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12:46

Unofficial Scorer - Good afternoon from Minute Maid Park. The roof is closed, Michael Jackson is playing over the speakers, and we're less than 20 minutes away from first pitch, Russ Ortiz to Rickie Weeks.

12:49

Unofficial Scorer - Kaz Matsui is given a scheduled day off, meaning Geoff Blum will have to play third against a lefty, which he doesn't normally do. Jeff Keppinger gets the start at second base.

12:49

Unofficial Scorer - Facing Brewers lefty Manny Parra:

1. Michael Bourn (CF)
2. Jeff Keppinger (2B)
3. Lance Berkman (1B)
4. Carlos Lee (LF)
5. Miguel Tejada (SS)
6. Hunter Pence (RF)
7. Ivan Rodriguez (C)
8. Geoff Blum (3B)
9. Russ Ortiz (P)

1:00	[Comment From wes] Did you hear Milo's opening line today?

1:00	Unofficial Scorer - No, unfortunately not listening at the park. What was it?

1:01	[Comment From wes] Something like, "The Astros tried to take on the Brewers 9 last night, but their 10th, Umpire Demuro, proved to be too much for them"

1:02	Unofficial Scorer - I thought the zone was pretty inconsistent on both sides, but I wouldn't go that far.

1:02	[Comment From wes] haha yeah

1:02	Unofficial Scorer - Both teams had plenty of players yapping back there. But that was a good Milo line.

1:03	[Comment From wes] Did everyone forget the game was at 1 today?

1:04	Unofficial Scorer - Probably, on the blog and at the ballpark. Huge pockets of empty good seats so far.

1:04	Unofficial Scorer - I will give a plug and try to get my Twitter entourage out.

1:05	[Comment From wes] hahaha ok

1:06	Unofficial Scorer - Brad Nelson starts in place of Corey Hart and Craig Counsell for J.J. Hardy.

1:06	Unofficial Scorer - 1. Rickie Weeks (2B) 2. Craig Counsell (SS) 3. Ryan Braun (LF) 4. Prince Fielder (1B) 5. Mike Cameron (CF) 6. Brad Nelson (RF) 7. Bill Hall (3B) 8. Jason Kendall (C) 9. Manny Parra (P)

1:06

[Comment From Michael]
I was at last night's game. I rank it as the 2nd best game I've ever been to. Hey Zach, anyone got suspended for last night's fight? It was just crazy. Some guy on the grounds crew nearly got killed by Prince Fielder's home run in the ninth. It hit him in the chest. It was just amazing. Michael Bourn made an amazing catch. ESPN ranks that as the #1 Web Gem from last night. Their lineup: Weeks, Counsell, Braun, Fielder, Cameron, Nelson, Hall, Kendallm, Parra. My car got towed yesterday. It was a night to remember. Also, hi guys.

1:07	Unofficial Scorer - No, no suspensions. Coop said he did nothing wrong beyond the run-of-the-mill ejection. Ivan Rodriguez wouldn't talk about it.

1:07	[Comment From Norman in Calgary] Michael told me he nearly caught a home run.

1:07	[Comment From wes] wow, hey michael

1:07	[Comment From Michael] Norman, had that ball gone a little higher, I might have had a chance to catch Fielder's ninth inning homer.

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