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General Discussion => Archive => News Archive 2006 => Topic started by: Waldo on April 10, 2006, 12:12:06 am
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Adam Everett was the offensive star of Sunday's game, driving in three runs in the Astros' 7-3 win over the Nats. Andy Pettitte also earned the W after his brief 2006 debut last Tuesday.
Things didn't look good early for AP though, thanks to a leadoff bomb by Marlon Byrd to open the game. Andy continued to put a lot of runners on, but most of them never hit the pay station. Probably one of those highlights was an unusual 1-3-5 double play the Astros turned in the top of the 2nd. With one out and Alfonso Soriano on 3rd, Ryan Zimmerman hit a come-backer to Pettitte, who then threw to first for the forceout. However, Soriano had never committed to breaking for home, and was doubled off the bag thanks to a bullet thrown across the diamond by Lance Berkman.
The Astros notched three runs in the bottom of the 3rd thanks to a defensive collapse by the Nationals. Everett led off with a grounder to short, and Royce Clayton threw the ball over first baseman Matt LeCroy's head, allowing Everett to advance to second. He then advanced to third on a wild pitch by Ryan Drese and scored on a single to right by Pettitte. Two outs later, with runners at the corners, Morgan Ensberg doubled down the left field line, and the ball rolled under Soriano's glove. Pettitte scored from third, and Willy Taveras came around from first to score as well. All three runs were unearned. Everett later added an RBI single in the 3rd, and plated two more runs on a two out, bases loaded single in the 5th.
Pettitte pitched into the 7th inning, the only other scoring blemish coming in the form of a two-run homer to the Crawford Boxes by Soriano in the 6th. In total, Andy allowed three runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out four.
Pinch-hitter Chris Burke increased the Astros' lead to 7-3 with a solo blast off of Chad Cordero in the 8th.
Trever Miller, Chad Qualls, and Brad Lidge combined for 2.2 scoreless innings in relief. Lidge gave up two hits in the 9th but struck out the side. Berkman and Preston Wilson each had a hit in today's game, and both are nursing hitting streaks of five and four games, respectively. Jason Lane was the only starter without a hit, although he walked three times and scored twice.
Wandy Rodriguez will face John Patterson Monday night at 7:05pm CDT as the Good Guys finish up their opening homestand. TV coverage will be provided by FSN.