Astros 8, Giants 7: Yup, It’s An Offensive Team
By
Zeldink
Posted at 10:28 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astros (24-18) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 2 |
| Giants (17-25) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
Before the season began, the predictions for the Astros went along the lines that they had a solid offense, but suspect pitching. During the April, of course, the opposite held true. The Astros had very good pitching performances and little to no offense.
Yesterday’s game against the Giants fell into the pre-season prediction as Chris Sampson started and allowed 7 runs (5 earned) in his six innings. But that was okay, because Houston had its homer hitters ready. Carlos Lee, Darin Erstad, and, yes, Lance Berkman all powered the Astros to victory. Berkman’s knock in the 9th proved to be the game winner.
So for once, it looks like a pre-season prediction came true. So far.
Houston now travels to Texas to play the Rangers at 8:05pm EDT. Shawn Chacon starts against–holy crap!–fat Sidney? Yes, indeedly. Sidney Ponson, sporting a 2-0 record and an uncharacteristic 3.16 ERA goes for the Rangers. I had no idea he was still in baseball.