June 14, 2016
Astros 5, Cardinals 2
W: Fister (7-3) L: Garcia (4-6) S: Harris (4)
There were many factors in the Astros’ 5-2 victory over the hated Cardinals on Tuesday night – not the least of which were:
- Carlos Gomez donning eyeglasses, which may or may not be prescription wear, and proceeding to go 2-4 with 3 runs scored;
- Colby Rasmus avenging himself upon the Cardinals on behalf of his family, launching a Colby Jack and singling and scoring another run;
- Your powers of math and deduction showing that the Astros scored all their runs on the evening from the 6th and 7th spots in the order – which is not bad for a team that has only 25 runs from the 6th spot all year;
- and Doug Fister continuing his witchcraft, throwing 7 1/3 innings of 2-run ball with only 2 solo home runs scarring his profile. (Let us ignore the fact that his ERA is 1.5 runs lower than his expected ERA based on his strikeouts, walks, HR, etc. Let us instead focus on the 2 runs that he drove in to make it 5-2 instead of 3-2, which reminded us all of what we’re missing in the NL.)
No, the real reason the Astros were victorious on this muggy summer evening was that Alan Ashby was suffering from laryngitis, necessitating Robert Ford’s move to TV play by play – where he could then demonstrate his absolute superiority to Ash in every facet of the job.
Let us hope for continued laryngitis this evening.