Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 11, 2004
Playoffs Today

It's winner take all in Atlanta tonight as Roy Oswalt faces Jared Wright. Wright was hit hard in game 1, despite having his strikeout pitch working. When the Astros connected, the ball went a long way, as Houston hit three HR. Oswalt gave up 8 hits in his outing in game 2, but spread them out and kept the ball in the park. I suspect he won't come out of the game as early today if he's pitching well. He's going on short rest, but he only threw 88 pitches in game 2, so he could be okay. If Oswalt can get the game to Lidge, the Astros will be fine.

The big hero for the Braves has been Andruw Jones. Jones had an okay season with the bat, but has 9 hits in four games with four for extra-bases. He's 5 for 10 career vs. Oswalt (I don't know if that includes post-season).

The Braves keep surprising me this year. We'll see if they can do it again tonight.


Posted by David Pinto at 03:20 PM | League Division Series | TrackBack (0)
Comments

we might could have to walk andruw just like we would barry. same #25 - same deadly effect on my stros. we just need to take the bat out of his hands. and roy is a LOT harder to run on than clemens is.

i'm not as worried about roy on 3 days rest as i am bout what we're gonna do wed if we DO win....

Posted by: lisa gray at October 11, 2004 04:46 PM