Thursday, September 6, 2007

This is not good. When you have a young pitcher who has thrown good in the past, and then comes out and let's 7 runs by in 3 innings, something is wrong. Matt Albers let up seven runs in 3 innings to put Houston way behind early.

But before I go on a rant about that game, I realized that I didn't tell you about Tuesdays game. That was much better, even though they lost. They put up some sort of a fight. Brandon Backe came back to the team after he injured his elbow. He hadn't pitched in the Major Leagues since August of 2006! He didn't do bad, though. The Astros lost 5-3.

Now I will continue my rant.

Houston didn't play up to par at all. Matt Albers, like I said, let by 7 runs before leaving the game in the 4th. By the fifth inning the Astros were down 11-0. That set up an opportunity for all the young player that Cecil Cooper called up to play. I think it was a great experience for them, but that put the Astros farther down in the whole. By the time the ninth inning rolled around, the Brew Crew was leading 14-0. But finally someone decided to take a stand for the Good Guys. Luke Scott hit a two run home run to put the Astros on the Board.

Houston lost this horrendous game 14-2.

And that's all I got to say about that.


Andrew Dow