Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Turdinals 6
Astros 5
W: Lohse | L: Happ | S: Sanchez
HR: Holliday, Greene
They dropped the puck in Pittsburgh just as JA Happ toed the MMPUS rubber. It was inevitable that I would not be able to dissect any of the intricacies of tonight’s Game 2 between the Jakes and Astros – not that I do that anyway. There was a Game 7 tonight and that was my primary focus, although the Astros flickered on my laptop screen just below my line-of-sight with the 42″ HD.
I could tell Happ was pitching well. I think I saw every K and despite 2 solo dingers, kept the Turds in check for 5. But Lohse was better. A lot better. Only 4 hits through his 7 innings and none for extra bases. He seemed to get better as the game went on but LaGenius thought 97 too much for the man.
The Bullpen Beatdowns began in the Turds’ 7th. Del Rosario swept up the 6th and looked like he would do the same the next frame but collapsed with a 2-out RBI single and a HBP to leave 2 on for Valdez and the heart of the Jakes order. Pooholes, Holliday and Twinkie each had RBI singles before Molina grounded out to end it. 6-0 Turds.
Unfortunately, I saw none of the 3 runs the Astros produced in the bottom of the 8th inning as the last 5 minutes of the Lightning’s precarious 1-0 lead had me pacing and cursing at high dBs. But what I do know without having seen it is the Jakes’ bullpen sucks. Bad. I also know that Brett Wallace is a badass. Still 6-3 Jakes headed into the 9th.
Both my laptop and my HD TV survived the 1:36 6-on-4 the Lightning also endured to take their series and my focus was back on the Astros. Melancon made quick work of the Jakes 9th and Eduardo Sanchez struck out Towles to start the bottom of the inning. Then Inglett singled and Boojwah, craftily placed in the 9th spot in the 8th, tripled to the gap in left center to plate one. Bourn sacrificed Booj home to make it 6-5 and the sparse MMPUS crowd was making noise. The man that is Angel Sanchez kept scant hopes alive and fucked with Lance Berkman all in the same at-bat. His sharp fly ball to right sailed beautifully over Twinkie’s head to the wall for an easy double and a chance for Beaker to be a hero. Ummm…the book on Pence is an all-time best seller and even though he gave it a good effort, the low and way away slider slipped scant inches past the tip of his bat and the comeback was not to be.
One more chance to take this series tomorrow night at MMPUS. McClellan at Figgy. Fuck the Jakes in the eye!