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A man named Dave Mlicki took his place up on the mound Gave up just one hit, and set the other batters down Bagwell's homer in the first was all offense it would take The other three runs scored were just the icing on the cake.
This time it was Wade Miller, who struck out seven men Then came Dotel and Wagner, struck out five more from the pen And Biggio who homered, (in the first like Bags before) And in the fourth and fifth, the Astros offense scored three more.
Let me introduce a rookie, Kirk Saarloos is his name His fifth start for the Astros was their only complete game He didn't walk a batter but he did rack up six K (Oh and Bags was 2-for-4 and had 5 ribbies, by the way)
Then Roy Oswalt pitched eight innings fanning nine and walking one Only giving up four hits before his turn to pitch was done. Barry Wesson hit a triple, scored on Lugo's fly to right. Two more runs score in the sixth and Wagner gets the save that night.
Wade Miller pitched five innings, held the Pirates' hits to four Pete Munro faced seven batters, only giving up one more. Then three more Astros pitchers finished off the Pirate crew That's three shutout games in four days time — amazing but it's true.
When the Marlin's came a'callin', Mlicki gave it all he got It was obvious he struggled, wasn't hitting all his spots. So they needed five relievers just to finish up the game. Doesn't matter, 'cause the Marlins were kept scoreless all the same.
Hernandez, back from rehab, hadn't seen the Cubs since May Everyone was wondering just how well he'd pitch that day. In six innings he gave up four hits, fanned eight and walked just three. Vizcaino's leadoff homer was the only run they'd need.
Coming off of some bad starts, Kirk Saarloos had a day Griffey Jr. grounded into a bases-loaded double play. In the ninth Dotel fanned Junior, Sean Casey, Adam Dunn And Lance Berkman's homer in the first was the Astros' only run.
The Padres final game found Pete Munro up on the mound With more attention focused on the strike clock counting down. He pitched five solid innings, walking none and fanning four. Merced made two outstanding plays, and batted 3-for-4.
This song had just nine verses, till another shutout came In the form of one Wade Miller, another complete game Lance Berkman kept them off the board with a great assist from right — As well as batting 4-for-5 on his hundredth homer night.
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