San Diego Padres 7, Houston Astros 0
W: Mat Latos, L: Bud Norris
Mat Latos, looking every bit the red-headed Goliath on the mound, made mince-meat out of the puny Houston nine on this night. That’s it, that is the story, all neatly wrapped up and delivered. You really don’t need to know more other than Latos used a combination of well located mid-90s fastballs inside and outside with a nice tight slider to make the Mud ‘n Blood youngsters cry. Made me cry too. Made everyone cry.
Big Bully!
Of course his mates decided to show up and stand behind him to admire his work as he basically man-handled the kiddos, taking turns slapping each one upside the head, one by one. Some of the Padres even decided to provide offensive contributions, like homeruns and stuff, to spot him some support. Like he needed it. With Latos providing two doubles, one to score the Padres’ fifth run, he really didn’t need anyone to help other than his catcher to squat and play catch with him. Fee-fi-fo-phewy, what a mismatch this was all night long. 2 hits allowed, 9 strikeouts, no walks and maybe some booty spanks for anyone else on the Astros bench who wanted to come get some.
They’ll play again tomorrow, note to the Astros: try not to send boys to do men’s work.
A little bit of in-game commentary on the bloodbath in the GameZone
A nice series preview contribution by Jane Doe