Dallas 4, Houston 2
W: Cotts (5-2)
L: Cosart (1-1)
Contributed by Reuben
Facing their old ‘mate, Travis Blackley just a week or so after cutting him loose, the Astros got to him…a little bit…with a 2-run dinger by Matt Dominguez, his 17th of the year, in the 2nd inning. But it sure didn’t seem like enough against Blackley, who, frankly, sucked as a reliever for the Astros this year. Well, he sucked against batters who hit from the right side. The Astros had 8 such batters in their starting lineup Tuesday night but still managed only 3 hits and a walk off of Blackley in his 4 innings of work.
Jarred Cosart was good but not quite good enough, surrendering the first homer of his MLB career in the 6th inning, a 2-run shot to Adrian Beltre. The opposite-field shot flipped the game from a 2-1 Astro lead to a 3-2 Astro deficit and they did little to threaten that lead, managing only 3 singles off of 4 Ranger relievers spanning the final 5 innings while striking out 8 times.
“But, Recap Writer, How Did Your Day Go?”
My softball team played a double-header last night, beginning a best-of-three playoff series. We lost the first game in demoralizing fashion, 10-3. The second game, we were down 5-0 early, scored 4, went down 7-4, got a 3-run homer to tie it (homers are fairly rare in this league as its wooden bat, and high-arc-pitch), and then were down again 9-7 going into the 7th and final inning. Facing elimination, we reeled off a 7-run rally, begun with a clutch pop-fly double by your faithful recap writer. Final score 14-10, and we play the rubber match Wednesday night.
I also collided with a fellow outfielder while chasing a deep drive to center, so between that and all of the running I am rather sore today.
The doubleheader meant I missed the first half of the Astros game. Frankly I’m not sorry I missed seeing Blackley’s 4 innings of work, because he is quite possibly the slowest worker in the history of organized baseball. I do regret missing Dominguez’s bomb off him though. All in all though, I am sick of the goddam Rangers. Too much Rangers. Schedule-makers, please take note. Also, Neal Cotts. Where does this guy get the nerve to hang around baseball this long, still being a good reliever? I saw enough of this asshole in the ’05 World Series. Then he was with the goddam Cubs for a few years, wasn’t he? Go away, Cotts.