Monday, September 3, 2007

Hunter Pence, I love ya! Pence was the star in yesterdays win against The Brewers. He hit 3 for 4 in the number one spot, and scored two for Houston's 9 runs. He really helped Oswalt out after a pretty bad inning in which the Brewers scored 3 runs to take the lead 5-0. But this rookie sensation changed the course of the game when he hit a two RBI triple to tie the game up. Then we scored the go ahead run on a wild pitch.

Pence was the real reason the Astros won, but Houston put together a pretty good offense overall. Besides His Triple, Hunter also had a double in the game along with one hit by Carlos Lee, the former Brewer. Brad Ausmus came away with a triple of his own.

Speaking of former Brewers though, Cecil Cooper showed his former team up as he got the managerial win. Cecil was an all-star with the Brewers. He applied for manger with his former team when the spot was vacant, but he didn't get it. So he got to go to Milwaukee and show His team up.

All around it was a good day. The Astros got on the board first and last. The lead exchanged hands a couple times, but we came out on top. Hunter Pence is the kind of guy who can do that for us in the future. I believe that if this guy stays with Astros, he will become the next Biggio. I think he has the stuff to become a strong leader out in Center field. If what I think will happen, does happen, then it happened just in time.


Andrew Dow