Improvement, Maybe ??
Written by Baqqs on 1:42 PMWednesday March 25 vs Indians
Today The Astros faced a tough opponent in The Cleveland Indians. Even more than that, we faced AL Cy Young winner C.C. Sabathia. However, we presented with our own ace today, in Roy Oswalt. Roy however had a somewhat difficult outing throwing close to ninety pitches in under four innings. This was a result of poor defensive fielding by Astro regulars. It may be irony or coincidence but in either case it isn't funny that on this same day Coop had the team work on fundamentals instead of traditional batting practice. I can't imagine his reaction was all that pleasant today after The Astros combined for 3 errors on the day yielding 4 unearned runs.
Some bright spots on the day were Jose Cruz JR. sealing the deal to make this team by getting a pinch hit double scoring two. Cruz is currently batting .350. Also, our seemingly dismal pitching staff did much better than the score books would show. Wesley Wright rebounded quite nicely from his previous poor start with one and a third hitless and scoreless innings. Two major question marks so far have been Brocail and Geary and both responded with scoreless frames. Geary's inning was especially nice with no hits, walks, and two strikeouts. Brocail's improvement is evident with back to back appearances giving up no runs.
To sum up, it seems like whenever The Astros improved in one area, they seem to falter in another. Today the defense was awful and I can imagine Coop will have a few words for these "professionals," asking why they can't make plays college kids can make.
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