astros

i went to the astros game yesterday for my birthday with the twins. it was a good game. runs were not scored after the first inning and i was lucky enough to see greg maddux start against roy oswalt, two greats of the game. carlos lee belted a two run homer in the first as a good birthday gift and that was the last of the scoring. it was a great game. i went to the game today as well... it didn't go so well. jason jennings started, pitched 2/3 innings, gave up 11 runs, and earned a loss in a crazy 18-11 loss for the stros. i think a total of 7 homeruns were hit. i saw the astros debut of the new third baseman, wigginton, who is replacing morgan ensberg since the team placed him on assignment. this means they are either going to have to send him down to minors, trade him, or release him in the next ten days. it will be sad to see him leave but it is probably going to help the team as a whole since mo hasn't been playing very well since his injury last year. i'm hoping that pence will return soon and the stros can try to put some kind of run together, but i really don't have much hope left. i suppose i will start watching the mets and the redsox more.