Texas Rangers at Houston Astros, 7:05 PM CDT

FSN describing some of the Rangers best hitters. lol

with our pitchers… :(

That was nearly a home run….

I imagine that run will score.

just missed a HR in right center.

....

1-0 rangers.

nice play by Berkman and Tejada

3-6-3 double play from Hamilton.

Let’s see what they do.

have we?

Double on the first pitch.

Pence grounds out.

And Berkman has not moved a step.

2-1 Astros

I’m reading here about a minute before I see it on MLB.TV

But not quite.

7 or 8 pitches and worked a walk

He is going to irritate a few umpires if he’s not careful.

And Loretta backs that up with a double.

a few pitches before Mark Loretta doubles

I thought he was supposed to be fast.

his first two at-bats,

see. i told you he was gonna be good. :p

But Q-Ball grounds out.

this is a low-scoring game halfway through

on Loretta’s double? when he was leaving the field after that inning he took off his glove and seemed to be shaking his glove hand.

sheesh.

About their pitcher hitting :)

On some kinda flukey hits.

two outs

No harm done

Do they have cup holders in the seats at Minute Maid? I’ve always sat in the first row of each section when I’ve been, so I don’t even know.

Somebody’s asking over at LSB.

He deserved better

nice play by byrd on the back to the infield catch

.... oh.

Are on crystal meth. I’m not kidding.

I hope it’s destiny

I guess its a good sign when I’m not all that suprised anymore…

almost thru 8 inn. already. maybe I just haven’t been paying attention.

but Bourn didn’t seem to get a good read on it. froze at first.

Not too happy about Papa Grande coming in to bail him out…

...we hope.

puts go ahead run in scoring position.

SHUTS THEM DOWN!!!!!!!!!!

but we still get the K to end the threat.

leadoff walk to Miggy and Berkman cranks one into our bullpen for a 2 run HR.

insurance runs are nice.

BLT strikes again!

but all the rangers were playing it casual. still he crushed that ball.

not sure what he was thinking. he paused, but then, while the ball was still in the air, just kept going to third.

inning over.

Vazquez goes yard after a walk. 4-3 lead stros. 1 out, nobody on.

4-3 now…

Valverde.

sigh.

Well… let him get it out of his system.

Let’s see him get the next two.

gets Shelton swinging at bad pitches. 2 down.

thought those were Miggy’s responsibility.

Valverde must have forgotten the 2 run home run he gave up, because he’s trying to act like a badass behind the mound.

pretty good atmosphere for a Tuesday night.

watched sportscenter after i got home, and the guy doing the highlight said some things that were just flat out wrong (said Astros had dropped 5 straight and that Hamilton was PH for by Boggs)... just sloppy. posting on a blog that ESPN sucks is like saying the sky is blue, but biases are one thing, gross errors in reporting are another. also, during the D-Backs/BoSox highlight, they referred to Qualls as a former Round Rock Express star. that also annoyed me. RR was the AA team when he played for them, and frankly, he wasn’t that good. just a weak jab at a pretty good pitcher.

anyway, good win last night. pitching matchups should be favorable the rest of the series (assuming we get good Roy and home Wandy). go Astros!