Houston Astros at Texas Rangers, 2:05 PM CDT
by Stros Bro on May 18, 2008 2:00 PM CDT
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| Sat 05/17 | WP: Vicente Padilla (6 - 2) LP: Roy Oswalt (4 - 4) |
2 - 6 loss |
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Houston Astros Sunday, May 18, 2008, 2:05 PM CDT Brandon Backe vs Kason Gabbard Sunny. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Near 95. |
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After winning 4 straight series, the Astros have already lost the 1st series against the Rangers by dropping the 1st two games 16-8 and 6-2. The two consecutive losses dropped the Astros back to 3rd place, 2.5 games behind the 1st place Cubs.
The Astros have drawn a pretty good pitcher in Kason Gabbard today... Gabbard has pitched well but has only recorded 1 decision this season. In Gabbard's 6 starts this season, he has yet to give up more than 3 runs in any outing... the problem with him though, is that he has only pitched 6 innings or more in 2 of those starts. The Rangers are 5-1 in games started by Gabbard.
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Coop says...
Pence batting first makes the bottom of the order too weak cause Wiggles sucks.
by entropic soul on May 18, 2008 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe it's just better..
to get Bourn out of the way so he doesn’t kill a rally later on. :p
by entropic soul on May 18, 2008 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I figured it's because
the Astros mojo has been messed with by him batting last and Coop didn’t want to say he was superstitious about lineups.
If they keep scoring like this though
He can stay batting first…
So we lost the two games..
I thought we could win and now there’s this one, which I thought wasn’t too good for us. Why am I even here? :p
Loretta takes...
on 3-1 and 3-2, and walks in the first run of the game for the Astros.
Astros lead 1-0!
Did Berkman get a hit?
missed the radio and Gameday is hung up.
by entropic soul on May 18, 2008 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep
So did Pence. 17 and 16 games, respectively.
Longest duo hit streak for the Astros
since 2001 with Alou (16) and Berkman (21).
Chipper Jones' batting average
Down to .410 after going 1-3 with a walk today. IT was down to .406 but he just got a hit to bring it back up to .410.
by entropic soul on May 18, 2008 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Yay Towles!
Fool ain’t so bad. Well, maybe he is, but fool can hit the right time.
Of course...
you know the Astros scored so the Rangers are about to as well.
by entropic soul on May 18, 2008 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions
So if the Astros mojo is the real deal
Does anyone expect that we’ll ever see Bourn in anything BUT the 1-spot now???
No.
Bourn shall bat lead-off, so sayeth God.
by entropic soul on May 18, 2008 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
JD & Brownie: “This has to be a stressful moment for Ron Washington. 3-1 on a dangerous hitter with a 5-0 lead for the Astros.”
The hitter???
Wiggs.
Oh, how they make me laugh.
He's actually hitting .375 or something
against left handers.
by entropic soul on May 18, 2008 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Ah
He probably got lucky and went 3-7 against the two left handers he faced or something. :p
by entropic soul on May 18, 2008 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Sigh
I F#*@#ING HATE THESE ANGEL UMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How the hell does an ump...
make that call from the side?
My thinking is that umpires shouldn’t reward bad throws and gimmicky attempts at tags when it isn’t crystal clear.
Umps should be held accountable for their mistakes
And have to offer public apologies if they get a call wrong and throw out a manager when a manager calls them out on it. >:o
by entropic soul on May 18, 2008 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I always thought
that the runner got the reasonable doubt on dubious calls…
That's with an umpire that's not a douche bag
by entropic soul on May 18, 2008 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Angel Campos must be the new
Angel Hernandez in training. They said on the radio that the elder has taken the younger under his wing.
Well, it just pisses me off...
that the ONE Michael Bourn stat we can be excited about is hurt by stupid umpiring.
And another caught stealing to back that up.
What happened? Did he get slower? Bourn making Laird’s catching stats skyrocket.
by entropic soul on May 18, 2008 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions
lol...
Brocail has 16 and 17 year old daughters, according to the Rangers announcers.
Talk about a scary dad for the high school boys.
Berkman:
“Wha..? You caught stealing by Laird three times? He di’nt catch me. You know why? Cause I’m the PUMA!”
by entropic soul on May 18, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Berkman goes 2 for 5
and his average suffers! Sheesh.. (Actually his average didn’t suffer for the year only for the month)
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on May 18, 2008 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Astros win 5-4
It seemed Astros had a commanding lead the whole game and then almost lost it in the ninth.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on May 18, 2008 5:15 PM CDT reply actions
Cardinals and Cubs both win today
Bummer
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on May 18, 2008 5:16 PM CDT reply actions
Astros win....but the finish was too exciting for my taste.
Somewhat frustrating for me to watch the game. I’m in Austin and FSN carries the UT-A&M baseball game. Grande is my cable provider and they forgot to put the Astros-Rangers’ game on another channel. So I went to several local eateries to see if they would put the Astros game on TV. First one had Grande too, so that didn’t work. I finally found a place near UT which put the Astros game on a TV in the corner for me. I enjoyed it at that point, drinking Dos Equis and eating nachos…however, the jalapenos are getting to me now.
That sounds like a good afternoon.
I mean, once you actually got to sit down and watch the game.
by entropic soul on May 18, 2008 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions
and eat the nachos
and drink Dos Equus
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on May 18, 2008 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Time Warner
Had it on 77, which is their “Infommercial except when FSN doesn’t carry Astros game” channel.
But I’ve been considering Grande because TW has gotten a bit expensive for me. Maybe I’ll just hold Grande like a club over TW’s head.
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