You never know with Framber Valdez. Does Framberin mean baffling opposing batters? Or does Framberin mean poor command and lots of runs for the opposing offense?
It was bad Framber tonight.
Valdez and the Astros were dominated this evening by the Angels, the killer blows being five straight hits and five runs in the fifth that buried the Astros. But let's not the dormant offense off the hook either. The Astros managed only six hits; happily one was a seventh-inning solo homer by rookie Jeremy Pena, who continues to impress.
The Angels opened the scoring in the second with a Kurt Suzuki walk, who advanced to third on a Jo Adell double, and scored on a Brandon Marsh sac fly.