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Monday, April 21, 2008
Astros all-around effort gives them a win
The Associated Press
A solid effort by the offense (10 runs), starting pitching (three runs allowed through seven) and the bullpen (no runs allowed through two innings) gave the Astros an easy 10-3 win Monday night over the Padres.
Three random thoughts
- Like I said, starting pitching was one of the main factors. Roy Oswalt has put together two great starts after starting the season with three bad ones. Tonight he lasted seven innings and gave up three runs off of six hits and two walks while striking out six. Two of the runs came on homers. It shows to me that once he got the big lead, he needed to make the Padres hitters earn their runs and he limited the walks.
- Miguel Tejada went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBI. He’s batting .342 and has 16 RBI. All this talk of steroids and aging hasn’t gotten to him.
- Newcomer Tim Byrdak and Oscar Villarreal pitched the last two innings and shut down the Padres’ bats to close out the win.
