Alright, after the poor start, the Astros are heating up and they’ve done it with four straight wins. They did it by scoring a bunch of late runs off of a mediocre Reds pen to steal two games. On Wednesday, the Astros were down most of the game until they scored five in the eighth. Jason Lane had the big hit with a three run homer and Mike Lamb had a good game in the 7-2 win with two hits and a run. Chris Sampson threw a nice game and he improved to 2-0. He gave up two runs on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
Yesterday was more of the same. Down by as much as 6-1, the Astros scored five more runs in the eighth to win this one 8-6. Jason Lane went yard again as did Luke Scott. Scott finished the game with an impressive four RBIs and Lance Berkman had two hits, a run and an RBI. Woody Williams was hit hard in his start but since the hitters picked him up, he didn’t take a loss. Brad Lidge threw a shutout inning and he picked up the win while Dan Wheeler saved it.
Next up is three against the first place Brewers in a pretty big early series. Matt Albers will make his season debut in a tough matchup against Ben Sheets. Then again, Sheets was hammered last time around so maybe we can pick on up early.
