Saturday, August 20, 2011

Game Wrap 8/20/2011: Astros 7 Giants 5

The offense showed some signs of life, so of course the Madison Bumgarner has an off day and the Giants Roadus Horribilus continued. Bum actually didn't pitch as bad as it looks. Yes, he left some balls out over the plate, and when he does that he tends to get hit hard. He did indeed give up some hard hit balls but he also gave up a whole bunch of dribblers, bloopers and seeing-eye ground balls that added to the mayhem. Key Lines:

Aubrey Huff- 2 for 4, HR(12), BB. BA= .248. Huffster is hitting .282 over his last 10 games and has an OPS of .846 in August.

Keppinger, Sandoval and Fontenot also had 2 hit games.

Madison Bumgarner- 6.2 IP, 11 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 3.68. See discussion above.

The Loss prevented the Giants, once again, from gaining ground on the Dangerous D'Backs who lost again to the Braves 8-1 this time to remain 2.5 games up in the NL West.

Looks like Brian Wilson is going on the DL.

Dan Runzler gets the start tomorrow against former Giants farmhand Henry Sosa. Now, losing to Sosa would be embarrassing! I'm sure Sosa will have something to prove to his old organization out there tomorrow though. I'm also pretty sure Guillermo Mota will be warming up in the bullpen from the get-go, maybe even before the game starts!

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