Game Highlights/Lowlights
I’ll focus on what manager Brad Mills chose to focus on–those plumbing problems. Just kidding. Defense. It is the only thing going right for this team at the moment. Bourn is making difficult catches look easy (in stark contrast to the Sexy Bitch who makes routine plays look like Golden Glove Girl moments) and Manzella is playing shortstop the way it was meant to be played.
Four players combined for the Astros 8 hits: Keppinger (3), Bourn and Manzella (2 each) and the Franchise gets his first of the year. Unfortunately, the Good Guys were unable to string more than two of these together at a time and got shutdown for the second time this season. Despite having completed 36 innings into the season, the Astros have yet to lead in any of them which seems to have contributed to another type of aforementioned plumbing problems.
Anybody pressing?
This team is playing as constipated as Raymond without his MOM. You can see it on their faces and in their swings. Pence’s ineptitude in the 3 hole has hexed even Carlos Lee who is normally known for his self control at the plate. He has resorted to flailing wildly at pitches nowhere near the strike zone. Press your luck much more on this 3-hole experiment and you just may get slapped with a few Whammys!
Up Next:
Moyer vs Paulino at 6 p.m. Saturday
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