Texas 8 Houston 7
contributed by Mr. Happy
The sixth inning. The fateful sixth inning. Erik Bedard pitched a whale of a game tonight and deserved far better. As did Matt Dominguez, who went deep twice. The Astros went into the sixth frame with a 3-1 lead on Fuck Yu Darvish. Because Bo Porter made a horrific pitching change to one Philip Humber, we came out of the sixth inning down 7-3. Humber’s putrid line: .2 5 5 5 1 1 1. He couldn’t even finish the frame before Porter brought the long overdue hook out in favor of Cisnero.
Taking a well deserved L, Humber is now 0-8 9.59 on the season. Humber is responsible for approximately 30% of the Astros’ losses and 0% of the Astros’ wins this season. Have we seen enough of Humber? The answer to that question is obvious. Have we seen the last of Humber in an Astros uni? The answer to that question is unknown. Porter’s post-game comments didn’t suggest quick action on Humber. Humber has done nothing to deserve to wear a big league uni any longer this season. The poor bastard is embarrassing himself now. Surely he himself wants to be released.
The Good Guys made it interesting in the ninth inning, scoring three times, but they were unable to come back from that sixth inning hole, a hole that was foreseeable and preventable. In yet another ironic twist of fate, Fat Elvis provided what would ultimately prove to be the winning run with a home run off of Cisnero to improve his total domination of his former club. Berkman is now hitting .448 against the Astros with six long balls and 19 RBI’s in 66 trips.
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