In their Thursday 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, the Houston Astros did something again that worries me: giving up first-inning runs.
Astros ace Roy Oswalt, still not completely in his groove yet, gave up two first-inning runs. He would give up only one other run--a sixth-inning home run to Albert Pujols (I'm guessing Pujols confused Roy O for former Astros closer Brad Lidge). Houston hit two homers--one by Lance Berkman and one by Carlos Lee. Unfortunately, both were solo shots.
While Oswalt pitched 7 innings and gave up 3 runs on five hits, Houston's line against Cards starter Kyle Lohse was somewhat disconcerting: six innings pitched, five hits and only 1 run allowed. Interestingly, Lohse gave up a walk and had no strikeouts.
Houston is now 25-20 heading to Milwaukee.
