I happened to be in Colorado when Francis picked up his win against Cinci (on 5/3) and I watched that game on TV. He looked very good: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 ER. He's a lefty and worked a lot like Capuano (MIL): he just kept banging the low outside corner to righties. If he pitches like he did that night, the Astros will have their work cut out for them.