Houston Astros Drop Two on Sunday
March 3, 2008 by Kori Ellis
Filed under Baseball
The Houston Astros had a pair of split-squad games on Sunday afternoon. Against the Atlanta Braves, the Astros lost by a final score of 6-4. Against the Washington Nationals, the Astros fell 8-3.
In the contest versus the Braves, Brandon Backe pitched two scoreless innings for Houston. New second baseman Kaz Matsui went 1-2 with a steal, a run and an RBI.
In the other game, starter Shawn Chacon gave up two earned runs in two innings of work. Lance Berkman got one hit in four at bats. That lone hit was a double that scored a run.
While our own Hunter Pence went 0-3 against the Braves, he did recently have a very nice story published about him on MLB.com.
Check it out: Pence draws inspiration from brother.
