Royals 7 Astros 2
contributed by Mr. Happy
Erik Bedard toed the slab tonight for the Good Guys, and he had two problems that plagued his performance and that collared him with his third loss. Bedard either couldn’t throw a strike, walking three in 4.2 frames, or he caught too much of the plate, where, when he found the plate, the Royals popped three two-baggers off of him. Frankly, I’ve seen enough of Bedard. His value is as a long reliever and place holder until Cosart is ready, which I hope and pray is very soon.
The Royals jumped on the Astros in the bottom of the first inning, scoring two runs, which by themselves were almost enough for the efficient and stingy Ervin Santana, who allowed two runs on five hits in seven innings of work, striking out six and walking none, tossing 96 pitches. In what was a case of too much too little too late, Chris Carter’s home run, his 13th, in the seventh inning off of Santana was the only real Astros offensive highlight. The other good notes on the game included yet another hit for scrappy Brandon Barnes, whose BA is .292, and Brad Peacock tossing 3.1 innings of two hit one run baseball.
The Royals go for the broom tomorrow afternoon against Lucas Harrell.
My first week of work here in Toledo went very well. The campus folks are delightful, and the campus is beautiful. I move into my apartment this week. I’ve been camping out at some upscale student housing. You should see how nice this place is. Granite kitchen tops. Full kitchen, with microwave and dishwasher. Washer and dryer. It’s not anything remotely similar to what I lived in at college. Kids should be beating down the doors to live here. LSU continues its Super-Regional series against Oklahoma, besting the Sooners and Jonathan Gray last night 2-0. Geaux Tigers!!!
