Thursday/Friday, July 1/2, 2010
Astros 6
Padres 3
W: Sampson | L: Gregerson | S: Lindstrom
I thought I’d post a picture of myself during the game last night, to sort of give you an idea of how much I appreciate west coast games. You know, I’m still relatively young and I enjoy watching the Astros, even this season, but damn if I can’t get past 10:30 on a work night when I’m sitting in front of a TV/computer. This one was over at 1:41 AM my time and evidently, it was a good one.
As they have been apt to do, the Astros went up early. In the 2nd, a solo shot by Michaels followed shortly after by a Kepp 2-run single gave Moehler a 3-0 lead. He made it stand up over 5+ innings, giving up just 1 Padre run in the 5th.
The lead lasted until the 7th when Wilton Lopez found the sleeping bats of Capistrano. A lead-off triple by Hundley was followed by a fantastic play by Berkman, a diving snag of a liner off the bat of one of the Hairstons that kept Hundley at 3rd. A sac fly got the Padres within 1 with 2 out but back-to-back singles by Gwynn and fuckingeckstein knotted the game right before that greedy little fuck was gunned down at 2nd on a great throw by Q.
I read that it went to extras and in the top of the 10th, the Good Guys took control. After Greg Gregerson got 2 quick outs, Q walked, then Navarro singled to set up Mr. Bourn with 1st and 2nd. He took the 3rd straight limpy slider and smacked it to the gap in RCF, scoring both runners and leaving him standing at 3rd. More weak-ass shit tossed to Kepp got Bourn home and the Astros had a 3-run cushion that Lindstrom saved.
See if the the hot streak continues tonight/tomorrow as Oswalt faces Latos @ 10:10 EDT.
Check out Limey’s “Whale Vagina”.