Astros vs. Cards 3-5-07

[JaneDoe]

Anyone following the game that can tell me the inning and score?  Maybe even a small synopsis of the pitching and hitting for the Stros?  Thanks.

[matadorph]

Astros get on the board on one hit and an error with a sac fly rbi from Richard Hidalgo.

Astros 1, Cards 0 bottom 5.

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Qualls comes on to pitch, takes over for Juan Gutierrez (2 IP, 0 R, 1 H)

Molina walks on five pitches.

Taguchi lines out to Hidalgo, doubles up Molina.

Cabrera singles past a diving Ensberg.

Spezio hits a chopper over Lane's head at first, runners at first and third.

Duncan grounds out to Bruntlett at second, inning over.

[matadorph]

Burke, Lane, Ensberg due up.

[matadorph]

Smith pitching to Burke, induces weak grounder to second, one down.

[pravata]

Nieve went two, gave up one hit, no runs, 3-2 on the gb/fb ratio.  Wainwright no hit the Astros (sans Twinkie and Flapjack) through his 4 innings.

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Lane Ks on called third strike.

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Manzella hits one down the line for a double. Ensberg at the plate.

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Ensberg singles up the middle for an rbi, 2-0 Astros.

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Scott flies out to right.

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Asencio on to pitch, Pence in CF, Josh Anderson in RF.

Pujos singles to left. (leaves game for pinch runner)

Rolen flies out to Hidalgo in LF.

Ankiel singles to center, runners on first and second, one out.

Preston Wilson at the plate, gets some well-deserved sighs from the boys in the booth for his stupid comments about the Astros.

Wilson promptly Ks.

Gary Bennett works a full count, flies out to Pence, inning over.

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Hidaldo leads off, hits sharp grounder to third, one down.

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Bruntlett works a walk off Josh Kinney.

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Kinney throws to first, ball gets away and Cody Ransom (pinch-running for Bruntlett) advances to second.

Munson grounds out to second, advances Ransom to third.

Mike Rodriguez at the plate.

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RODRIGUEZ HOME RUN to RF!!

Astros lead 4-0.

Pence up.

[JaneDoe]

I wasn't expecting full pbp,  thanks alot!

[matadorph]

Pence hits a bouncer over the mound and legs out an infield hit.

Lane digs in, Pence steals second on the first offering from Kinney.

Lane singles to left, Pence scores easily.

Astros 5, Cards 0.

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Manzella hits one to the gap, Duncan makes the catch. Side retired.

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Rick White on the mound for the Stros.

Miguel Negron PH for Taguchi, grounds out to second.
John Rodriguez grounds out to second.
Travis Hanson walks.
Duncan Ks, inning over.

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Josh Anderson leads off against Ricardo Rincon. Anderson grounds out to first.

Lou Santangelo lines a single to left.

Jimerson hits a lazy fly to left, two down.

Ransom pops up to RF, side retired.

[Bench]

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Pence hits a bouncer over the mound and legs out an infield hit.

Lane digs in, Pence steals second on the first offering from Kinney.

Lane singles to left, Pence scores easily.

Astros 5, Cards 0.

Pence seems to be a good deal faster than I realized. Brett and Dave go on about his long stride covering ground quickly. He's legged out a few infield hits this spring already.

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Rick White still on the mound to pitch the 8th. Jimmy Buffet still sucks.

Skip Schumaker thwacks a sharp grounder to short, Tommy Manzella fields it cleanly and fires to first for the out.

Bozied singles.

Aaron Miles hits a blooper to RF, Anderson races over to make a great catch near the line, two down.

Colby Rasmus grounds out to second, inning over.

Astros 5, Cards 0.

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NRI Kelvin Jimenez toes the rubber for the Cards.

Munson lines out to Miles at second.

Mike Rodriguez bounces out to first baseman, who flips to Jimenez for the out.

