I got to see Roger Clemens pitch for the third time this season, and he should be 0-3 in those games. His team bailed him out of 2 of the games, including Friday night's against the Brew Crew, but the Astros lost both games.
The Rocket looked good for about 5 innings after giving up a leadoff HR to Scott Posednik, but he self-destructed in the 6th. Clemens gave up a solo shot to Keith Ginter, and a three-run bomb to Ben Grieve ... yes, Ben Grieve.
The Astros rallied, tying the game in the 7th, only to see closer Brad Lidge try to give the game away in the eigth (runners on 2nd & 3rd, 0 out), and finally succeed in giving it away in the ninth on a sac fly by Wes Helms. Mr. Automatic Dan Kolb registered the save for Milwaukee.
Since we had already seen the Brewer once this season, and since it was a Friday (which meant that the gates opened 1/2 hour earlier than normal), we decided to start things off on the Astro side for once. It was well worth it, as I got several good pics out of it.
Astros' (and Nashville Hermitage) manager Phil Garner:
