Wandy Rodriguez Outduels Josh Johnson; Catches Up In Cy Young Race

The Houston Astros did what they needed to in order to stay in the postseason chase and that was to win the series against the Wild Card contending Florida Marlins. The Astros usually get dominated by the Marlins. Not this year. The Astros took this series and finished 3-4 against them on the year. You'd think with Josh Johnson pitching, it was going to be an easy Marlins win, right? Wrong. Maybe Wandy Rodriguez will stop being underrated after this performance. Rodriguez was dazzling, snapping the Marlins' consecutive streak of reaching double digits in hits per game. In eight innings pitched, Rodriguez yielded only one unearned run over four scattered hits. Trouble was abrewing in the ninth inning, but Jose Valverde came in a struck out two to get the save. Rodriguez also struck out seven and only walked two. Johnson on the other hand ran into some serious trouble. He only lasted 4.1 innings, yielding four earned runs over seven scattered hits. He gave up the long bomb...