Astros lose to some team from Milwaukee 3-1
WP: J. Axford (3-3)
LP: H. Ambriz (1-4)
SV: F. Rodriguez (5)
contributed by Sphinx Drummond
A week or so I was thinking, the only good thing about playing in the AL is that the Astros won’t have to play the Enablers anymore. Not that the Milwaukee team is some evil rotten troll imposing its will on the downtrodden and disadvantaged. No, that would be its former owner and all around bastard, Bud Selig.
Wait, I temporarily forgot, that same miscreant that used to own the Enablers, the very stupid man, the most hated man, the least sympathetic, the most smelly and most ugly, is now King of baseball, and he started all that inter-league bullshit. We still got to play the chumps.
Eric Bedard deserved better than a no decision but Hector Ambriz didn’t see it that way. Bedard pitched a fine game, striking out seven, while walking two and allowing four hits before leaving in the eighth leading 1-0 with one out and one on. Instead of coaxing a double play, Ambriz, who obviously forgot to look at a calendar, coaxed a two run homer out of Richie Weeks. And permitted the “inducers of alcoholism” to lead the game by a score of 2-1.
The Astros were unable to mount any kind of meaningful offensive threat. They were full of meaningless threats having out hit the “Alcoholic Anonymous membership growers” 10 hits to 6. Jose Altuve may be finding his hitting groove again, going three for four and raising his average up to .295.
Aramis Ramirez did what he does against the Astros and hit another home run in the top of the ninth to give the Intoxicators a two run lead for Francisco Rodriguez who came in and picked up the save for the Inebriators.
The Astros look for a series win in a Thursday Businessman’s Special with Harrell (5-7) going against Gallardo (6-6). and then they travel to Chicago to face the Cubs on Friday.
Attendance – 15866
Game Time – 3:07
Temperature – 73