Contributed by austro
Friday, July 16, 2010
Astros 5
Pirates 2
WP: Myers (7-6) SV: Lindstrom (22) LP: Duke (3-9)
Ho, hum: another Myers start, another 7.2 IP, 2 ER effort. It’s too bad there’s no Most Consistent Player award, because Myers would be the hands-down winner.
The Astros started the night off with a run in the 1st inning. Bourgeois led off with a single, stole 2nd and 3rd, and then came home on a Keppinger FC. In the second, Pence led off with a single (Bagwll-as-hitting-coach already yielding benefits!), moved to 2nd on a WP, and then scored by a double to RF by Q.
PIT managed to scrape up a run in the bottom of the 4th. McCutchen led off with a double, moved to 3rd on a ground out, and then scored on a sac fly to LF. Myers got the third out without a hitch.
The Astros picked up two more in the top of the 6th. Keppinger led off by smacking some weak-ass shit down the LF line for a solo homer. Pence followed with a one-out walk (after another Berkman K) and moved to 2nd on a Johnson single. Both runners moved up on a WP to Sanchez, and then Sanchez squeezed Pence home for the second run. They added one more run in the top of the 7th when Bourgeois walked, moved to 2nd on a balk, moved to 3rd on a ground out, and scored on a Keppinger double.
The Pirates closed out the scoring when the incomparable Lastings Milledge led off with a double and eventually scored on a McCutchen single. That was the end of it, though, when Lyon and Lindstrom closed things out.
There’s a half-assed rumor floating around that the Astros could wind up with Milledge in some whacko three-way trade; please, God, don’t let this happen.
Catch the Saturday game at 6pm. Accoring to strosrays’ outstanding preview, that’s a Bud Norris vs Ross Ohlendorf matchup. Break out your Sears poncho and help cheer the Astros to victory.