Friday – WIN!
Saturday – WIN!
Sunday – WIN!
The settling dust of MLBs trading deadline on Saturday revealed a new, young, unproven, yet vibrant Astros team – and Carlos Lee.
Friday, the centerpiece of the Astros push to get Roy the hell out, J.A. Happ, went out and blanked the Brewers for 6, while huge nights by Kepp and CJ kept the offense on a roll.
Saturday, with Berkman gone for at least the rest of the season, newcomer Brett Wallace made his debut and while he went hitless, he proved he can in fact, pour piss from a boot. Multi-hit nights by Kepp, Michaels and CJ helped the Astros score 6. Wandy blistered the Brewers for 8 scoreless and the boys cruised to their second straight shutout.
Sunday, a pitcher’s duel matching Randy Wolf with young lefty Wesley Wright and they were toe-to-toe through 5. When Hart smacked a 2-run dinger off WW in the 6th, things looked bleak as Wolf was breezing. But in the 7th, Beaker slapped a liner to Wolf that bounced off his left wrist for an infield hit that knocked Wolf out of the game. His replacement, Loe walked Lee and CJ to load ’em for PH JMike. Braddock replaced Loe and gave up a sweet slam to Michaels that landed just a few rows back in the Crawfords. 1 more run was added in the 8th on a PENCE!!! triple and a cutoff throw that sailed into the Brewers dugout. Lopez and Lyon locked things down and the Astros completed the sweep and ran their winning streak to a season-high 5 games. Wesley got his first win as a starter and Wallace got his first MLB hit.
So the rebuilding begins. I have a feeling I’ll enjoy watching these guys play out the season. They take off for Busch for 3 with the Jakes starting tonight. Go kick the shit out of ’em, boys!