Wow! What a game you saw last night if you had Houston Astros tickets, when Wandy Rodriguez threw a no hitter for the WIN_TEAM!! Congratulations to Rodriguez as well as the Astros for an incredible accomplishment. You never know what you will see at a baseball game and if you were at Minute Maid Park yesterday you’ll have a story to tell for the rest of your life! Wow! What a nail biter! This was a pitchers duel that Wandy Rodriguez and Chris Carpenter will never forget! Fans with Astros tickets saw two fantastic pitchers do battle. You don’t see baseball games as low-scoring as this, and when you do you better appreciate it! It’s not too late to take in a game so get your baseball tickets soon!

Astros pitcher Wandy Rodriguez (3.71 ERA) got the win, while Chris Carpenter (2.92 ERA) took the loss for the Cardinals. Wandy Rodriguez went 7 solid innings for the Astros, allowed 2 hits, no home runs and no earned runs with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Astros was Tim Byrdak (3.51), and Wilton Lopez (2.95). The Cardinals’s starter Chris Carpenter went 7 innings, allowed 6 hits, no home runs and 2 earned runs with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts. Kyle McClellan (2.24) also pitched for the Cardinals. With the win, Rodriguez’s record goes to 11-12, while Carpenter falls to 14-5. Brandon Lyon earned the save for the Astros, bringing his saves up to 10.

In addition to the 3 runs, the Astros managed 7 hits and committed one error. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Astros, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. The Cardinals didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Cardinals mustered no runs, 3 hits and one error.

Umpiring duties were performed by James Hoye, Laz Diaz, Wally Bell and John Hirschbeck. There were 29,307 Astros ticket holders in attendance at Minute Maid Park.