| A tough week for Astros pitchers culminated Friday with what manager Dusty Baker called "a tremendous blow." Young righthander Luis Garcia, who's become a rotation stalwart the past two seasons, is done for the season after only six starts. He will undergo Tommy John surgery and be out 12-18 months. "I was praying that it was something different, something minor," Baker said. "You're always afraid of that in the elbow." The loss of Garcia, combined with injuries to José Urquidy and Lance McCullers Jr., leave a once-strong starting rotation hurting. Cristian Javier will play a bigger role, and he delivered against the Mariners on Friday in Houston's 6-4 win. A new face will start on Saturday: J.P. France was just called up from Sugar Land. The Astros can only hope for a better day. Stat of the day: 17.9 percent. After scoring 45 points in a Game 1 win over the Celtics, James Harden has made just five of 28 three-pointers in losses in Games 2 and 3. That's the worst percentage for a two-game stretch in his career. | 
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