Astros at Padres, 6/29/09
Astros 3, Padres 1
W:Oswalt (4-4),L: Geer (1-3)
West Coast baseball. Learn to love it this week. Especially those of us spending a few days on the East Coast for work.
Pudge homered, the middle of the order put together a couple of runs, and that was all Good Roy needed.
Roy faced a based-loaded, nobody out jam in the fourth, aided not the least by Pissant II, David Eckstein, sticking his arm into a pitch. Roy drew a pop infield fly, allowed his lone run on a WP, and then struck out 2 Padres to close the inning. Nary a Padre reached base for the rest of the game, and Roy gets himself another CG. 9 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 1 R.
It bears repeating, because we seem to forget it every year (myself especially):
Oswalt, career:
Pre All-Star Break: 65-48, 3.42 ERA, .264/.312/.399 allowed
Post All-Star Break: 67-20, 2.89 ERA, .246/.292/.374 allowed
Let’s hope Roy has gotten to his ASB early this year.