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3 game series vs Red Sox @ Minute Maid Park

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Boston Red Sox Red-star
@ Houston Astros Red-star

Sunday, Jun 29, 2008, 1:05 PM CDT
Minute Maid Park

Josh Beckett vs Brian Moehler

Partly cloudy with a 50-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 90.

Complete Coverage >
W-LGGSCGSHOSVBSIPHRERHRBBKERAWHIP
2008 - Josh Beckett 7-5 14 14 0 0 0 0 94.0 85 40 39 11 19 97 3.73 1.11
W-LGGSCGSHOSVBSIPHRERHRBBKERAWHIP
2008 - Brian Moehler 4-3 14 9 0 0 0 0 58.0 61 27 26 9 17 35 4.03 1.34
We got ourselves a rubber game!!!  Pretty crazy game last night that ended with the Astros beating the Red Sox 11-10. 

The Astros are sending Brian Moehler to the hill who has been a very pleasant surprise since joining the rotation.  As a starter this season, Moehler has a 4-3 record with a 3.58 ERA over 9 games started.  his k/bb ratio is 32/14 and his WHIP is 1.277.  Not too bad for a guy who was basically just used for mop up duties for the better part of his Astros career. 

A win today would be a great confidence builder for the Astros and would be the 3rd straight series win for the Astros.  It would also be nice to take a series against last seasons champions, and the team with the most wins in baseball(50). 

Lineup

Boston Red Sox @ Houston Astros

06/29/08 1:05 PM CDT

Boston Red SoxHouston Astros
Jacoby Ellsbury - CF Michael Bourn - CF
Dustin Pedroia - 2B Hunter Pence - RF
J.D. Drew - RF Lance Berkman - 1B
Manny Ramirez - LF Carlos Lee - LF
Mike Lowell - 3B Miguel Tejada - SS
Kevin Youkilis - 1B Geoff Blum - 2B
Jason Varitek - C Ty Wigginton - 3B
Julio Lugo - SS Humberto Quintero - C
Josh Beckett - P Brian Moehler - P


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Lame steal

Come on, Tejada. You gotta fuckin tag the runner if you get the ball before he gets there.

by entropic soul on Jun 29, 2008 1:11 PM CDT   0 recs

That happens with the Astros

every time they are on the road too, though. Especially those smaller market teams.

by entropic soul on Jun 29, 2008 1:22 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

having been to a Yankees game and a Red Sox game

(granted the Yankees won the game I was at), the Red Sox fans in the crowd were much more subdued, but damn there were a lot of them.

by littlevisigoth on Jun 30, 2008 10:33 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

It was important to escape that first inning

I saw this as an important game for the Red Sox afer the game last night. A losstoday shows a crack in the wall I figurd they would come with all barrels blazing.

Shutting the Red Sox down in the first was critcal to the Astros chances today.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 29, 2008 1:26 PM CDT   0 recs

Pence strikes out looking...

ugh. He looked at a curve on the outside corner, and then looked at a 96 mph fastball at the same spot.

by clack on Jun 29, 2008 1:28 PM CDT   0 recs

Pence strikes out on three pitches.

I know it’s Beckett.. but he probably would have done the same thing against anyone.

by entropic soul on Jun 29, 2008 1:29 PM CDT   0 recs

That's not fair....

Beckett took only 5 minutes to go through the 1st, while Moehler took 20 minutes. Hey, Moehler “time of possession” isn’t a good stat in baseball.

by clack on Jun 29, 2008 1:31 PM CDT   0 recs

Moehler is already

half way through is pitch count

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jun 29, 2008 1:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Ehh..

First pitch outs! NOOOOO!

by entropic soul on Jun 29, 2008 1:46 PM CDT   0 recs

Blum HR!

That 2B position is delivering lately!

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jun 29, 2008 1:48 PM CDT   0 recs

Same thoughts

I was wondering why wasn’t Mark Loretta playing after thg ame he had last night and when Blum did nothing two games ago, then BOOM

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 29, 2008 1:50 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Coop's working the law of averages

Loretta hits a three run bomb Saturday… prolly not gonna have back to back awesome games.

by entropic soul on Jun 29, 2008 1:52 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Let's take Blum out

and put Newhan in . Blum already had his awesome at-bat this game! (just kidding)

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 29, 2008 1:54 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I think JD said that

Even though Blum had an 0-4 night last time out, he had some good swings and wanted to get him back in soon… whatever that means.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jun 29, 2008 1:58 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

LOLZ

Beckett sucks. Send him to AAA, Red Sox.. :p

by entropic soul on Jun 29, 2008 1:49 PM CDT   0 recs

Put him on waivers

so we can try and claim him

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jun 29, 2008 1:49 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Pedroia!!!

