Houston Astros at Baltimore Orioles, 6:05 PM CDT
Houston Astros @ Baltimore Orioles
The Astros are coming off 2 straight games in which the closer earned the loss... tough way to lose when your team has lost 9 of their last 10 and 7 straight.
Astros look to avoid their 2nd straight sweep as they take on the O's at 6:05 PM.
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1st Inning
Bourn bunts to get on, Matsui strikes out after several checks at 1st base, Miggy flies out, Bourn steals second, Berkman singles and drives in Bourn. Lee strikes out.
Astros 1-0.
by pel on Jun 19, 2008 6:30 PM CDT 0 recs
Pence leads off the 2d with a HR....
and after 1 inning, Chacon is working on a no hitter. ;)
by clack on Jun 19, 2008 6:32 PM CDT 0 recs
2nd Inning
Pence hits a BOMB to left field on the third pitch, about twenty rows back. Even the Orioles announcers are impressed.
by pel on Jun 19, 2008 6:33 PM CDT 0 recs
Good job by Chacon to field thatt ball and make an accurate...
throw to 2d with a broken bat skimming the ground near him.
by clack on Jun 19, 2008 7:05 PM CDT 0 recs
Chacon Walks One In
Bases still loaded, two outs, Luke Scott at the plate.
Astros 2, Orioles 1.
by pel on
Jun 19, 2008 7:11 PM CDT
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Scott Flies Out
Bourn makes the catch. 3rd inning over.
Chacon barely makes it out of there alive.
by pel on
Jun 19, 2008 7:12 PM CDT
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Announcers Still Impressed With Berkman's HR Yesterday
Quote:
If Eutaw street wasn’t there, I think that ball would still be rolling.
by pel on Jun 19, 2008 7:14 PM CDT 0 recs
Ramon Hernandez Goes Yard
Liner to left field, two rows back. Tie game. 0 outs.
Astros 2, Orioles 2.
:(
by pel on Jun 19, 2008 7:20 PM CDT 0 recs
Alex Cintron Goes Yard
Deep to right center. Gameday says the distance to the wall was 400 ft.
Astros 2, Orioles 3.
by pel on
Jun 19, 2008 7:24 PM CDT
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ASTROS GIVE UP ANOTHER HOME RUN
YES! ANOTHER ONE!!!
by entropic soul on Jun 19, 2008 7:22 PM CDT 0 recs
Orioles' light hitting SS gets a HR....
The Astros bats have to get to work quickly. So far the Astros have been showing so little plate discipline that you would think they are minor leaguers flailing away at every pitched offered until they make weak contact.
by clack on Jun 19, 2008 7:23 PM CDT 0 recs
I expected
a lot more than 2 runs through 5 against this soft-tossing 5th starter. >:(
by mokulen on
Jun 19, 2008 7:33 PM CDT
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Middle 5th
4th & 5th innings saw a mere seventeen pitches for Burres to retire Astros hitters.
That’s a smokin’ offense, I tell ya.
by pel on Jun 19, 2008 7:32 PM CDT 0 recs
Lift Chacon
Please Coop, please.
Runners at corners, bottom 5th, zero outs.
by pel on Jun 19, 2008 7:34 PM CDT 0 recs
The O's avg at best lineup makes the Astros pitching
look pathetic
Go 'Stros!
by Stros Bro on Jun 19, 2008 7:34 PM CDT 0 recs
whatever it is
chacon ain’t got it. how did that ball go for a double?
by lnewcomer on Jun 19, 2008 7:35 PM CDT 0 recs
Got Past Miggy
He timed the jump badly to field the ball and let it get past him. Hard liner by Millar.
by pel on
Jun 19, 2008 7:36 PM CDT
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Astros 2, Orioles 4
Chacon still IN. One out, two runners on.
I don’t have my eye on the TV, listening to radio.
Is anybody warming up out there in the pen?
by pel on Jun 19, 2008 7:38 PM CDT 0 recs
two pitchers last I saw
batter before this one. should be ready soon if Chacon doesn’t get this guy …
just got the 2nd out on a slow roller to wigginton. runner stayed at 3rd. 2 down.
by lnewcomer on
Jun 19, 2008 7:39 PM CDT
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Astros 2, Orioles 6
Payton singles to right. Still the 5th inning. Still two outs.
by pel on
Jun 19, 2008 7:42 PM CDT
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Massacre Inning Finally Over
With Matsui catch.
