Week 5: 3 @
Houston Astros(7-16), 3 @
Los Angeles Angels(9-13)
April 22nd
Offday
April 23rd
Marty Murrietta(R, 3-0 1.42) -
Gong-sun Zhào(R, 2-2 4.97)
That guy again.
Astros Get Clutch Win. 3-2
Houston turned a good effort from starter
Gong-sun Zhào into a win over the
Montreal Expos at
Minute Maid Park. The final score was 3-2.
Houston reliever
David Kohler got the win, raising his record to 3-0.
Paul Ide was tagged with the loss.
Montreal falls to 14-10.
The clutch at-bat came in the bottom of the ninth inning, when
Houston designated hitter
Jose Martinez, facing
Paul Ide, had a run-scoring sacrifice fly. It gave the
Astros the 3-2 win.
"Bottom line," said
Montreal skipper Aaron McCreery, "we didn't play well enough to win."
SP
Marty Murrietta 6IP 3H 1R 1ER 3BB 5K ND
LF
Ignacio Benavides 1-5
RF
Ian Messer 1-5 R TP
1B
Dave Grochowski 2-4
2B
Fernando Perez 2-3 R 2RBI BB DB HR
3B
Julian Hernandez 1-4
C
Gabriel Cervantes 1-4
SS
Rich Meilleur 2-4 DB
HR MON:
Perez(12)
HR HOU: none
W:
David Kohler(3-0 1.93) L:
Paul Ide(1-2 8.64) SV: none
Can someone please kill
Paul Ide?
Expos Get Welborn, Nationals Ide
stadiumreport.bbn April 23rd, 2024
In a move that has sent shockwaves throughout the league, the
Montreal Expos have acquired 26-year old RHRP
Zachary Welborn(26, 5*) from the
Washington Nationals in exchange for 26-year old LHRP
Paul Ide and 25-year old minor league CF
Bobby Martinez(25, 2.5*, .421-2-5 1.108OPS 1.1WAR AA).
"Whenever you have the opportunity to acquire this kind of quality, you have to take it," GM Martin of the
Expos explained to the press today. "We hope the fans are excited about this deal as we are."
This season,
Ide has crafted a 1-2 won-lost mark, pitched in 8 relief appearances and rung up 3 saves. He has a 8.64 ERA and has allowed 10 hits over his 8.1 innings of work, struck out 7 batters and walked 4.
Up to this point in the season,
Welborn has put up these stats: 11 relief appearances, 9 saves, 11 IP, 24 strikeouts and 3.27 ERA. His won-lost record is 0-0 with the opposition is hitting .154 against him.
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Well, that is probably better than a life sentence in jail for me.
Welborn is a righty that won Reliever of the Year last season and has one year less of service time. Let’s see if the jinx stays with us…