Last night was a total bummer of a game for the Astros. Gallardo was spectacular, but tonight we get to square off against a spectacularly struggling Suppan. At only 13.2 IP through three starts so far, the Astros might get the opportunity square off against not only a struggling Suppan, but overly extend the Brewers' bull pen heading into the Sunday.
If Lance would find it in himself to stop his struggles at the plate then perhaps he could capitalize on his previous ownership of Suppan: .438/.538/.844 (a 1.382 OPS) against. The other good thing to note about Suppan is that in his 39 PA against, Berkman has only K-ed twice, so a repeat performance of last night is truly improbable.
As good as Berkman has been against Suppan, Geoff Blum has been even better: .542/.560/.958 (a 1.518 OPS).