Padres 4, Astros 3
Even Chris Sampson can have an off-night.
Too bad for Mike Hampton, though, who returned from athe DL to hand the bullpen a 3-1 in the seventh, hoping they'd secure him the win. But Petco Park opened up like the Serengeti to Padres bats as they dumped four hits in the frame to plate three runs and take the lead.
Tonight, Brian Moehler will be pitching for his paycheck. The Astros are currently rotating six starting pitchers - which presumably won't go on forever. With the team's highest ERA (6.05) and WHIP (1.57), Moehler figures to go the way of Brandon Backe after the All-Star Break. Thankfully, he'll have the warm SoCal air and vast recesses of the Petco Park outfield helping him to contain fly balls. In 61.0 IP this season, Moehler has given up a dozen bombs, but allowed none at Kansas City his last time out. Still, he gave up five total in the two games preceding that, though. Keep the ball down, Brian, and everything will be just fine. Maybe.
Odds & Ends Dept.:
The Astros' top pick in the 2009 draft, Jiovanni Mier, is featured here in a video interview by Astros.com with an accompanying piece on the young pro from MLB.com.
Richard Justice has a nice piece in the Chronicle about LaTroy Hawkins' solid productivity since coming to Houston in a trade last summer.
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