Astros 9, Cardinals 6
W: Wandy Rodriguez, L: Kyle Lohse, S: Matt Lindstrom
How much must it piss off the Cardinals to be one of the few teams in the NL Central to have not swept the Astros? However much, it makes me smile. There has not always been a lot to smile about with this team, but them beating the Cardinals is one shining spot.
The Astros won their third consecutive game. The Astros bats finally found the balls thrown by Lohse. They lit him up for 10 hits and 4 ER, but with the 2 errors, there were also 5 unearned. So, 9 runs on the night. The only Astros without a hit on the night were Jason Michaels, Corey Sullivan and Tommy Manzella. Carlos Lee and Lance Berkman are hanging around the .200 line right now, hopefully they can build on this and start hanging around the .300 line.
Word in the Gamezone was that someone said the Astros “might” win the game. Shortly after that, “Wandrew” had a bad inning, in which he gave up 4 runs on 4 hits and a walk. After that 6th inning, Manager Mills went to the bullpen to get the win for Wandy.
Newly appointed hero, Chris Sampson pitched a scoreless inning. Wilton Lopez came in to pitch the 8th and 9th. He did a great job in the 8th, got a little roughed up in the 9th which had Mills going to Lindstrom to pull out the save.
The 8 run lead was enough to get the Astros the win. Thursday is their chance for the sweep and a four-game win streak. Check out GBB’s Series Preview for more information about the DAY game.
Let’s go boys.