Astros 1, Cardinals 2
W: Brad Penny, L: Brett Myers, S: Ryan Franklin
The change for this game was the Astros pitching. They only gave up 5 hits and 2 runs on the night. Tommy Manzella didn’t have his gold glove on tonight, but the Astros need to stop stranding runners in scoring position. Brett Myers had a really good night. If he and the other pitchers start pitching mroe like that every night, the season might not be as bleak as it seems right now.
Michael Bourn seems to be the good spot in the line up. He got on base 3 out of 4 plate appearances. He only scored once. Not surprising, he was stranded at third.
Kaz Matsui was very consistent in ending innings on 6-3 put outs. Hunter Pence and Carlos Lee have continued to produce next to nothing in the middle of the order.
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Great night in the GameZone. All kinds of great information can be found there. I thought there were quite a few posts worthy of nomination for POTW.
Check out Taras’ Series Preview. Be sure to note that the Astros try for win #1 at noon on Thursday.