The search for the illusive fifth starter continues.
After allowing only one run in six innings (but 5 walks) in his last start, Framber Valdez was not so lucky tonight. In 5.2 innings he allowed six earned runs on nine hits and three walks. The big damage was done by two homers, both by players with Astros connections. Former Astro Teoscar Hernandez hit a two run shot off Valdez in the 3rd inning, this after Randal Grichuk’s RBI single. And Cavan Biggio, the son of Houston’s first Hall of Famer, Craig Biggio, hit a two run shot in the fourth.