After yesterday's 5-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt is now 4-6 on the season. In six innings pitched he gave up nine hits, four runs (three earned) and struck out four while walking one. His season ERA is 5.38.
I'm treading very lightly here, since my experience in organized baseball consists of two seasons of Little League baseball in Alvin, Texas (no, I didn't play against Nolan Ryan*) in the early eighties. Perhaps Roy O is having an off-year. After all, his latest loss came against a lowly Pirates team that's 28-31 on the season and has been in mediocrity the past few years. Perhaps they were just fueled from anger by the Detroit Red Wings winning the Stanley Cup over the Penguins at home in the City of Three Rivers.
Either way, Houston's bats couldn't get going and despite an unassisted double play by Lance Berkman and an outfield assist by Hunter Pence, Houston lost and is now 31-29 on the season. They play the Pirates again tonight.
| Oswalt (L, 4-6) | 6.0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.38 |
