• Womack injured in loss Womack injured in loss HOUSTON — Roy Oswalt became the NL’s first 19-game winner, and Houston stayed close in the wild-card race. The Astros remained 1 1/2 games behind the Chicago Cubs. Pinch-hitter Jason Lane
• Womack injured in loss
Womack injured in loss
HOUSTON — Roy Oswalt became the NL’s first 19-game winner, and Houston stayed close in the wild-card race.
The Astros remained 1 1/2 games behind the Chicago Cubs.
Pinch-hitter Jason Lane homered and Craig Biggio hit a two-run double. Carlos Beltran added a two-run triple, Morgan Ensberg had a two-run double, and Jeff Bagwell and Raul Chavez singled in runs to send the Astros to their fourth win in five games.
St. Louis second baseman Tony Womack left in the seventh inning after being hit on the left arm by a pitch from Oswalt. He was gingerly clutching his arm at his side as he was escorted back to the dugout.
Oswalt (19-10) pitched six scoreless innings before allowing a couple of runs in the seventh. He gave up nine hits, striking out six and walking one.
Woody Williams (11-8) gave up eight runs and 10 hits in three innings.
Andy Irons wins as wildcards upset Quiksilver
FRANCE n Reigning two-time world champion Andy Irons (KAU) edged out Quiksilver Pro wildcard Tom Curren (CA., USA) as well as Cory Lopez (FL., USA) in their opening clash at the Quiksilver Pro France on Monday, Sept. 27.
Curren, a three-time world champion and former resident of France required 9.41 points towards the end, and found a great last wave he milked to the beach, but fell short at 8.1.
“It’s always a pleasure to see Tom in the lineup,” began Irons. “He’s one of my favorite surfers. The waves weren’t that great, though, so it was a bit of a crapshoot and I ended up being the lucky one who found a few.”
Sixtime world champion Kelly Slater (FL., USA) won his opening heat after the event moved to Ele Penon, defeating local French wildcard Frederic Robin and Pat O’Connell (CA., USA).
Trials winner Jonathan Gonzales (CNY) caused the biggest upset in the Foster’s Men’s ASP World Championship Tournament (WCT) by beating world #4 Joel Parkinson (AUS) in their non-elimination matchup.
Gonzales continued his great run by getting past Richie Lovett (Manly, NSW), the 24-year-old advancing to round three with an 8.5 score.
Brazilian Guilherme Herdy started his Quiksilver Pro campaign with a near-perfect 9.5 barrel to defeat Australians Jake Paterson and Luke Hitchings.
Ginez dominates Garden Isle R/C races
Dennis Ginez dominated the action at the latest Garden Isle R/C races held Sunday, Sept. 25 at the Big Kmart parking lot.
Topping the 4 wd Nitro Touring A class race, Ginez finished with top qualifier honors while Noel Udaundo overcame some minor problems to finish tops in the 4 wd Nitro Touring B class.
Wendell Esposo was uncontested for the top slot in the 4 wd Nitro Touring C division.
Of note was the participation of Bengy Antonio who recently returned home after serving over a year in Iraq.
The next Garden Isle R/C races will be held on Oct. 10 at the Wailua off-road track.
For more information, please call Arnold at 821-8132, or 639-9314.
There is no admission fee for the races that will start at 10 a.m.
