GAME 86 - July 7: Astros 6, Pirates 3
GAME 87 - July 8: Astros 2, Pirates 0
SWEEP!!! How cool is that on a hot day? Even if it's just the Pirates, one of only 2 NL teams with a worse record than the Astros this season! Here's what's to like about this sweep - and even the lost series that preceded it...
In the past 8 games, dating back to the last game of the Brewers series, Astros pitchers have held the opposing team to just 16 runs, average of 2 per game, and not more than 3 in any of them. (How's that for fancy stats - and I did the math in my head!) Even better, the starting pitchers in those 8 games have given up only 5 runs in 51 2/3 innings. That comes out to a combined ERA of 0.87. (I used a calculator for that one.) Sweet.
Let's just take a look at Roy O (look fast, while he's still here). In his two starts in the past week, he gave up 0 runs in 16 innings. Seven scoreless innings for a no-decision on Friday, then a one-hitter complete game shutout today. The Wiz might be auditioning for a new job on a team that's going somewhere this year, but we can enjoy watching him while he's still wearing an Astros jersey.
Another thing to like: The Puma found his swing! He's hit 5 homers in the past 4 games, including two in today's sweep. (Oswalt owes him -- those were the only 2 runs the Astros scored to back up his shutout.) Thank heavens for the Crawford Boxes! But hey, a home run is a home run. The first homer, hit in the first inning, to get the Astros off to a good start, was Berkman's 1000th career run scored, all of them for Houston of course. Good timing for this power hitting demo: Berkman's name has been coming up a lot recently in the trade rumor mill. Seriously, can you imagine Fat Elvis in a Yankees uni? NOT!
In other exciting news, someone named LeBron picked Miami. I'm not sure what sport that is, but it's not baseball.
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