By Mr. Happy
It was another rugged night for the Good Guys as the broom came out in Steel City, beating the Astros 2-0 on a gem by Jeff Karstens, followed by a wobbly ninth inning from Joel Hanrahan, who couldn’t find home plate with a GPS, yet we still let him off the hook.
This was an ofer road trip, and everyone is probably glad to get out of Pittsburgh, but none gladder than El Caballo, who was relieved of duty on the travelin’ horseshit show and is now a fish. El Caballo debuted well for the fish, going 2-4 in helping them to a 4-0 win behind Mark Buerhle.
The problem is that we come home to the Brew Crew and have to sit through a JA Happ start. What’s the over/under on Rickie Weeks having a big night against Happ? I’ll take the over.
Meanwhile, back at the steel palace, last night saw the Astros debut of Matt Dominguez, who promptly struck out and grounded into a double play in two at-bats, ultimately being pinch hit for by Schreefer, who then struck out. At least Dominguez fielded his position flawlessly in two chances, which is more than I could say for Clank II at the hot corner. Being pinch hit for by Scheefer is no way to begin any type of promising career in the Show. I predict that he’ll be in OkC after the ASB, which, as all of you know, I fucking hate.
Not much else happened for the Astros last night, who were limited to four hits in 29 official at-bats with another eight strikeouts. Clank II, who was 0-4, blew a beautiful Bud Norris pickoff throw early in the ball game, a run that later scored, so Clank II’s presence was still felt.
It’s like my Momma used to say to me, if you don’t have anything nice to say, then shut up. So that is what I’ll do because a true southern gentleman always listens to Momma.