Saturday, May 26, 2007

May 26: Arizona: 0 Hits, 2972 Career Total

By Robert H. Kelly

Craig Biggio and his fellow Astros played game three in the four game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. They lost another close game 5-4 to put their losing streak at seven. The final game of the series will be tomorrow.

Biggio was again sixth in the batting order and he went 0-4, striking out on in all at bats. He remains at 2972 career hits.

Here is how he did:

2nd inning: STRUCK OUT (facing right handed pitcher Brandon Webb, 3-3, 3.95 ERA)
1: called strike
2: bunt foul
3: ground foul
4: foul
5: swinging strike
Current batting average: .232

4th inning: STRUCK OUT (still facing Webb)
1: called strike
2: foul
3: foul
4: ball
5: four
6: swinging strike
Current batting average: .231

6th inning: STRUCK OUT (still facing Webb)
1: foul
2: pitchout
3: foul
4: foul
5: ball
6: ball
7: swinging strike
Current batting average: .230

9th inning: STRUCK OUT (facing right handed pitcher Jose Valverde, 0-2, 2.53 ERA)
1: called strike
2: swinging strike
3: foul
4: foul
5: foul
6: foul
7: swinging strike
Current batting average: .228

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Biggio is in a slump. He will pull out of it, I am sure of it. The Astros as a whole, well....I don't know what to say. They are like pouring gasoline on a fire.