Mets 4, Astros 5
W: Mike Hampton, L: Johan Santana
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Well the Astros are now 4 games over .500 baseball. Willing is so much better than losing. Of course, it doesn’t help that the Cardinals and Cubs won also. I hear a lot of talk about being a 1.5 of the lead, but I don’t really care about that right now. The Astros just need to keep on winning, especially while some key players are on the DL. If the Astros continue to win that other stuff will take care of itself.
Astros Highlights:
Mike Hampton was only allowed to pitched 5.2 innings of baseball. He had given up all the runs the Mets scored on the night, but he hit the magic number of 100 (actually 101) and was pulled. He also took a Johan Santana pitch to the Crawford Boxes. Very nice Mr. Hampton.
Michael Bourn, Miguel Tejada and Ivan Rodriguez each had two hits on the night. Bourn had a stole base and an extra base due to an error but Miggy couldn’t get him home.
Hunter Pence had an outfield assist aided by the punch/tag to the jaw by Pudge. Very cool play.
Astros Lowhights:
Astros left 11 men on base. I really wish they would not have left the bases loaded in the 7th and creamed the Mets with a solid single, double, triple or homerun.
Game Analysis:
I don’t know what has happened to Hunter the last couple weeks, but it seems like he has reverted to his bad habits. Someone needs to visit with him, and I don’t mean Cooper. Sean Berry or one of the veterans on the team. He was doing well, but seems like he has started pressing again or something. Maybe he doesn’t handle wins very well.
I am beginning to wonder if the Astros were to win a 100 games, would Cooper forfeit all the rest saying they had played enough and were tired? Damm, I seriously hate juding pitchers on pitch counts. I thought Hampton looked like he could have finished the 6th. Hampton’s demeanor walking to the dugout seemed the same.
Bench Tidbits:
Today is the 2nd SnS game. Hope to see everyone there. Hope everyone had a good time. Hope no one ends up in jail or a hospital.
Check out Mark’s world famous series preview. Good reading.