W - Gardner L - Randolph
HR - Handjob Ramirez, Miggy, JLane, Uggla
[/url=http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20070804&content_id=2129768&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou]Astros.com report by Tom Keller[/url] since Footer was busy looking hot doing the post game recap on TV in zebra-stripes.
AP Recap via YahooThe Astros once again proved that, if you watch long enough, you'll see something you've never seen before.
First, El Kabong went on a wild trip around the bases after smacking a double off the wall in left field. The throw in to second was wide of the base, so Carlos took off for third. First baseman Mike Jacobs fielded the errant throw and foolishly attempted to gun Lee down as he rumbled toward third. Jacobs' throw sailed wide though, and Lee lumbered home before collapsing onto the bench for a much needed oxygen break. Lance Berkman was seen administering his cure-all snack mix, a mixture of Ranch Flavored Sunflower Seeds and Cherry Flavored Gatorade.
Jennings was shaky again, but managed to keep his composure long enough to last six and a third. His last action was a game-tying home run to Miggy Cabrera.
From there, the game stayed tied at five until the bottom of the 12th. With Steven Randolph on the mound and being effectively wild, he recored the first two outs of the inning. An intentional walk to Super-Badass Miggy Cabrera and a wild pitch later, the tying run was standing on second base with Jacobs at the plate.
Cue the Benny Hill music up. Randolph bounced another curveball at about 55 feet, it deflected off of Munson's hip, and rolled toward the Marlin dugout. Munson scrambled after it, but couldn't get to the ball before it bounced off of a batting donut and trickled into the dugout. Home plate umpire ruled it a dead ball, and awarded Cabrera home plate. Everyone at the ballpark except the Marlins dugout had pretty much the same reaction, a stadium-wide "What the hell was that?".
6-5 final.
Read pretty much exactly what you'd expect from the TZers over in the
Game Zone.
