After a few not superhuman starts. Ronel Blanco returned to the kind of form that earned him a no-hitter earlier in the year.
He nearly blanked the Giants, pitching six innings allowing only one run, three hits. one walk, with eight strikeouts. His only mistake was a home rune to Brett Wisely in the third inning.
Although the Astros only managed three runs, tonight, unlike the last two games, the Astros bullpen actually held, with Tay Scott, Bryan Abreu, and Ryan Pressly depriving the Giants of even one hit.
It was a rare clean inning by the struggling Pressly, who looked like the Pressly of the championship era, striking out two of the the three batters he faced.