Astros Edge Phillies 1-0 in Pitching Duel Showdown

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00:00When we looked at a game and a pitching matchup between two divisional leaders,

00:04two divisional frontrunners, two divisional favorites,

00:07Frambois Valdez on the bump for Houston, other side for Philadelphia, Ranger Suarez,

00:13we've been talking about how warm it is basically across the entire United States this week

00:17and how much offense that should bring.

00:20And yet the total yesterday in H-Town, seven, seven and a half.

00:24And you told us it would be a pitching duel.

00:27That's exactly what it was.

00:30The Astros blank the fills and only score a single run themselves as the home favorites.

00:36One zip.

00:38Cooper Hummel, that solo shot in the eighth inning, the only run of the game,

00:43slightly getting the better of Ranger Suarez as Frambois Valdez blanks the fills on the other side.

00:49One zip, the victory for the Stros.

00:52Another spectacular start for Ranger Suarez doesn't equate to a victory,

00:55but we told you this yesterday.

00:56Like, I think even the sevens moved to like seven and a half.

00:59Like, I don't understand that at this point right now.

01:01You take a look at, yes, it is a hitter's ballpark, but Frambois Valdez as a dominant lefty,

01:05you know the Phillies struggle with dominant lefties here.

01:07And Ranger Suarez has been nothing sort of spectacular for the past month.

01:10So every time I kept looking at this game, checking in, getting the updates,

01:13zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, one to nothing final here.

01:17That's a perfect handicap from yesterday because I also said that I like the Astros' bats

01:20better than the Philadelphia Phillies' bats.

01:22But it was marginal because of how good those starting pitchers were.

01:25So key on the under, they got that done.

01:27And I thought the Astros would win that game.

01:28And they did, one to nothing.

01:29We'll see if the Phillies bounce back today.

01:31Zach Wheeler is on the mound.

01:32They have the better pitching matchup today.

01:34And I think it's almost going to be a role reversal.

01:36But yesterday, we on it.

01:37The Astros should have won.

01:38That game should have stayed under the total and went way under the total.