Thursday, October 14, 2004 |
Phil Garners Another Loss: Cardinals 6, Astros 4
After tonight, maybe he oughta start looking for work, after all.
Garner tonight made the same dumb mistake he made in NLDS Game 4, a pointless double-switch that put nobody Dan Miceli into the game and sealed the Astros' fate. And in the fifth, with Pete Munro struggling a bit -- but after four straight shutout innings -- Garner gave Munro the hook in favor of ... Chad Harville, against whom Scott Rolen, the next man he was to face, had hit .500 in the regular season in two at bats.
Houston deserves to lose this; or, more accurately, Garner deserves to lose his job. The Astros could have at least had a chance, but Garner decided Lidge, who hadn't pitched since the NLDS, didn't need to face the heart of the Cardinals order in the eighth, when the game was tied.
I feel sad for the Astros' aging core, led to the beach of success only to be swamped as they leave shore.
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