Astros 7 Pirates 4

The Astros just needed this one more than the Bucs do. The Pirates can smell the end (two errors, two unearned runs tonight) and the Astros can smell a playoff spot. This is not a good combination for the Pirates this week. Snell kind of got roughed up in his five innings tonight, though three walks didn't help his cause much. There was a nice little moment in the second inning when Jason Bay and Jose Bautista launched home runs and I thought to myself, "Holy shit! Jose Bautista has 16 home runs this year? We should probably find him a position for next year." Beyond that, tonight didn't really offer much else (except for four hits for Freddy Sanchez, which was nice).