Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals, Aug 25, 2009 7:15 PM CDT

doubles to the gap…

anyway heres the lineup vs wainrhight

Bourn, Pence, Berkman, Lee, Tejada, Blum, Matsui, Q, Wandy

Apparently Coop thinks Tejada is good enough to bat b4 Blum but pence has never been?

there was a discussion on the Astrosdaily forum just the other day regarding Pence’s hitting problems with RISP and bases loaded. The consensus seemed to be that it might be a good idea to move Pence up to the No. 2 slot.

flies out to 3rd…Lee now up with Bourn on 2nd…2 outs

I think it goes back to the 06 season and the last game vs. the Braves, with the Astros and Cardinals fighting for the division title. Wainwright engaged in non-stop text messaging with his ex-Braves teammates trying to give them advice on beating Astros’ players and generally acting like a asshole.

carlos trying to run his fastest to run out infield single…it goes foul :( poor carlos

and leadoff double goes to waste…hey at least it wasnt leadoff double and get outta inning 8 pitches later…he has got to be above 20 pitches by now

by 7 or 8 feet for Carlso Lee

They must not fear Lee’s speed to first.

I hated it on the pre game show when they kept talking about Wandy owning Pujols. I figured that would jinx him, for sure.

hits on to the track…safe to say thats prolly gone in Houston

grounds it up the middle, thrown out…matsui grounds to 2nd, thrown out…

1
2
3 inning

nothing else…stros down 1-0…going to the 3rd

Wainwright looking unstoppable, but it’s the fourth inning – time to make at least a dent in that armour

Pence , Berkman and Lee start it off

the last two innings

a “perfect” game since Bourn led off the first with a double

His second hit of the agme; the Astros second hit of the game.

and lead the Cubs 9-1 in the bottom of the fifth

Runnig full out, outstrethed arms to just reach th pop to right (and lucky Pence doesn’t ram him)

both games now tied

Leaves for Pinch Runner (Keppinger I think)

He cannot pinch hit

When he starts a game he does reasonably well at the plate, but he cannot pinch hit

…

Pirates led Phillies 3-2 going to the ninth. Phillies scored 2 to take a 4-3 lead. Pirates scored 3 in the bottom of the ninth to win 6-4

What’s the latest on Astros putting him through waivers?

that I kind of miss Orlando Palmeiro?

nabs runner

Berkman walked

I feel worse for Wandy than I do for the Astros as a team even though this was a critical game to their fading hopes.