Hats off to Sergio Escalona, who was the only Astros pitcher to give up no hits, walks or ROE in his outing – 1 inning; Melancon gave up a single, but got the other 3 outs without giving up a run.
Hats off to Michael Bourn, who scored the only runs – was a homer short of the cycle. He went 4 fer 5 – 2 doubles, a triple and a single, but no stolen bases. Angel Sanchez drove him in once, but he/Pence/Michaels/Clank/everyone else stranded him the other 2 times.
Hats off to Brett Wallace for earning his first sombrero this year. And an error which allowed a run to score.
uh, oops..
Hats off to Carlos Corporan for getting his first ML hit this year.
And to Keppinger for making the 3rd out with men on second and third.
Hats off to Brad Mills for his dumbest comment of the year – explaining to The Media how, in spite of the fact that Melancon has pitched, uh, great, that Brandon Lyon would be “eased back” into the closer’s role because he is a veteran so it – get this – “is the right thing to do” – and all I can say is that if that didn’t come as an order from Fast Eddie/Tal/Drayton, that Mills has just sunk below Cecil Cooper in maroon-hood. Those 3 are already WELL below the Cooper line.
You notice that Jason Michaels is being given playing time over Jason Bourgeois, in spite of the fact that Bourgeois is outplaying him in every way. Wanna bet that THAT is also, uh, “the right thing to do” and THAT comes from Fast Eddie?
grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Tomorrow, Jordan Lyles plays his first home game, facing Mike Minor. I sure wish I wasn’t working – I’d actually WANT to go to the ballpark and check him out personally before he gets sent back down – I’m sure he’s gonna be, as Wandy is coming back on Monday. Unless Aneury is sent to the bullpen/released/sent back to the Rays. It would be a shame to put him in the bullpen, because he was even worse as a reliever. I’d hate to get rid of Fernando Rodriguez, who is outpitching Fulchino and Wilton Lopez. But you know how Fast Eddie is…
Mike Minor is a lefty, so you KNOW that Wallace and Bourn will be benched. We faced Minor last year, when he first was called up – he gave up 4 R – 5 H, 1 BB, 5 K – over 6 IP.
This year, he’s made 3 starts – gave up 5 runs/4.1 IP vs the Crew; 1 R/5.2 IP vs the Bucs and 3 R/6 IP vs the Pads. Yeah, small sample size, I know.
Jordan best bring his A PLUS game – the Braves are hitting well in spite of Prado (and Heyward) being on the DL again and Chipper being on his last (hahahaha) legs.
Tags: Atlanta Braves, Braves, Houston Astros, MLB
One game down, and yep you were right we got KILT!!!!!!!! Lord help us, this was an UGLY, UGLY, game.
I swear to whatever deity you worship that if they realign to 15 teams in each league and the ‘stros go to the AL as is being discussed, I will stop being an Astros fan after rooting for them since 1964. The team will be dead to me. I cannot root for a team with a DH. It’s total BS that one player gets to play only offense and one player gets to play only defense. It’s not baseball.
Maybe Aneurysm can take Lyon’s spot, which should be available shortly.
Considering that Milwaukee was an AL team since they came over from Seattle, why don’t they move back to the AL? Ridiculous to send the Astros to the AL instead. Almost as ridiculous as the gasoline tanker Lyon brought to the mound in the 10th today…
Gray_Jay:
“How ‘Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm After They’ve Seen Paree”
now we know Lyon’s rotator cuff is healed.
oh yeah, it’s healed. absolutely.
he looks tip top.
the bomb.
Need to petition the Commissioner to change the name of the team in Houston to the Charlie Sheens. Always WINNING!
Thank Ed Wade for Brandon Lyon. He’s owed a TON of money, to just eat the
rest of his contract. It is what it is. If there was a *star* on tonights game, it was a young man named Jordon Lyles! He’s here to STAY! Becky:):)
i am seriously considering dropping my fandom to this team if bud selig allows the sale to go through to jim crane, who, woner-wise speaking has no money. but if they move the astros to the AL, guaranteed 100% i am gone. i refuse to watch DH containing baseball – it’s just cheating = FAR worse than steroids/greenies.
lyon looks just like he did before he went on the DL – absolutely terrible. healed my butt