April 8, 2009
Cubs 2, Astros 3: Kepper Wins One
By
Zeldink
Posted at 8:15 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cubs (1-1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Astros (1-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
W: Brocail (1-0)
Well, that didn’t take long.
In his first appearance of the season for the Houston Astros, Jeff Keppinger drove in the winning run off of Cubs reliever Kevin Gregg. I bet that made the Astros think the trade was worthwhile, regardless of who that player-to-be-named-later is.
Wandy Rodriguez pitched well, going 6 innings and allowing 1 run. Ryan Dempster was good, too, allowing 2 runs in 6 innings. It was the offense that was a no-show last night, at least until Keppinger stepped into the box in the bottom of the 10th. Gotta love those extra innings games. And those Cubbie losses.
lets see 2 former reds hit home runs and 1 hits 2 on opening day
then jeff k. gets the winning rbi in the bottom of 10th
gotta love the reds
******news flash jerry hairston leaves game due to leg injury********
reds 2-11 risp
*********bright spot Votto 3-4 3 rbi*******
my wife and granddaughter were watching americian idol and i switch on to reds .com to see the score 9-4 mets. i also saw an add for a baseball camp with cal ripken about getting your game better. is it to late to sign the reds up?
the name of the site is Getgreat.com and it has real major leaugers teaching too.
Despite the offensive explosion tonight–which still wasn’t enough–the Reds will still be hard pressed to score runs.
I liked Keppinger and think he’ll be able to contribute a lot to the Astros. Just getting away from Dusty Baker’s influence will do that. I mean, how else do you explain the 90 point drop in Keppinger’s OBP from 2007 to 2008?
Not sure we should lament Keppinger’s loss too much yet. The game winning hit was a broken bat 8-hopper that got through a drawn in infield with the bases loaded. They all count, and the Astros were fired up, but at some point you should at least acknowledge that it was more luck than skill. I like tennis, where when you hit a shot that hits the net and dribbles over for a winner, the decorum is to give a little apologetic wave that acknowledges the outcome was more good fortune than good play. Kepper should have given the “sorry about that” wave as he was carried off by his teammates.