night was overshadowed by the news earlier in the day that hitting coach Sean Berry would require surgery for a cancerous tumor on his kidney. Best wishes to him and his family. While the players may have been able to push aside the sobering news for the game, the whole affair still seemed disjointed and fairly joyless.
"Only 3 of Mike's 5 runs were earned!"
Hammy got himself in all kinds of trouble in the first inning, with the bases chock full of Scrubs, but came thisclose to getting out of it unscathed on a diving attempt by Bourn to snare a deep liner into the left-center gap. Sadly, the ball just did clear his glove, emptying the bases and leaving Reed Johnson on third with a triple. Johnson then scored when Pudge let a wrister get through the five-hole for the 4-0 lead. (Amazingly, this exact same thing happened in the sixth inning, too.)
Twinkie smacked a two-run opposite field shot in the eighth, if you’re looking for things to file under the Positive Developments category. In between, however, we were treated with a platter of LOBsters and a side of rally-killing GIDP, a lonely RBI coming from the pitcher, and episode number 2,309 in the infinite series Houston Astros’ Rundown Failtacular and Horseshit Show. Get your tickets, folks, it’s always worth the price of admission.
Go ahead and throw a pot of coffee on, because Russ Ortiz is taking the hill tonight for the Good Guys, insuring a methodical, steady approach to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz