Angels 9, Astros 1
W: Weaver, L: Cosart
recap
I know it is early in the season and Fowler (flu) and Castro (hit by many pitches) have missed some games, but from what I can tell there have been 2 line ups the same out of 7 games, Games 2 & 3. There was been a game where Dominguez was the DH and Gonzales played 3B. I really don’t understand why you wouldn’t put Dominguez at 3rd if you put him in the line up. I don’t get that at all. But anyways, I really thought Porter was going to manage the team with the intent to win. I’m not so sure I still think that.
In regard to Monday’s game, Cosart, who I unforgivably said was the only current Astros player I wouldn’t trade (sorry for the jinx big boy), had a bad first inning. If you listen to reports of the game, it’s as though Cosart ruined the whole season. Yeah, he walked some batters then settled down to go 6 innings. I still like Cosart, I think he has the stuff and confidence to win in this league. I also think sometimes you need a bad outing to remind yourself that you still have to work for things. I think Cosart comes back with a vengeance and does well.
Peacock did a pretty good job of piling on the runs, he gave up 4 in only 3 innings. Regardless, it is hard to win any baseball game when your team only gets 4 hits on the day.
Keeping in mind that it is still early in the season, here’s the first move I think will happen. Carter gets let go/sent down (whatever his options might be) for Singleton. Carter is a complete disaster in the field, at least in my opinion. Plus, his bat ain’t too pretty right now. I hope he does well on another team, but I’m done.
On a personal note, I gave serious thought to going for Gallery Furniture’s promotion of the Astros winning 63 games this year. I think it’ll happen. I just don’t think I can decide on furniture before the promotion ends. I had one friend tell me that he didn’t think I’d ever like the furniture if the Astros didn’t win 63 games. So, I decided to wait.
Special thanks and shout out to Mr. Happy for letting us all know it was a day game and the commentary in the GameZone.