Astros lose in Astros fashion.
WP: A.J. Griffin (9-7)
LP: Blackley (1-1)
SV: Ryan Cook (2)
contributed by Sphinx Drummond
In what is becoming the norm, the Astros starting pitcher has a good outing while being backed by just enough run support to leave the game with the team leading, only to see the relief corps blow it by soon allowing the other team to score the go ahead runs. Bud Norris, in what may very well be his last outing as an Astro in MMP, was the victim of such a folly Wednesday afternoon.
So the Wednesday mojo is gone, now the Astros have a losing streak going of 2. I think they have only won four games all month. They lose a lot. It looks by the recent maneuvering that the main impetus of this team at this point is to win the rights to the number one draft pick. That’s a hell of a goal, losing to win.
Anyone who has been a fan of the Astros for any length of time know it’s been a franchise of ups and downs. This is the most down the franchise has ever been. They are deep in a hole and sold off all their good shovels. They are now retooling their foundry in hopes that they will have some good new shovels in a in couple of years. Maybe they will dig out, maybe not. If they ever do hit level ground, they will see some big hills to climb.
Crane and company make it sound so easy. Just destroy everything, and start over, and everything will be better in the future. In Crane’s vacuum the other teams don’t have as good of a plan, he is going to use his new shovels to take down the biggest hills, in two or three more years, his team will be king of the hill. Hope it works but right now it just seem like an ongoing exercise in folly.
Thorsday they travel to Toronto and face the Blue Jays, Eric Bedard goes against Mark Buehrle with a 7:07 PM start time.
Attendance – 24831
Game Time – 3:10
Temperature – 73