Man...he did so well through 4 innings. I guess the hitters figured him out. He's not exactly overpowering. 7 hits in the inning, still only 1 freaking out.
damnit...I hope this was a freaking aberation. We are going to need much better than this from our #3 starter. Now we will have to burn our bullpen with the St. Louis series coming up.
The announcers last night said they did not expect Cruz to go past 4-5 innings so we should be getting into their pen soon. Hopefully we can score a few off them to get back in this thing. C
I can't imagine those 82 mph fastballs from Shane would look any less hittable than what Robertson was chunking up there. Although I do agree that we should have at least held on to Shane to see.
I can't imagine those 82 mph fastballs from Shane would look any less hittable than what Robertson was chunking up there. Maybe, maybe not - but I would like to have had the option. Lots of pitchers in MLB survive on smarts rather than "stuff". Would he have been a star? Absolutely not. He might have been servicable, though. What happens if this isn't a one-time thing for Robertson?
This is ugly. We really need to find at least one more starter who might possibly have a chance to win. Hopefully we can at least get one of the first 2 games of the series in St. Louis this weekend and let Roy-O win the third for us.
Don't get your panties in a wad... This is only one game...We won't win them all... The Stros' will be kicking some Cardinal azz this weekend and I can't wait...
This was the same problem we had last year. Maybe we can trade for one of the 10 pitchers the Yankees have. I do agree. We need a legitimate three who's been around the block.
More like Oswalt, sometimes Miller, then pray you hit 10 homeruns a game and outscore your opponent. I'm a huge 'Stros fan, but watching our 3-5 pitchers throw on gamedays is not something I'm looking forward too this year.
