Roy Oswalt baffled the Royals through 8 innings, allowing 1 run on 7 hits and a walk, to
lead the Astros over the Royals Saturday night.
Willy Taveras , who
reached base 5 times and scored 3 runs, led off the game with a single, advanced on an error by the leftfielder, was sacrificed to third by
Craig Biggio , and scored on a sacrifice fly by
Morgan Ensberg to draw first blood.
The Astros increased their lead in the 3rd inning after Taveras reached on a walk, and
Biggio drove him home with his 583 career double.
In the seventh,
Mike Lamb joined the RBI club with a single that
scored Taveras, who had reached on his league leading 13th bunt single of the year.
The Astros capped their scoring in the 8th with a
Chris Burke RBI single and a two run error by the Royals secondbaseman.
The Good Guys will attempt the sweep Sunday at 1:10 on FSSW,
Brandon Backe vs. Runelvys Hern?ndez.
