Moehler: 5IP, 8H, 2ER, 5K:2BB
Wright: .1IP, 1H, 3ER, 0K:2BB
Paulino: .1IP, 2H, 2ER, 0K:2BB
Fulchino: 2.1IP, 4H, 2ER, 3K:2BB
The bullpen, once again, was pretty awful. Let's look at this another way:
Bullpen: 3IP, 7H, 7ER, 3K:6BB
| Pitcher | Pit/Str | Strike% | BF/Outs | Efficiency% | GB/FB/K |
| Moehler | 93/67 | 64.9% | 25/15 | 60% | 5/5/5 |
| Wright | 19/8 | 42.1% | 4/1 | 25% | 0/1/0 |
| Paulino | 23/8 | 34.8% | 6/1 | 16.7% | 0/1/0 |
| Fulchino | 46/25 | 54.3% | 12/7 | 58.3% | 2/2/3 |
Moehler's FPBs: 7
Moehler's FPSs: 18
Offense did relatively well, but blowing a 4-run lead lands squarely on the bullpen. Multi-hit games from Matsui (2), Berkman (2), Lee (3) got the Astros seven of their ten hits. 0SB to 2CS (Berkman, Matsui), and the Nationals bullpen allowed just one base runner in three innings.
Regard:
Against teams currently with winning records: 7-12
Against teams currently with losing records: 4-3
Man of the Match:
I'm going to give this one to Lance, who crushed the ball for a double that Elijah Dukes had no chance at, no matter what. It was encouraging to see Moehler come back and get some innings in - he lowered his ERA to 14.00 with two earned in five innings.
Goat of the Game:
Felipe Paulino. Faced six batters, only got Flores to pop up. The other five walked, singled, singled, got hit, and walked. That's bad.