MUTHERFUCKER, GO HOME!

by entropic soul on Jun 29, 2008 1:53 PM CDT   0 recs

maybe he won't want to leave houston

and we can trade blum + loretta + matsui to the redsox. i think that’s a good trade, right? ;-)

by lnewcomer on Jun 29, 2008 2:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

pedroia @ 2b

that was the trade. he is a 2nd baseman right, or did I just have a brain freeze?

by lnewcomer on Jun 29, 2008 2:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Hell

he could have our whole if minus tejada and Berkman if they wanted..

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jun 29, 2008 2:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

From now on.. Pedrioa.. HBP

He’s gonna get on anyway.

by entropic soul on Jun 29, 2008 1:54 PM CDT   0 recs

They just showed

the best interleague records… they showed 8-10 teams and not one of them was from the NL

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jun 29, 2008 2:11 PM CDT   0 recs

downside of miggy's move to 5

after his bad at bats the past month I’d gotten used to thinking, at least Berkman’s up next. but now I don’t have that to look forward to.

that being said, I have the feeling Tejada may be about to break out again. he’s been hitting in the low .200’s for a long time now and even if he’s old, he’s not that bad.

by lnewcomer on Jun 29, 2008 2:31 PM CDT   0 recs

dude, seriously

Miggy is not hitting too well recently, but the guy still lines out more than anyone i’ve ever seen.

Pence was the right-handed Ted Williams in 2007.

by backstop8 on Jun 29, 2008 2:31 PM CDT   0 recs

bad karma

Pence was the right-handed Ted Williams in 2007.

by backstop8 on Jun 29, 2008 2:35 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

bad luck may be part of the answer

miggy’s BAbip over the last 28 days is .200. For his career it’s .295, so some of his recent poor performance can probably be chalked up to some bad luck.

by lnewcomer on Jun 29, 2008 2:57 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

PUMA TIME

ok, let’s get something going

by entropic soul on Jun 29, 2008 2:55 PM CDT   0 recs

good job Puma

nice solid single up the middle. pile up those RBI’s.

JD said it was a change, same as he hit last night. Becket missed getting a glove on it by a hair.

by lnewcomer on Jun 29, 2008 2:58 PM CDT   0 recs

PUMA TIME!!!!!

Single up the middle. Bourn scores!

by entropic soul on Jun 29, 2008 2:58 PM CDT   0 recs

Lance the great!

Pence was the right-handed Ted Williams in 2007.

by backstop8 on Jun 29, 2008 2:59 PM CDT   0 recs

FUCK

COME ON WITH THE DAMN WALKS!

by entropic soul on Jun 29, 2008 3:18 PM CDT   0 recs

quintero's reactions

i’m glad he’s pumped, but people are going to get pissed.

i’ve noticed it several times

by lnewcomer on Jun 29, 2008 3:20 PM CDT   0 recs

I like Valverde's new thing

Where he sorta does this shoulder salute. lol

by entropic soul on Jun 29, 2008 3:26 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

lol

that’s a good way to describe it.

overall, i still don’t like it, but I would probably care about it a lot more if it was someone on the other team.

by lnewcomer on Jun 29, 2008 3:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Brownie says Pedroia had some words after the K...

but unclear if he was talking to himself or mad at Astros’ reaction.

by clack on Jun 29, 2008 3:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh well..

Let them get pissed then.

by entropic soul on Jun 29, 2008 3:25 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I should clarify my post..

the fist pump was by Quintero and the K was by Wright.

by clack on Jun 29, 2008 3:26 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

ballsy move by wiggy

good w/ 2 outs.

i heard brownie or JD say yest that Ellsbury’s arm isn’t particularly respected. He turned but the throw was several feet off the bag and he made it easily. A good throw would have got him by a mile.

by lnewcomer on Jun 29, 2008 3:28 PM CDT   0 recs

Wiggy doubles.

He should bat ahead of Tejada.

by entropic soul on Jun 29, 2008 3:29 PM CDT   0 recs

Bullpen Time

Don’t really care for this.

by entropic soul on Jun 29, 2008 3:31 PM CDT   0 recs

Has Cooper started channeling LaRussa?

These games have been lasting a long time partly because Cooper has become switch-happy with bullpen pitchers. Reminds me of the excruciatingly long innings when LaRussa manages a close game.

by clack on Jun 29, 2008 3:34 PM CDT   0 recs

i feel bad for JD

having to read stupid promos for sitcoms when the games are on my20.

also for Bill Brown when he had to talk about the Best Darn sports show.

by lnewcomer on Jun 29, 2008 3:35 PM CDT   0 recs