The Houston Astros and Baltimore Orioles played ten inning on Wednesday night and it was the Orioles coming out on top. The O’s pushed across the game winning run on a Kevin Millar single off of Jose Valverde in the tenth inning. Valverde has now struggled a couple games in a row and he could really use a day off if you ask me.
The one run for the Astros came in the top of the seventh inning when Lance Berkman hit a solo home run. However the Orioles answered right back with their own home run in the bottom of the inning to tie the game at 1-1.
Brian Moehler pitched 6 1/3 innings and only gave up five hits and one run. It was a pretty good outing by Moehler besides the one pitch to Luke Scott that left the ballpark. The Astros bullpen pitched well up until Valverde lost the game too. Wesley Wright, Chris Sampson, and Doug Brocail all pitched before Valverde took the loss.
The Astros will now try to avoid the sweep as they will play the Orioles on Thursday. Will the Astros come out and play like they are capable of? I don’t think so as the Orioles are playing with a lot of momentum. Leave us a comment and let us know what your thoughts are.
