Astros start off right, down Phillies 8-3 in AL spring training debut
Box score CLEARWATER, Fla. – It wasn’t the real thing. But it was a start. And for a widely derided Astros team featuring a new manager, uniforms and league, Bo Porter gladly accepted his new club’s first spring training win of 2013. Led by second baseman Marwin Gonzalez’s 2-for-3 outing and racking up 14 total hits, the Astros downed the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 Saturday in a Grapefruit League opener at Bright House Stadium. “It always feels good when you play well. More importantly, we played clean baseball,” Porter said. “There was no errors. We swung the bat well. Our situational hitting was good. Defensively, we made the plays that we [...]
