Ensberg doubles to lead off the fourth. Lamb moves him to third with a grounder. The Astros are getting base runners. The have three hits and two walks so far. If they keep doing that, they’ll eventually come around to score.
Update: Lane walks to put runners on 1st and 3rd. That’s three walks issued by Carpenter.
Update: Carpenter walked one about every five innings during the regular season.
Update: On a tapper to Nunez, Abraham throws out Ensberg at the plate. Great throw by Nunez and a nice tag by Y. Molina. Ausmus grounds out to end the inning. The Cards still lead 3-0.
Hey Dave, I have a small non-playoff note. I don’t think you covered this or I would have seen it. I ran across a story on the Baseball America website that the Cubans announced that they would be playing in the World Baseball Classic. I think it will be very interesting to see how this historically dominant amateur team stacks up with the Major Leaguers. It adds an interesting wrinkle to the Classic. Thoughts?