Monday, April 11, 2011
FTC 5
Astros 4
W: Dumpster | L: Figueroa | S: Marmol
HR – Hall (1), Sanchez (1)
Gamezone (Much better than this recap)
Nelson Figueroa made his second start of the season tonight. His first didn’t go so well. I know, I recapped it. This one was a leeeeeetle better, but not much worse. Bursts of runs flew out of his mighty palms in each of the first 2 innings, digging the Boys a hole deep enough that their attempts at heroics fell achingly short.
Frustrating, to me anyway, was how good Nelson looked at times. He was able to stop the bleeding in both of his crooked innings but when you’ve opened the wound, applying the tourniquet is of little solace. He went four giving up 5.
The lineup was not to go lightly, despite Dumpster making them look pretty bad early on. The “chipping away” began in the 5th with a Downs RBI single. The real hope came with 1 out in the 7th when a pinch-hit HR by Hall, followed by another dinger a screaming double by Bourn, THEN another dinger by Sanchez chased Mr. Flippyglove from the game. A Pence walk and a Lee single kept the hope alive but the effort fell short with a Wallace F7 and a Johnson 4UFO.
Both bullpens performed very well but of course, being down by 1, the Astros lost. Fuck the Cubs!!!
Well, that’s going to do it for tonight’s recap so for now, I’d like to leave you with this Moment of Zen:
