Houston Astros at San Francisco Giants, 2:45 PM CDT

.....is take him deep in the count, get him to 110 pitches by the 6th-th inning and then make it rain like we have been in the late innings. Go ‘stros.

but what’s with those guys this year? they’re about to get swept by the Royals and have the lowest win total in the AL. they’re lineup isn’t hitting and they’re pitchers aren’t pitching. if they lose again, they’ll be nine games under .500. who would have guessed that?

....show some patience!

My, what a difference an offseason makes.

1-0, men on 1st and 3rd – still only one out

So far. 2 outs.

on Gameday (nice feature, btw). kind of a middle hop, but should have been handled and probably should have been charged an error.

it’d be nice for him to pick up a rbi to compensate a little.

8-5 in the 8th. if that score holds, we could move into 2nd place with a win. i know it means nothing this early in the season, but it’d be nice to work our way up to the top of the standings while we’re on this nice run.

that Lincecum could go 8 innings today. Don’t the guys know they need to work the counts?

Since Loretta is playing short, and he’s at least part of the reason we are losing…. if we do end up losing this game, can we blame Cooper for sitting Tejada? :)

but get in the way.

like Sampson’s getting hit hard and it sounds like he’s getting the ground balls he’s supposed to. he’s just not getting the outs.

Ok, if he’s not gonna make the catches either, it’s time to go.

should he have caught that?

crap. this one’s looking pretty out of reach, even though it’s only the third inning.

are the only team to score 3 runs in an inning of Lincecum this season and only the 2nd team to score multiple runs on him in an inning.

HORRIBLE TODAY!!!!

Puma struck out in an rbi opportunity?

well, Lincecum is up at 89 pitches, so maybe we can chase him in the 6th. it’s not over yet!

have a slow delivery from the stretch? three stolen bases so far, including Lee and Berkman.

Last at bat he didn’t swing at a pitch, this one he didn’t lay off one…

for chasing Lincecum in the 6th. he’s at 105 pitches, but i’d be he at least starts the 7th.

having a pretty nice day, 2-3, with a double, walk, SB, and a run scored.

after his two out double, Taschner’s gone and Walker’s on. it’s the 7th inning and there’s two outs with the middle of our lineup up. here’s where the flurry of runs begins… right?

we’re down four runs though, so he should go two scoreless.

snags a liner and doubles up Rowand, who was on first, all aparently while blowing a bubble.

PH 2 run HR.

TIED!!!!!

did we just tie this friggin’ game?

Tejada’s still available, too! wow!

still only one out and the lineup flips for… oh.

well, still only one out.

for lefty Alex Hinshaw, now in the game.

4 times on base. 3 hits. that last hit was on a pitch way low.

men on the corners for Pence. c’mon Hunter!

yet another move to the pen. double switch coming with the third reliever this inning, fourth in the game… Vinnie Chulk.

guess Coop knows not to stick with Borks in a close one.

I didn’t think they had a chance to get that pop up.

:)

So we’re tied 7-7? Sorry, no radio here in SA today – all Spurs coverage atm.

What happened? can’t hear the tv

How was that not a strike?

Did Byrdak get him?

Berkman rains one into the cove!!!

ASTROS TAKE THE LEAD!!!

LOL

Jungle Karma ain’t no joke…

Let’s add a couple then close this bitch out!

Nice one E

talking about the left field ball dude, who apparently is 85 years old. wow.

two to go

two down

2-1 now

What a great, great win.

and to win this one is marvelous.

And I don’t ever remember a Stros team winning this many with late game rallies, this early in the season…

Truely remarkable

Getting a win after being down 6-0 with Lincecum on the mound is incredible. It was great to see so many players contributing offensively.

When’s the last time we won SIX GAMES in a west coast swing? unbelievable!

should be a fun series in Arlington. their record is crap, but they’ve been scoring a bunch of runs lately and may be the next hottest team in baseball behind the Astros (10-4 in May).

Too bad I wasn’t able to watch any of the San Fran series because of blackouts. I’m excited to be able to watch the Rangers series, should be a good one. If we can get two in Arlington that would make for an 8-2 roadie, very impressive. I’m loving everything this team is doing. Pitchers are keeping us in it. Offense is incredible. Bullpen is nice. Can you imagine if Roy is lights out again and Mike Born hits at least .240. Amazing.

‘Til next time.

Adios.

Unbelievable!

Not that any of it is due to Sampson, but the team has now won matchups that began with Sampson vs. Ben Sheets and Sampson vs. Tim Lincecum.

It’s like our offense can make up for any pitching deficiency.

I, like many Astros fans had this penciled in the loss column but low and behold, I check the score here this morning (the game was on when I was sleeping) and the Astros erase a 6-0 deficit and come back and win this 8-7! Incredible! PH HR by Erstad and Berkman with the “water shot” – Awesome!

Keep it going Stros!

SeoulStro