Blue Jays 4 Astros 0
WP Buerhle (6-7)
LP Bedard (3-8)
contributed by Mr. Happy
It indeed was the same old song tonight for the Astros “hitters,” and I use that term loosely. Two hits tonight. Two measly fucking hits, off of soft-tossing portsider Mark Buerhle – who hasn’t exactly been very successful this season – were all the Astros could scratch out. Buehrle walked two en route to a complete game whitewashing of the Good Guys. Bedard didn’t go very deep, tossing 95 pitches in his five frames, but he was amazingly effective again, scattering three hits and issuing one free pass as well as one earnie while striking out six. Bedard should sue his teammates for non-support. The GameZone was as dead as the Astros bats tonight.
The only good news is that the Astros didn’t commit an error in this game. That’s about it, other than Bedard’s fine performance en route to another L. Harrell is lost and did not look good. His mechanics were breaking down while he was out there as he seemed to make some mechanical adjustments during the game, which is the sign of pure desperation. Harrell’s MO is to pitch away from contact early in the count, get behind and then have to come into the plate and the Happy Zone, surrendering four hits, three earnies and two walks during his 51 pitch three inning performance.
In tomorrow night’s game, Jordan Lyles, who has looked more like the Jordan Lyles of last season (4-4 4.78) toes the slab against knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (8-11 4.75). Come visit us in the GameZone.