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Brandon Lyon, the D-backs' new closer, has seven
saves in nine chances and making fans forget about
the trade that sent Jose Valverde -- 47 saves last year for Arizona -- to the Astros in the offseason.
Adam Eaton put together a pretty good start,
but it looked like it was going to go
to waste until the Phillies bats came alive in the 9th inning. Down 3-0 heading into the bottom of the 9th, the Phillies, led by homers by Chris Snelling and Mr. Clutch Pat Burrell, forged out 4 runs off of Astros closer Jose Valverde to secure a 4-3 victory. Click the link to watch the thrilling come back!
Pedro Feliz's RBI double in the bottom of
the ninth inning capped a four-run rally that carried
the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Houston starter Shawn Chacon allowed only four singles in eight ...
Houston Astros Hitters AB R H RBI BB
SO LOB AVG M Bourn CF 3 0 0
0 1 1 2 .224 M Loretta 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .229 J Valverde P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 L Berkman 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .298 C Lee LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .297 M Tejada SS 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .328 G Blum 3B 4 0 0 0 ...
Let's use PITCHf/x data to examine a question
on the mind of many Astros fans.












Lyon making fans forget Valverde