Astros 4, Cards 8
L: J.A. Happ W: Chris Carpenter
You know, giving up 7 runs in 1+ innings of work and ending up with a 4.03 ERA isn’t too bad. J.A. Happ just didn’t have it Wednesday in St. Louis. I rather expected the loss, the 7-game win streak in addition to the Winsday streak were going to have to end at some time. I was just hoping it wouldn’t be.
The youngins are still trying though and that is what I like about this team. Chris Johnson is trying his darndest to make sure Ed Wade doesn’t sign a 3rd baseman in the offseason. He went 1 for 3 with a walk. The 1 happened to be a 2-run homerun.
The tall drink of water, Jason Castro, hit a bases clearing triple (there was 1 runner on base) to go 1 for 3 with a walk.
The big hitter for the Astros, also known as Brett Wallace, got one hit but scored 2 runs. This kid is showing some promise.
One must give credit where credit is due in this game. The Astros bullpen went 7 innings giving up 1 run. Compare their outing to the one by the St. Louis bullpen the game before and the Astros kicked their ass. Great job guys, especially you Mr. Figueroa going 3 innings of scoreless baseball.
Other news:
My mom found this story (not exact link) on the front page of the internet. I love my mom, she’s great. Pretty fucking great catch.
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