Et tu, Chacon?
by pel on
Jun 19, 2008 7:43 PM CDT
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pathetic
Sickening. I don’t know how i can even watch this
by entropic soul on Jun 19, 2008 7:40 PM CDT 0 recs
I was afraid we might get this from Chacon
But the Astros need to pounce on guy’s like Burress.
by mokulen on
Jun 19, 2008 7:44 PM CDT
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Total Meltdown
Pence was the right-handed Ted Williams in 2007.
by backstop8 on Jun 19, 2008 7:41 PM CDT 0 recs
2 runs through 5
Against a sucky pitcher. WOO! Be proud guys! You are about the be swept by the Orioles.
by entropic soul on Jun 19, 2008 7:43 PM CDT 0 recs
Woo!
Tejada finally gets a hit in Baltimore!
6-3 O’s
by entropic soul on Jun 19, 2008 7:45 PM CDT 0 recs
boo for the guy in the front row that muffed the easy catch
it was right to him
by lnewcomer on
Jun 19, 2008 7:46 PM CDT
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astros' hitters go up there with an interesting philosophy....
let’s see how quickly I can get my at bat over with.
Tejada hits a home run.
by clack on Jun 19, 2008 7:46 PM CDT 0 recs
There's the kind of luck we never get anymore.
That ball should have scooted away from the pitcher some more so Lee would have been safe.
by entropic soul on Jun 19, 2008 7:47 PM CDT 0 recs
Pence is buried in a deep funk, like earlier in the year.
by clack on Jun 19, 2008 7:50 PM CDT 0 recs
Orioles With Proper Managing
Orioles manager takes out Burres now that there are runners on and he appears to be breaking down.
Somebody in the Astros dugout should be taking notes.
by pel on Jun 19, 2008 7:52 PM CDT 0 recs
Albers comes into game.
Ex-Astros have been critical in winning O’s games in this series.
by clack on Jun 19, 2008 7:54 PM CDT 0 recs
I wish
“Fat” Albers would have done that for us in the past, though I did always like him.
by Triple347 on
Jun 19, 2008 8:03 PM CDT
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Good for a Single Loretta batting
Let’s see if he’s good for a single.
by entropic soul on Jun 19, 2008 7:56 PM CDT 0 recs
What a difference....Loretta gets a line drive, but Roberts jumps and catches it....
in the last inning, both Tejada and Matsui jumped on similar line drives and couldn’t reach them.
by clack on Jun 19, 2008 7:57 PM CDT 0 recs
for what it's worth
Matsui’s was WAY over his head… he jumped pretty damn high and didn’t really have a chance at it.
Go 'Stros!
by Stros Bro on
Jun 19, 2008 8:03 PM CDT
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Chacon's comment on that ball Matsui tried to catch....
“Facing Jay Payton, I want to come right at him. I threw my fastball down and away, and Matsui missed that ball like, it looked to me, like a half-inch.”
Houston Chronicle article
by clack on
Jun 20, 2008 8:22 AM CDT
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being back in Baltimore seems to have negatively impacted Tejada's range
Seems like half a dozen balls in this series have been just out of his reach or over his glove.
Either that or the season is wearing him down
by lnewcomer on Jun 19, 2008 8:00 PM CDT 0 recs
thought we were the only ones who made stupid baserunning blunders
nice to see the orioles know how as well
by lnewcomer on Jun 19, 2008 8:03 PM CDT 0 recs
Well...
I’m sure Tejada had something to do with that. Being it involved his old infield buddy, he probably suspected Roberts might try something.
The announcers mentioned something of a satisfied look on Tejada’s face after the Roberts out.
by pel on
Jun 19, 2008 8:08 PM CDT
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I see the voting on FSN for all time favorite Orioles player....
and I’m surprised Frank Robinson gets so few votes. Frank Robinson was a great, great hittter.
by clack on Jun 19, 2008 8:11 PM CDT 0 recs
When is he from? :D
I bet a lot of us Astros fans are new to baseball.
by mokulen on
Jun 19, 2008 8:28 PM CDT
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IF
If the Orioles sweep us, it will be their second sweep of the year. The first sweep was Seattle.
Nice company we’re keeping.
