Astros

The first inning, Ross and Colin both hit flyballs to the outfield. Unfortunately, they were caught. Grant reached on a throwing error by the third baseman and advanced to second on the overthrow. Dylan grounded out to the second baseman. In the bottom of the first, Grant struck out the first two batters, and got the third batter to ground out to short. At the end of 1, we were tied 0 - 0. In the top of the second, Aaron reached on a hit. Chris walked on four straight pitches. Luis popped out to the catcher. Tyler had a fly to center that was caught. Fletcher had a nice hit to center field and reached first. On his hit, however, Aaron was out trying to score on a perfect throw by the centerfielder. In the bottom of the second, Grant struck out the first batter. The second batter got a hit, then stole second. Grant struck out the third batter. With two outs, the runner on second attempted to steal third. The catcher's throw was low and short, bouncing past the third baseman and into left field. This allowed a run in the second. Grant got the fourth batter to pop out to the second baseman. In the third inning, the Astros were down 1, 2, 3. The Cardinals scoed another run in the third on a error and a nice double. Grant struck out two more batters and got the third out on a grounder to the first baseman. The Cards left 3 stranded in the third. End of the third (in case you weren't paying attention), Astros - 0, Cards - 2. In the fourth inning, Darwin led off the inning with a walk. The new Card left-handed pitcher then picked him off at first. Ross Chan followed with a long homerun ball over the fence just to the right of the left-center 270' mark. Colin reached base on a single. Grant flew out to center. Dylan had a hit and Colin moved around to third. Dylan advanced to second with no attempt made. Aaron reached first on a walk. Chris struck out swinging with the bases loaded. Astros changed pitchers for the bottom of the fourth inning. Chris came in to pitch. He walked the lead off batter that inning. Struck out the second batter. The runner on first stole second and then third. The third batter walked and stole second with no attempt made. The squeeze bunt was beautiful, but not for the Astros. Both runners scored and the throw did not get the runner out at first. Bunter then steals second and third. The hitter hits the ball to Colin at first, who instead of getting the sure out, throws to the catcher who tags the man coming home from third. The catcher then throws to shortstop to get the hitter out who was trying to advance on the throw home. What a great double-play! Score is now 4 - 1. In the fifth, leadoff strikes out. Tyler hits a nice drive into right-center. Third batter strikes out. Tyler is picked off. In the bottom of the fifth, the Astros play tough defense. The score is still 4 - 1. In the top of the sixth, time is almost out. The Astros must tie or go ahead, or the game is over. Brian leads off the inning by allowing himself to be hit-by-a-pitch. The next three batters strike out. Game is over. Grant: 3 innings, 6Ks, 1BB, 3 Hits, 0 ER Chris: 2 innings, 1K, 3BB, 2 Hits, 2 ER Our next game is WEDNESDAY, 8PM. ***NOTE CHANGE IN TIME*** Written By Pam Keever