Astros 7, [ugh] Mariners2
W: Keuchel L: King Felix Hernandez
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Well, the question about Porter and his managing started early in this one. He had Dominguez DH’ing and Gonzalez playing 3B. I have questioned it before and I rather did last night again. But, Porter pulled the win out of the jaws of loss. Porter and the Astros also got some hits, some of them went quite far, especially those by Dominguez and Krauss. Somehow or other Porter caused the other team to make 2 errors. When Porter puts all his effort into a game, there’s no stopping him. His efforts also had Keuchel going 6 innings. But Qualls, Albers and Fields were also able to pitch an inning each of scoreless baseball.
Seriously, I don’t know how Porter was able to do it, but he did. He didn’t give the [ugh] Mariners a chance to get in the game. He only gave them 7 hits and 1 (yes only 1) walk through 9 innings.
Well congratulations to Porter, it was a well-deserved win.
Here’s the GameZone for some details.