Costly Win

Brian Moehler pitched well again tonight for the Houston Astros in their game against the Cincinnati Reds. The 'Stros got only three runs, but won 3-1, moving to within 2 games of .500 for the season. But the win was costly with Carlos Lee getting hit by a pitch and having his finger broken. He had been on base 12 of 14 trips to the plate in the series and has driven in over 100 runs for Houston. He will be hard to replace in the batting order, though the defense should improve.

Lightening in the Late Innings

Monday night we in the Houston/Galveston area were preparing for the arrival of Tropical Storm Edouard. At the same time the Astros and Cubs were playing a game in much worse weather than we saw when the tropical storm arrived! There was a 2 and a half hour rain delay that came in the sixth inning. Then in the eighth, there was a fierce lightening storm that caused the game to be stopped. The Astros won, 2-0.

Yesterday, after trailing 6-0, the Astros took a 7-6 lead on a homer by Carlos Lee, in the seventh inning. But in the bottom of the inning there was more fierce lightening, a three run homer from Alfonso Soriano, leading to a Cubs victory, 11-7!

Lee In Left!

I did not get to see the Houston Astros' game this afternoon against the Chicago Cubs. But I heard a bit of commentary on the radio and it sounds like Carlos Lee gave up as many runs on defense as he produced on offense. No one can fault El Caballo for his production with the bat. But he is a FAR cry from a decent outfielder!