Home Opener!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Houston Astros finally got to play a game at home tonight, after opening the season on the road for the first week. The opponent was the Central Division rival St. Louis Cardinals. The game was scoreless going into the bottom of the seventh inning, with both pitchers giving up only two hits on the evening.

But in the home half of the inning, Lance Berkman and Carlos Lee hit back to back homers. In the bottom of the eighth, J. R. Towles added a home run, making the score 3-0. The Astros' closer, Jose Valverde, came in to save the game, but gave up three runs. So when Miguel Tejada hit a two run homer, Valverde got the win instead of the save. Wandy Rodriquez deserved the win, but did not get it!