(Possibly. If we lose.)
by pel on Jun 19, 2008 8:12 PM CDT 0 recs
I see some similarities between the Astros and Mariners.
by clack on
Jun 19, 2008 8:14 PM CDT
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Mariners fired McLaren
In the for-what-it’s-worth department.
75% of the Earth's surface is covered by water. . . the other 25% by Michael Bourn
by Danyah on
Jun 19, 2008 8:22 PM CDT
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Hadn't Heard That
Lead-in:
SEATTLE - The 2008 season began with high expectations and loads of promise for the Mariners after an 88-win campaign in 2007 and several high-profile acquisitions in the offseason. But that promise has transformed into nothing less than a nightmare through the first 72 games - a bad dream that finally was put to an end for manager John McLaren on Thursday morning, when the team announced he was relieved of his duties and replaced by bench coach Jim Riggleman as the team heads to Atlanta for a three-game series beginning Friday.
by pel on
Jun 19, 2008 8:28 PM CDT
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some guy on fox sports website had coop as a manager on the hot seat
main reasons being the major conflict between drayton’s expectations and the team he and wade put together. combine that w/ the recent sniping in the media by some players and coop’s seat is getting warm.
I said the other night on here that I don’t think Coop will be fired before this season is over, the main reason being that I don’t think Drayton will fire his friend Bud’s favorite manager after less than a full season. But Coop has been put in a bad situation and hasn’t handled it that well. It was setup for failure from the get go.
by lnewcomer on
Jun 19, 2008 8:32 PM CDT
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Figures
Last interleague series sweep by Orioles was of…
the Astros.
by pel on
Jun 19, 2008 8:24 PM CDT
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banging head on desk ... slowly
former astros strike again.
7-3 orioles
by lnewcomer on Jun 19, 2008 8:21 PM CDT 0 recs
Deep Right Center, too
Why did we not renew that contract, again? He’s their friggin’ clean-up guy and is lighting us up.
by pel on
Jun 19, 2008 8:22 PM CDT
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Huff got a crazy contract from Baltimore
and he was awful last year. Glad we didn’t sign him.
by mokulen on
Jun 19, 2008 8:26 PM CDT
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agreed on the huff signing
despite his heroics against our batting practice pitchers, he’s not the answer to our problems.
by lnewcomer on
Jun 19, 2008 8:33 PM CDT
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I'd rather have Huff than Wigginton.
He does make about $2 million/year more than Wiggy (3 X $20 M vs. 4.4 million / year for Wigginton). He didn’t have a great year last season, but he hit better (.280, .790 OPS) than the combo the Astros had over the course of the season at 3d.
Really, the big error was failing to offer Huff arbitration, since the Astros could have gotten a 1st round draft choice.
by clack on
Jun 19, 2008 8:35 PM CDT
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Draft Picks
So, when you combine that with the failure to offer salary arb to Pettitte and Clemens along with the lost picks due to signing Woody, ...
Team of the future went somewhere else.
I have this bad feeling we should settle in for a long winter of battling the Reds and Pirates for “top of the central division cellar.”
by pel on
Jun 19, 2008 8:39 PM CDT
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Huff
plays 1B and DH for the O’s. he’s a horrible fielding 3B, much worse than Wiggy.
by littlevisigoth on
Jun 20, 2008 9:57 AM CDT
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okay
should have looked it up before commenting. he did play 9 games at 3B this year, and only 5 at 1B, but he’s mostly a DH.
by littlevisigoth on
Jun 20, 2008 10:00 AM CDT
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Tejada would have been safe if he didn't slide into 1st.
Tejada has a habit of doing that. It’s a bad habit.
Well, Huff hits a HR. Ex-Astros continue to nails in the Astros’ coffin in this series.
by clack on Jun 19, 2008 8:22 PM CDT 0 recs
Berkman 3 hits tonight
all singles, but it’s something
by lnewcomer on Jun 19, 2008 8:29 PM CDT 0 recs
Baltimore Announcers Poking Fun at Lee
Quote:
His nickname is “El Caballo,” which means “The Horse.” But he runs more like… a mule.
by pel on
Jun 19, 2008 8:31 PM CDT
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some of our bilingual friends
what’s spanish for mule?
by lnewcomer on
Jun 19, 2008 8:34 PM CDT
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