Houston Astros at Milwaukee Brewers, 6:05 PM CDT

had the game starting at 7 pm. So I tuned in late. It’s going to the 3d, no score.

but it may go for naught unless Erstad driives him in.

Third inning.

Ausmus and Moehler ground out

Cubs beat Rockies 5-4.

Reds beat Braves 8-7 in 10 innings.

blooper into CF.

Erstad hits a blooper to Center and Wiggy runs from second,. Wigginton is earning my respect the past few weeks.

I guess Moehler is our ace now. :p

Woot!

Matsui caught stealing 3rd and Berkman immediately singles….

What was with that attempt at stealing 3rd?

Can Moehler get a grounder?

STEALING!!!

Coop is officially overdoing it with the aggressiveness on the base paths.

Now Moehler leads off the 6th. Great.

do we really have that little faith in the hitters? Wiggy wasn’t even close.

now we’ve got to lead off the next inning with the pitcher.

at least Moehler’s looking really good so far. he’s successfully living on the corners so far. hopefully he can keep it up for 2-3 more innings.

for Moehler. first situation with a RISP when it’s not the bottom of the order.

Tie game.
How the hell can this Astros offense expect Moehler to win a game by backing him with 1 run?
Yeah, Sheets is good, but if they would stop GIVING OUTS AWAY maybe we can have 2 or 3 runs.

and I’m not really too pleased with Lee’s nonchalant effort.

3-1 Brewers.
Sick of this.

bit of a mistake pitch and suddenly we’re down two. would like that run that Matsui should have scored earlier, had he not gotten caught stealing third.

With a lead, Sheets is likely to stay in the game for 7 or 8 innings. The Astros’ best chance is to get into the Brewers’ middle relief.

Wall of Puma

That’s like playing with dynamite.

i can’t wait until Geary comes back.

of how shitty this offense has been this last week.
Except Berkman and Pence… and arguably Wigginton.
Everyone else = shitty.

and that has a noticeable impact. Tejada swings at more crap than most any guy on the team. When he is hot, you marvel at how he can hit a ball up at eye level. But when he has a slow streak, it’s not so pretty.

But then called out.

Yet, this offense, at its current rate, is not even capable of it.

in recent games that Valverde has to come in in the 8th (in an away game) just to get some work in.

Going for the complete game.

but Ben Sheets is what Roy Oswalt used to be.

maybe Torres will be wild and crazy.

Sheets gets mad at Yost for pulling him.

and 4 in a row.

Bad time to be a slump.

the astros will be in good shape, if they can stay in contention over the next month….because the schedule will turn around after that and become more favorable. However, that is a big “IF” because the Astros have a difficult road trip as well as some tough games next month (like the Red Sox and Yankees). I agree with Joe that it is a bad time for a slump.