After the toughest offseason in Houston Astros history, the team finally got back to playing baseball and that is likely welcomed by fans.
Good news, HoustonAstrosfans. real baseball is back after an offseason that seemed to drag on forever with the constant coverage of the sign-stealing scandal. Now, it’s time to focus on getting ready for the season and hopefully bring back another World Series championship.
Yesterday’s game was rained out after just two innings of play, so today officially started spring training games for theAstrosand Nationals.It started out with some classby the Washington Nationals who share their spring training facility with theAstrosbetween the NationalsRyan Zimmermanand his former managerDusty Baker.
As for the game, the HoustonAstrosstartedFramber Valdezon the mound to start out the game. Even though Valdezonly pitched two innings he did a pretty good job on the mound in such a short outing.
As with most spring training games, the HoustonAstrosused multiple pitchers and young players to give them some experience in a major league environment. After Washington NationalsAsdrubal Cabreragave the Nats the lead in the 3rd inning, HoustonAstrosnewcomerDrew Fergusongot theAstroson board with a double in the 5th inning, scoringNick Tanielu.
However, that was all the HoustonAstroscould muster offensively today. The Houston Astros used multiple pitchers today, giving up two runs off eight hits, including the game-winning run for the Nationals byBrandon Synderin the 9th inning.
Despite the loss, HoustonAstrosmanager Dusty Baker seemed encouraged by the play of the guys today:
Dusty Baker talks about Framber Valdez after a 2-1 loss to the Natspic.twitter.com/c6AvwBA7pT
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart)February 23, 2020
Even though it’s just one game with a full season ahead. I’m so glad we’re back to playing baseball. This past offseason had to be the worst one for allAstrosfans with the sign-stealing scandal and the fallout from that. Now it’s time to move forward and start playing baseball with one of the best lineups in the game.
Let’s go Astros! #ForTheH
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