All game talk goes in here. Please do not give play by play. If you need play by play go to CBS, ESPN, or Yahoo. Pitching Proabables: 5-23 Wandy Rodriguez (no record) vs. Glendon Rusch (2-1, 2.90) 7:05 on FSSW 5-24 Roger Clemens (3-2, 1.29) vs. Sergio Mitre (no record) 7:05 on FSSW 5-25 Brandon Backe (3-3, 5.15) vs. Greg Maddux (2-2, 4.12) 6:05 on FSSW/ESPN
We've seen Mitre before. If I remember correctly he owned us. L W L Edit: guess we haven't seen him before. He is not a rookie though.
The Cubs are the only team we seem to play well against or fires us up. Plus, the Cubs park is so easy to hit in that you would think we could hit and score more than we have been. I hope that holds true here but I'm not counting on it. L W L
Astros wins: 1 Cubs wins: 2 Astros XBH: 3 Cubs XBH: 16 Astros' strikeouts against Mitre: 10 "WHERE WAS PLAN B???" posts: 25 "You're whining" responses: 25 Rocket to Yankees posts: 13 "The season is over" posts: 14 "I told you so" posts: 8
And, he's a lefty... which automatically pre-disposes him for more success than Astacio. Of course, I'll be weary of tonight since he's already pitching on 3 days rest, its his first MLB start ever.