Tim Redding pitched three-hit ball over five innings in his return to Stros’ starting rotation as the Stros beat the Brewers 6-3 on Saturday night at the Juice Box.
Redding (4-6/5.66 ERA/-14 RSAA) was demoted to the bullpen after his a poor start against Texas on June 26. He made four relief appearances for the Stros before making his 15th start of the season, in which he fanned six and walked three. Darren Oliver — who the Stros picked up from Florida on Friday — made his first appearance and struck out three in two scoreless innings of relief work. After Mike Gallo made things interesting by giving up a couple of yaks (the Brew Crew has 17 against the Stros this season) and 3 runs in 2/3rd’s of an inning in the eighth, Brad Lidge gutted up after throwing over 40 pitches in last night’s game and pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up the save.
Adam Everett and Jason Lane cranked yaks for the Stros, and Everett also had a double and Lane a sac fly to plate another run. The Stros continued their mild hitting surge, whacking 11 hits that generated 20 total bases.
Pete Munro pitches the rubber game for the Stros in Sunday’s matinee at the Juice Box, while Andy Pettitte gets the start on Monday in the first game of the next series with the DBacks.