Astros at Cubs, 7/19/2010
Astros 11, Cubs 5
W: Rodriguez (7-11) L: Silva (9-4)
HR: Castro (2), Johnson (1), Colvin (13), Ramirez (12)
Let’s make one thing clear from the get-go: Wandy may have been the winning pitcher, but he was not good at all last night, as has been the case throughout the 2010 debacle. Wandy gave up two home runs and several scary warning track shots, in a game where he was given a friggin’ 8-run lead, also known as “blind squirrel finds nut”. So armed with these 8 runs, Wandy proceeded to only go 6 innings and still raise his alarmingly high ERA to 5.11.
So what’s the good news? Hitting. Lots and lots of hitting. Much of it, even, from the youngsters. Jeff Keppinger continues to show that he is one of the only guys with a true plate approach, drawing three walks from his newly minted spot in the 6 hole. Chris johnson was a double short of the cycle, and raised his average over .300 while simultaneously hitting his first big league home run.
Most enjoyably, Jim Deshaies continues to show that he can continue to spin this chickenshit team into some watchable chicken salad. Upon Mr. Castro’s stroke of a home run to give the Astros an 8-0 lead, JD dropped this gem:
“It puts the ball in the basket.”
Seriously… if anyone wants to know what I want for Christmas, all I need is a video clip of Will Farrell doing his Harry Caray impression and saying this over multiple home runs off Zambrano.
We somehow get back-to-back night games at Wrigley, tonight at 7:05.