Astros 5 Snakes 4 (10)
WP Sipp (1-0) LP Putz (1-1)
contributed by Mr. Happy
The Good Guys knotted their 2014 free baseball record at three at the expense of the Snakes 5-4 before a crowd of 33,457 at MMPUS last night, bringing their record to 31-37. Look out .500!!! We had to resort to free baseball because of a Qualls blown save, his second in ten chances. However, Qualls and the Astros were redeemed by a clutch Chris Carter long ball in the tenth frame, his 13th of the season. Earlier in the game, young Jon Singleton mashed his third home run to put the Astros in an early 2-1 lead. The blown save robbed Scott Feldman of a win, although he pitched a good game, surrendering but four hits and no walks while striking out six in 6.1 frames. The Astros put up 11 hits and were led by Dexter Fowler and Carlos Corporan, who each had three knocks. The only downer to this game is that the Astros were again woefully deficient with ducks on the pond, going 0-6 w/RISP.
Last night, I took in an Indianapolis Indians/Durham Bulls game here in Indy. I got to see retread Wilson Betemit strike out swinging twice at pitches that weren’t in the zone. He looked like the same ole Betemit to me. It was a lovely night for baseball. And each person in my row won a free Chick-fil-A grilled chicken sandwich. Woo hoo!!!