FLORIDA 6, Houston 1
Saturday July 9, 2011
Chum Bucket Stadium
WP: R. Nolasco (6-5, 3.70)
LP: B. Myers (3-9, 4.88)
MIAMI (SnS) – The punchless, pointless Houston Astros fell helplessly to the Florida Marlins here Saturday night, 6-1, before an enthusiastic south Florida crowd of about 150. A clown threw out the first pitch, which was fitting — at no point in the contest did the Astros even begin to look like they might be about to start to try something that might lead to a positive result, much less a win. Houston starter Brett Myers continued his season-long downward spiral, while Florida’s Ricky Nolasco, the guy who went on the DL last year for tearing a meniscus while tying his shoes, went the distance for the win.
To paraphrase old Florida friend Swamp Dogg (he preceded Snoop Dogg by roughly 25 years, yo), watching the Astros for very long could lead to the total destruction of your mind, mind, mind.
The Astros may follow a recent pattern and salvage the last game of the series tomorrow, which would mean nothing. Or, they may not. They have seventy games left to play, and they’ll be doing well to win twenty of them. Whatever happens on Sunday, after that is the All-Star break and then the rest of the baseball season; which the Astros apparently do not plan on participating in, except as onlookers.
With that in mind, have a great break, peoples!
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