Washington Nationals at Houston Astros, 7:05 PM CDT

or so they show on the TV.. probably last time he reached base…

Throw was actually in time and a decent throw, but it short hopped the 2nd basemen and went over his glove…

he allows a HR in the 3d. Astros down, 2-0.

YAY!! Just for a commercial.. but it’s an improvement.

(as Bourn flies out, dropping his average to .193)

it’s not surprising that our rookie catcher outslugs our leadoff hitter. But when he’s out OBPing him, that’s a problem.

Even with his three homers Bourn has 35 total bases—with 29 strikeouts.

Towles strikeout rate though not as high as Bourn’s is still high at 21%—but he has nearly twice as many TBs as K’s.

Do what you want with Bourn, but anyone bailing out on Towles should realize that right now, he has a higher OPS than Ryan Zimmerman.

Nats’ hitter like to bite on the breaking pitch.

amuse him. Both move up on a long flyball close to Tal’s Hill by Lee.

just good hustle by Pence.

His curve and slider are the main swing and miss pitches.

Wigginton, Bourn, Towles and Pence.

Bases loaded with no outs, and Kearns hits a bouncer up the middle.

if, as Brownie and JD say, Backe was tired from running the basepaths and thus less effective in the 6th.

it kept any more runs frrom scoring. With 2 out and 2 runners on base, the hard grounder appeared to be past Tejada, but he grabbed it with his back to the infield and twirled, throwing tto Matsui at 2d.

Then Wiggy with a weak grounder.

to Aaron Boone. Almost forget he is still playing.

Super fast reflexes!

Byrdak with 2 out and runner on 2d. JD and Brownie were joking that Byrdak would try to throw aa pitch to get a line drive DP. Then, it happens….line drive to Byrdak knocked him over but he had the presence of mind to throw to 2d.

Line drive to Byrdak, who catches the ball and falls down backwards; then from his knees or sitting position (i forget) he throws to Matusi at second for a double play!

it says Bourn with single to right ;-)

Come on Stros, Rally time!

SeoulStro

ugh!!!

I think I’ve said this before. Villareal is slow as mollasses and he throws lots of balls.

Now Villareal gives up a Crawford Box shot to Macwak. 7-1 Nats. That about does it.

Making the bullpen look bad just when they were starting to look good, buddy. I suppose Valverde and Brocail need a day off anyway.

But two more innings at-bats. Could happen

it’s too early to give up!

needs a homer… just so he can pad his stats. :p Maybe two.

I LOVE it…make them earn their victories if they are going to get them.

Rally time…Come Hunter!

Great play.

How far ahead of you guys are we here in Houston?

Pinch hit for Towles with Cruz? Even though both of their batting avgs are miniscule, Towles probably has more pop in his bat…

Oh well, still got an inning to go.

some kind of demotion for Cruz. He has not done much during the regular season so far.

8-3 now.

We need at least 5 runs before we get 3 outs. Probability is miniscule, but it still seems somehow possible.

before we get 2 more outs. Seeming less possible….

Safe to head for the exits, I think.

Matsui down on the first pitch.

Save the brooms for another day.