Phillies Beat the Astros!

Scoring just two runs is typical of the kind of run support the Rocket can expect from these no-bat Astros.

Houston Pitching:
Roger Clemens: 5.0IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 6SO, 0HR - ND
Russ Springer: 1.0IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 0SO, 1HR
Dan Wheeler: 1.1IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1SO, 0HR
Trever Miller: 0.2IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1SO, 0HR
Chad Qualls: 1.0IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 1SO, 0HR
Dave Borkowski: 0.2IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 0SO, 1HR - Loss

Philadelphia Pitching:
Cole Hamels: 8.0IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 8SO, 2HR - ND
Ryan Madson: 0.1IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0SO, 0HR
Matt Smith: 0.2IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1SO, 0HR
Rick White: 1.0IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1SO, 0HR - Win

With 8 innings pitched and 8 strikeouts I'd say Hamels handily out pitched and out lasted the "senior circuit." With all due respect to the talent on that Houston team, the Astros are a franchise I really don't care for. Bad ballpark, bad history and currently bad bats. So any Astros defeat is savored at Leather, Runs and Repeat. Especially when it helps the Phillies with that Wild Card (and staves off an Astros repeat of that same berth).