Houston Astros @ Los Angeles Dodgers GameThread, May 10, 2008 9:10 PM CDT

Houston Astros at Los Angeles Dodgers, 9:10 PM CDT

by Stros Bro on May 10, 2008 8:15 PM CDT Comment 68 comments

Houston Astros @ Los Angeles Dodgers

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Houston Astros
@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Saturday, May 10, 2008, 9:10 PM CDT
Dodger Stadium

Chris Sampson vs Chad Billingsley

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 60.

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	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Chris Sampson	1-3	6	6	0	0	0	0	26.0	42	23	23	2	8	12	7.96	1.92

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Chad Billingsley	2-4	8	6	0	0	0	0	33.2	32	18	17	2	21	44	4.54	1.57

Lineup

Houston Astros @ Los Angeles Dodgers

05/10/08 9:10 PM CDT

Houston Astros	Los Angeles Dodgers
Michael Bourn - CF	Juan Pierre - LF
Kazuo Matsui - 2B	Blake DeWitt - 3B
Miguel Tejada - SS	Matt Kemp - RF
Lance Berkman - 1B	Jeff Kent - 2B
Carlos Lee - LF	Russell Martin - C
Darin Erstad - RF	James Loney - 1B
Ty Wigginton - 3B	Andruw Jones - CF
J.R. Towles - C	Chin-Lung Hu - SS
Chris Sampson - P	Chad Billingsley - P

Chris Sampson's ERA is getting close to a run per inning, and he's giving up almost 2 walks/hits per inning... so is this the last start before he gets moved to the bullpen? Moehler had a good outing last night by going 5 full innings without giving up a run... but then again, it was just 1 good outing. Sampson has given up 5 runs in his last 2 outings and failed to make it into the 6th inning in either game. He needs to get his act together. He says he's been working on his mechanics and all of that jazz... well, it better produce some results tonight.

After losing 4 straight games, Billingsley seems to have turned it around and has now won 2 in a row. In his last two games he's pitched 13 innings and only allowed 2 runs.

Another ridiculous start time of 9:10PM today... I can understand why last nights game started at 9:40 PM here... I understand that the traffic in LA is terrible on Friday nights and it's only logical for them that they have the game start at 7:40PM their time... but today is a Saturday! I don't understand that. It would be easy for them to start the game at say 5 or 6 PM... Oh well...

The Cubs and Cardinals have already won tonight, so there's no chance to gain any ground on 1st or 2nd place...

NL Central Standings

	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
St. Louis	23	15	.605	0	Won 1
Chicago	21	15	.583	1	Won 2
Houston	19	17	.527	3	Won 1
Milwaukee	17	19	.472	5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh	16	19	.457	5.5	Won 4
Cincinnati	14	22	.388	8	Won 1

(updated 5.10.2008 at 7:17 PM CDT)

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Cards and Cubs wins

I was sort of half assed watching these two games earlier and…

In the Cards/Brewers game.. pretty low scoring affair, but it was tied 3-3 going into the ninth. You’ll never guess who blew this game for the Brewers. None other than Eric Gagne. (Big surprise, I know.) A two out, bases loaded line drive by Ryan Ludwick sealed this one up for the Cards. Gagne now has 2 losses and 5 blown saves in 14 opportunities with an ERA of 6.89. As you may have read, the Cards have temporarily dropped Izzy from the closer’s role, otherwise this game might have had a different ending. Ryan Franklin got the save. Former Astro Russ Springer was called in to pitch the eighth and got the win.

In the Diamondbacks/Cubs game… you’ll never guess who blew this one for the D-Backs. (I actually mean it this time.) The D-Backs had a 2-1 lead in the seventh until the Cubs used Chad Qualls for batting practice. The Cubs scored 6 in the inning, four of those were charged to Qualls. Qualls only pitched a third of an inning and the one out he did get was on a sacrifice bunt. Qualls now with 4 losses and 3 blown saves in 4 opportunities.

by entropic soul on May 10, 2008 8:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm watching without sound...

Are they saying much about Tejada’s injury/hbp? how did Matsui and Tejada advance?

by clack on May 10, 2008 9:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

1-0, sac fly by Lee

by clack on May 10, 2008 9:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Oops

Forgot to tune in. Thought it started at 9:40 :p

by entropic soul on May 10, 2008 9:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Erstad!

Nice double, good for 2 RBI’s.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on May 10, 2008 9:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

+ stats for Berkman

1 BB, 1 R, + On Base Percentage

by entropic soul on May 10, 2008 9:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Let's see if Sampson can actually pitch like...

a Major League pitcher. :p

by entropic soul on May 10, 2008 9:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Couple of hard hit balls

but right at people..
1-2-3 inning

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on May 10, 2008 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Which sampson will we see?

Hopefully the one that makes it past 6 innigns without being sent to the showers

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on May 10, 2008 9:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

by Stros Bro on May 10, 2008 9:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Tejada 2 run single, matsui out in run down

5-0 Astros

by clack on May 10, 2008 9:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

PUMA!

Nice hit, but Tejada out at home.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on May 10, 2008 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

If Berkman gets a hit in his first official at-bat tonight, it will make him 19 for his last 25 AB’s. The St. Louis Cardinals’ Albert Pujols, who was 19-for-25 from May 30-June 7, 2003, is the only player in the last 50 years to go on a 19-for-25 run.

Done.

by entropic soul on May 10, 2008 9:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

by Stros Bro on May 10, 2008 9:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

by entropic soul on May 10, 2008 10:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow.. what a weak throw by Towles

Pitch out on Piere, looked like Towles slipped when throwing it.. so I won’t hold it against him.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on May 10, 2008 10:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

by entropic soul on May 10, 2008 10:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

by TexSkins on May 10, 2008 10:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

At least the next play was a bounce out to Tejada which means Lonney couldn’t advance home.

by entropic soul on May 10, 2008 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Berkman!

Holds Looney at 3rd while making the second out.

Must be frustrating for Dogder fans.

by entropic soul on May 10, 2008 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Joe in Birmingham on May 10, 2008 11:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Are Sampson and Moehler this good?

or have the Astros finally caught a team in a horrible slump.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on May 10, 2008 11:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'd say in between...

losing Furcal can’t help. The Dodgers had been hot but it looks like they’re finally cooling off.

At the same time, don’t expect 5, 6, 7 scoreless from your starters very often.

Yes, I am a nerd.

by TexSkins on May 10, 2008 11:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Joe in Birmingham on May 10, 2008 11:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

by clack on May 10, 2008 11:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

by Joe in Birmingham on May 11, 2008 12:10 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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