The race is essentially over but the players respect carp too much to roll over in his second start. They know how much this means to him. He worked his ass off to pitch this year. No Freese,furcal,beltran....throw in kozma (he is hitting 300 last 20 or so though) and descalso, its a different offense. Craig has been hitting and so has molina but they have not been scoring runs.
I don't think the fifty win astros are too worried about fan appreciation night. Lol. They are probably mother fucking the fans every night. 50% of those guys won't be on the roster next year anyway.