Astros 5, Brewers 2
W: Brian Moehler, L: Ben Sheets
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Thanks to the abundance of runners left on base by Milwaukee early in the game, Brian Moehler was able to last 5.1 innings to get the win, while Ben Sheets has one bad inning where the Astros didn’t leave many men on base.
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Tri Cities is in the All Star Break getting ready for the big game tonight at The Joe.
Let’s deal with the winners first:
Salem’s Douglass Arguello got his 10th win of the season inducing 17 ground ball outs in the Av’s 6-3 victory.
“If he’s not the best pitcher in the league, he’s in the top three or four,” Avalanche manager Jim Pankovits said. “He’s unbelievably consistent. When he’s in the game, the fielders know they’re going to get some action.”
Mark Ori produced his league leading 87th RBI and Jhon Florentino flashed the leather at 3rd and then showed off his arm. He also produced at the plate going 2 for 5 with a triple.
“We’ve been working with him to concentrate more on hitting to the middle of the field, and to hit better pitches, be more selective,” said player-coach Osvaldo Fernando. “He’s a smart kid.”
Astros at Brewers, 8/18/08
Brewers 9, Astros 3
W: Sabathia (14-8) L: Wolf (8-11)
HR:Abercrombie (2), Wigginton (16)
The Good:
The Astros got 3 runs off previously untouchable CC Sabathia.
Abercrombie showed what happens when he actually makes contact.
Private Pyle moved to .458/.469/.932 in August, and his dong to CF made a satisfying “clang” off the batter’s eye.
The Bad:
Brocail, Wright, and Geary all surrendered insurance runs.
The Ugly:
Randy Wolf surrendered 6 runs in 4 innings, all coming with 2 outs. The major damage came from a 5-run 4th inning, when it looked like Wolf had wiled his way out of a 1st and 2nd, nobody out jam. Unfortunately, his intentional walk to Jason Kendall backfired when Sabathia, as Coach put it, “guess right on the first pitch”, resulting in a 2-run single to LF, where Private Pyle was ill-equipped to gun down the runner at the plate.
Can: open. Worms: everywhere.
Durham and Jardy followed with 2 more hits to bring the score to 6-0, effectively ending the game.
Astros (63-61) at Brewers (71-54)
Monday, Aug 18, 7:05pm CDT, FSN & ESPN2
Tuesday, Aug 19, 7:05pm CDT, FSN
Wednesday, Aug 20, 1:05pm CDT, FSN
Se7en
It was a pretty cool moment. Or, at least, it should’ve been. I’m not sure what was skipped at the end there in the rush to get the game started, but after spending hours building up the tension over the unveiling of what was clearly a riding mower (WTF?), they whipped that pillow case off the #7 banner like they were tearing off a band aid. There were some pretty cool moments in the speeches, and I saw Milo wipe the tears from his eyes as Baggy added his words to the ceremonies. Drayton rattled off a bunch of nonsensical numbers like he was a bingo caller, and they misspelled “Appearances” in the tribute video. All-in-all, a solid C- for the Astros’ PR Dept.
The good news was that the wait didn’t seem to bother Roy much, while the Unit came out without Mr. Snappy and was tagged for the only runs of the game in the bottom of the first. Wiggy got ’em in by taking one of the many un-breaking sliders into the Crawford Boxes for a three-run shibby. Roy took that to the bank by allowing only one hit in 8 innings before yielding to Papa Grande who nailed it down. It was a relief that the team got its act together for the big Sunday celebration because, had they shit the bed like they did on the previous two nights, the #7 banner may have hurled itself from the rafters in a fit of abject despair. Read More
It doesn’t matter where we being our weekend update, it’s not too pretty regardless.
Let’s start in Lexington. Is there a chance we could get Stubby Clapp to play for Lexington?
”Stubby’s a solid player. I play in (Class 3A) Memphis right now, and his name’s retired on the outfield fence. Just being able to play against him is a great honor, and I’ve heard a lot of great things about him,“ Barden said. ”And seeing where he’s at now — he’s able to come out here, and he’s one of the better players out here. He’s making all the plays, putting solid at-bats together.
”He’s always a guy that you’re worrying about when he comes up to hit. He’s definitely a guy that can slap the ball around the yard, and there’s not one pitch that he can get out on. So, all around, he’s a solid player.“
Clapp & Jimmy Van Ostrand’s Olympic odyssey got more local coverage in Lexington than the 7-0 loss they had on Friday night in Augusta. Saturday, the Legends were stomped 11-2. Sunday it got even worse in a 14-2 debacle. That makes the combined score for the weekend 32-4. Simply Awful.Read More
Roy looked into the Arizona dugout and didn’t see Babe Ruth, so he came out and threw strikes.