Pence hits a TOWERING double off the wall, JDJO's pants get tighter.

Jason Lane robbed of an RBI by a diving Schumaker. Side retired.

[Jacksonian]

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Pence hits a bouncer over the mound and legs out an infield hit.

Lane digs in, Pence steals second on the first offering from Kinney.

Lane singles to left, Pence scores easily.

Astros 5, Cards 0.

Pence seems to be a good deal faster than I realized. Brett and Dave go on about his long stride covering ground quickly. He's legged out a few infield hits this spring already.

When you watch him run you don't think he's going that fast until you realize how much ground he's covered.  Long strides but his first couple of steps are not that fast. He's a pretty fast runner once he's underway.  At least that was my impression of him from watching in person.

[Bench]

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Pence hits a bouncer over the mound and legs out an infield hit.

Lane digs in, Pence steals second on the first offering from Kinney.

Lane singles to left, Pence scores easily.

Astros 5, Cards 0.

Pence seems to be a good deal faster than I realized. Brett and Dave go on about his long stride covering ground quickly. He's legged out a few infield hits this spring already.

When you watch him run you don't think he's going that fast until you realize how much ground he's covered.  Long strides but his first couple of steps are not that fast. He's a pretty fast runner once he's underway.  At least that was my impression of him from watching in person.

Thanks for the description. It seems that with a bit more coaching, perhaps he could improve his technique to start more quickly.

I am looking forward to one day watching him play in person.

Anyone have an eyewitness perspective on his CF play?

[Bench]

Paulino pitches through Jimmerson taking one on the noggin. Nice job by the staff, stranding 9 Cards over the course of the game.

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Fireballin' Felipe Paulino on to work the ninth for the Stros.

Gary Bennett grounds out to Ransom at second, one down.

Negron lifts a shallow fly to left, Jimerson dives and can't make the play, Negron held at first.

Negron forced out at second on a grounder to third, batter safe at first, two away.

Travis Hanson works a 3-1 count, flies out to Jimerson to end the game.

Astros win 5-0.

Nice pitching from the good guys today.

[Bench]

Thanks for the PBP, Matadorph. I couldn't get back to the computer until the last couple innings, and I appreciated being able to catch up on the rest of the game.

[matadorph]

de nada. the peanuts and afternoon frosty got my blood going today.

[pravata]

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Fireballin' Felipe Paulino on to work the ninth for the Stros.

Gary Bennett grounds out to Ransom at second, one down.

Negron lifts a shallow fly to left, Jimerson dives and can't make the play, Negron held at first.

Negron forced out at second on a grounder to third, batter safe at first, two away.

Travis Hanson works a 3-1 count, flies out to Jimerson to end the game.

Astros win 5-0.

Nice pitching from the good guys today.

Another 2 innings from Rick White.

[JimR]

second hand perspective of someone who has seen him some but not a lot: "he is no CFer."

i have not seen him.

i like Rick White a lot.

[jaklewein]

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Fireballin' Felipe Paulino on to work the ninth for the Stros.

Gary Bennett grounds out to Ransom at second, one down.

Negron lifts a shallow fly to left, Jimerson dives and can't make the play, Negron held at first.

Negron forced out at second on a grounder to third, batter safe at first, two away.

Travis Hanson works a 3-1 count, flies out to Jimerson to end the game.

Astros win 5-0.

Nice pitching from the good guys today.

Another 2 innings from Rick White.

Yep, you would think that he's got to be making quite an impresssion with the club early on...same for Lane.  I'm not sure if he got any hits today, but from the little I heard he hit the ball hard in at least two ABs.  He's been on fire to start out the spring training schedule.

[Bench]

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second hand perspective of someone who has seen him some but not a lot: "he is no CFer."

i have not seen him.

i like Rick White a lot.

Thanks. I imagine we'll know a lot more of the course of his first few months at Round Rock. Keep us non-Austinites updated.

[JimR]

will do