MLB Season Review: Houston Astros edge out Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 in three-game series
National League’s Houston Astros and Milwaukee Brewers battled it out in an exciting three-game series. Houston was remarkable and did a significant job as they completed a 2-1 victory in the series after beating the Brewers comfortably.
Let us take a summary of these three games and see how the Astros dominated the Brewers.
Game 1 – April 29: Milwaukee Brewers 5 – Houston Astros 0
Brewers directed a 5-0 win in the first game, as Shaun Marcum was impressive with his pitching. He had six strike-outs with an ERA of 2.21 in the Brewers convincing victory. Speaking to reporters, Marcum said, “It's [flu] been going around the clubhouse,
we've just got to keep doing our jobs. My legs were like jelly. I threw a lot of curveballs to keep them off-balance.”
Astros’ batters were unable to contribute any run in the initial game. Brett Myers threw beautifully for the Astros but that was not enough to secure a win for his team. He was able to strike-out only eight batters on his 113 pitches and permitted five hits
with four earned runs.
Game 2 – April 30: Milwaukee Brewers 1 – Houston Astros 2
During the second game, Astros defeated the Brewers 2-1. Astros’ starter, Wandy Rodriguez threw the ball in good line as he pitched eight innings and surrendered no walk and seven hits on his 114 pitches. Rodriguez had six strike-outs with an ERA of 4.26.
Brewers struggled with the bat and were able to take only one run until the end of the game. Randy Wolf had a shaky day with the ball as he threw seven innings with an ERA of 2.39 and gave away four hits, one run, two walks, no homer and one earned run on
his 96 pitches.
Game 3 – May 1: Milwaukee Brewers 0 – Houston Astros 5
During the final game of the series, Brewers lost 5-0. Astros’ left-fielder Carlos Lee shined as he completed two runs including three RBIs and went 2-for-3 with an average of .207. Astros’ starter, Bud Norris pitched just over seven innings and allowed
only three hits and three walks including 11 strike-outs.
Astros’ manager, Brad Mills said, “He'll be OK. When he gets over this, he's going to come back and be fine. He had the two hits and the big home run which was nice.”
Brewers were unable to score any run in the series finale and failed to dominate the Astros. Chris Narveson pitched six innings and gave away four runs, seven hits, four earned runs and one home-run on his 94 pitches. However, a tremendous group effort kept
the Astros on top against the struggling Brewers throughout the series.
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