clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves, May 2, 2009 2:40 PM CDT

By Evan Hochschild

Next Game

Houston Astros
@ Atlanta Braves

Saturday, May 2, 2009, 2:40 PM CDT
Turner Field

Roy Oswalt vs Jair Jurrjens

Mostly sunny. Game time temperature around 80.

Complete Coverage >

Roy Oswalt

#44 / Pitcher / Houston Astros

6-0

190

R

R

Aug 29, 1977

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2009 - Roy Oswalt 0-2 5 5 0 0 0 0 32.0 35 14 14 6 9 18 3.94 1.38

Jair Jurrjens

#49 / Pitcher / Atlanta Braves

6-1

200

R

R

Jan 29, 1986

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2009 - Jair Jurrjens 2-2 5 5 0 0 0 0 31.1 25 7 6 0 14 16 1.72 1.24

Lineup

Houston Astros @ Atlanta Braves

05/02/09 2:40 PM CDT

Houston Astros Atlanta Braves
Kazuo Matsui - 2B Jordan Schafer - CF
Michael Bourn - CF Yunel Escobar - SS
Lance Berkman - 1B Chipper Jones - 3B
Carlos Lee - LF Casey Kotchman - 1B
Miguel Tejada - SS Jeff Francoeur - RF
Hunter Pence - RF Kelly Johnson - 2B
Geoff Blum - 3B David Ross - C
Ivan Rodriguez - C Brandon Jones - LF
Roy Oswalt - P Jair Jurrjens - P


A nice pitching matchup, to be sure. Jurrjens is a solid K guy, but struggles with control. Let's see if our young guns, Pence and Bourn, can continue their high walking ways against the young Aruban.

Roy Oswalt looks to build on a strong start against the Commie-Reds.

More From The Crawfish Boxes