Things that happen while you're sleeping

[MusicMan]

Astros at Angels, 6/18/07
Score: Angels 10, Astros 9
W: Rordriguez (1-2)   L: Borkowski (1-1)
Homeruns: Scott (7), Lamb (6)
March to 3000: 2,990 (1-6, one gawdawful throw)
Read Alyson's Report Here: Footer
Or the AP recap here: Yahoo!

Once again, we repeat our mantra: Fuck the West Coast.

Top 1, Biggio provides some eerie foreshadowing as he looks completely overmatched by Lackey, to the extent of staring at his bat (for holes?) after swinging through strike three.  PENCE!!! doubles off an inside curve, leading JD to astutely observe that some pitchers confuse a scouting report of “give him breaking stuff off the plate” with “can’t hit a breaking ball.”  Berkman works the walk, and Hunter goes to third on a wild pitch to Lee.  What followed then was ugly, no doubt: home plate umpire Mark Carlson actually bent over the 300 pound Panamanian with no lube, ringing him up on a “swinging” strike 3 with no appeal.  Amazingly, neither Lee nor Garner were tossed arguing.

Sampson quickly displayed the truism that sinkerballers work with little margin for error; some nights, if you’re slightly off, then every ball is hit just hard enough to find the hole.  Or 14 holes, on this night.  Two in the second, one each in the third and fourth, and suddenly it’s a 4-1 ballgame.

Then, mysteriously, everything went black.

Or I fell asleep.

So imagine my surprise to find out that not only has the new and improved Astro offense come up with 8 more runs, but that the bullpen has managed to GIVE IT ALL RIGHT BACK?!?!?!  Or that reverT gave up the winning hit, which was the SIXTH OF THE NIGHT to a guy named CHONE?!?!?!

Shit.

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