I'm just not sold on Carpenter being the better pitcher here tonight at all....
Houston has played better baseball than St.Louis since June, they have big game Andy Pettitte on the hill tonight, Pettitte has great numbers vs the Cards lifetime 27 IP a 1.67 ERA in his career vs STL, in his last 8 regular season starts Pettitte gave up a total of 9 runs! The Astros come into this game with atleast the same amount of momentum as STL... and have the better current pitcher.
STL has not been tested in some time, SD was a joke in RD 1 , Carpenter looked very average in his one start...in his final 4 starts of regular season he gave up 22 runs in 22 innings, and also lost to the Astros in his final regular season start...his curveball was awful , his location was awful vs SD, they just didn't get any clutch hits, he was very hittable that day, as he was the entire month.
Pujols and Edmonds are a combined 5-42 vs Pettitte lifetime...
I feel these teams are pretty even offensively in this spot, and Houston has the pitching edge...
Hou 5-6 runs, STL 3-4 runs
Houston has played better baseball than St.Louis since June, they have big game Andy Pettitte on the hill tonight, Pettitte has great numbers vs the Cards lifetime 27 IP a 1.67 ERA in his career vs STL, in his last 8 regular season starts Pettitte gave up a total of 9 runs! The Astros come into this game with atleast the same amount of momentum as STL... and have the better current pitcher.
STL has not been tested in some time, SD was a joke in RD 1 , Carpenter looked very average in his one start...in his final 4 starts of regular season he gave up 22 runs in 22 innings, and also lost to the Astros in his final regular season start...his curveball was awful , his location was awful vs SD, they just didn't get any clutch hits, he was very hittable that day, as he was the entire month.
Pujols and Edmonds are a combined 5-42 vs Pettitte lifetime...
I feel these teams are pretty even offensively in this spot, and Houston has the pitching edge...
Hou 5-6 runs, STL 3-4 runs