Pitching for the first time since asking for a trade, Houston’s Roy Oswalt allowed just 4 hits in 8-innings, helping to blank the Milwaukee Brewers 5-0 at Miller Park.
Oswalt hasn’t had much run support to work with, but he got some runs last night and made them stand. Oswalt walked just 1 and struck out 9 Brewers. Brewers manager Ken Macha said they had one chance to get to Oswalt, in the 4th inning and couldn’t pull it off.
AUDIO: Mgr. Ken Macha said they couldn’t take advantage of their one chance :16
The Brewers have now dropped 12 of their last 15 games and have gone 5-15 at Miller Park this season.
The five runs for the Astros represented the most support this season for Oswalt. He entered the game with a 2-6 record, but his ERA was a solid 2.66. In his six losses, the Astros scored a total of six runs, including just one run in the last three.
Chris Narveson took the loss for the Brewers, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits in 4 innings. He’s 4-2. The rubber game of the series is this afternoon at Miller Park.