Houston Astros at Washington Nationals, 12:35 PM CDT
Houston Astros @ Washington Nationals
This is the last game for the Astros before the All-Star break. It would be really nice to go into the 4 day break with a win. A win today also means a win in the series.
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Wiggy makes it a 1-0 lead for the Astros.
Stays 1-0, going to the 3d.
FSN broadcasters have Jason Castro in the booth. Nice to hear from the Astros’ 1st round choice, who is in transit to the rookie league team (Tri Cities).
by clack on Jul 13, 2008 1:11 PM CDT 0 recs
glad to see
that castro will continue the astro’s trend of bad interviews. why on earth did they ask him to stay for another inning? painful to listen to.
by lnewcomer on
Jul 13, 2008 1:24 PM CDT
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yes.
JD asked him if Ausmus took off his gear and asked him to take over. Jason said that Ausmus offered himself as a resource to learn about the catching position.
by clack on
Jul 13, 2008 1:18 PM CDT
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Backe doubles.
hehehe.
Backe one of our best hitters.
by entropic soul on
Jul 13, 2008 1:16 PM CDT
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Backe scores on a Berkman grounder (not sure if error or hit)
Backe was hitting .500 against LHP before that hit against Perez. JD joked that he is better than Ted Williams.
by clack on
Jul 13, 2008 1:20 PM CDT
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now Berkman scores on a grounder up the middle by Lee.
by clack on
Jul 13, 2008 1:21 PM CDT
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Game Update
Astros do not score the first. Erstad and Matusi singled to start the game in good form; then Berkman hit into a double ptay and Carlos Lee struck out.
Astros scored one in the second in a familiar scenario: Tejada flies to cetner , Wigfgonont Homers, Pence struck out , Towles flied to right.
Pirates threaten in the second but leave the bases loaded without scoring.
One interesting play in the second. With Pirate runnerse on first and second, Erstad makes a diving try for a ball. The runner on second thought Erstad caught the ball and ran back to second. The runner on first thought it was shorthopped and raced to second. With two men on second base Matsui is tagging every body. The ump (Probably wrong) called it a short hop.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 13, 2008 1:18 PM CDT 0 recs
Doh
Lead off double and Erstad and Matsui both get outs. Both got hits in the 1st.
by entropic soul on Jul 13, 2008 1:19 PM CDT 0 recs
and Berkman hit into a double play
in the first
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by Joe in Birmingham on
Jul 13, 2008 1:21 PM CDT
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he hit it in exactly the same spot both times
only diff is the first time they were playing in DP position, so the 2nd baseman was right there. now it goes for a single.
by lnewcomer on
Jul 13, 2008 1:26 PM CDT
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2-0 Astros
Berkman weak single up the middle drving in Backe.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 13, 2008 1:20 PM CDT 0 recs
Nice steal
contributed to the 3rd run.
Go 'Stros!
by Stros Bro on
Jul 13, 2008 1:31 PM CDT
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After the steal
Carsso Lee drives Berkman in
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 13, 2008 1:22 PM CDT 0 recs
Tejada out.
Wigggy should be batting in front of him.
by entropic soul on Jul 13, 2008 1:25 PM CDT 0 recs
Futures Game
Astros lefthander Polin Trinidad faced two of the top 25 prospects on Baseball America’s midseason prospect list, and didn’t have problems with either of them.After striking out Giants outfielder Nate Schierholtz on three pitches (swinging at a 79 mph curve for strike three), Trinidad engaged in a six-pitch battle with Brewers Indians outfielder Matt LaPorta. Trinidad attacked LaPorta with a high-80s fastball and a low-80s changeup, finally getting LaPorta to ground out to the left side of the infield, though a misplay led to LaPorta getting on first base.
by lnewcomer on Jul 13, 2008 1:27 PM CDT 0 recs
Broadcasters were just saying that Marmol would replace Kerry Wood...
on the All Star team. Maybe they were trying to keep all the Cubs’ fans happy. But Marmol, who was lights out early in the year, has been blowing up in recent games. He gained about 2 full runs on his ERA over the last couple of weeks.
by clack on Jul 13, 2008 1:28 PM CDT 0 recs
He will.
Hurdle says it’s because he was next in the player balloting.
by entropic soul on
Jul 13, 2008 1:33 PM CDT
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Marmol yesterday per mlb.com
On Saturday, Marmol gave up five runs on five hits and one walk, and hit a batter in the ninth inning as the San Francisco Giants rallied to tie the Cubs, 7-7.
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by Joe in Birmingham on
Jul 13, 2008 2:18 PM CDT
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Backe has looked more confident on offense, than pitching in this game.
by clack on
Jul 13, 2008 1:37 PM CDT
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Good thing it's the Nationals
Backe might have given up 3 or 4 runs by now.
by entropic soul on
Jul 13, 2008 1:39 PM CDT
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Backe walking tightrope.
He may set a record for men left on base without allowing a run.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 13, 2008 1:40 PM CDT 0 recs
CF had pence played way into right-center
it seems. I guess he’s been driving it that way. It looked like he might have a shot at catching it, otherwise, Wigginton might have had a chance to score.
by lnewcomer on Jul 13, 2008 1:45 PM CDT 0 recs
Nice work Pence.
Maybe we can get a run out of this 2 men on 3rd and 2nd with no outs thing.
by entropic soul on Jul 13, 2008 1:46 PM CDT 0 recs
Wigginton does not get enough credit
He’s becomes a valuable part of the Astros offense.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 13, 2008 1:46 PM CDT 0 recs
JD made a vague reference to reading some articles...
which said some contending teams were interested in trading for Wiggy in order to get a RH power bat. I haven’t seen anything (even though it makes some sense).
by clack on
Jul 13, 2008 1:56 PM CDT
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I think the Dodgers have been rumored
I think their young 3B prospects have been hurt or haven’t performed.
by lnewcomer on
Jul 13, 2008 1:59 PM CDT
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Castro is in the radio booth with Milo
Towles is batting. Wonder how much he’s paying attention.
by entropic soul on Jul 13, 2008 1:47 PM CDT 0 recs
Good thing Bourn is not batting lead off
We’d get an intentional walk to Backe here.
by entropic soul on
Jul 13, 2008 1:49 PM CDT
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NO RUNS - NO RUNS - NO RUNS
After having men on 3rd and 2nd with no outs.
Sure it was the bottom of the order… but you’d think maybe somone would get a sac fly or a grounder that could score a man from third. Nope.
by entropic soul on Jul 13, 2008 1:55 PM CDT 0 recs
That hurts, for sure.
It would have been the difference between a close game and making the game more of a runaway. With the way Backe has looked on the mound, I think we need the runs.
by clack on
Jul 13, 2008 1:57 PM CDT
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kinda like his hot streak to start the year
after having his anal fissures attended to
by lnewcomer on
Jul 13, 2008 2:08 PM CDT
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Berkman needs a homer.
Hasn’t had one in awhile and people are getting ahead of him.
by entropic soul on Jul 13, 2008 2:07 PM CDT 0 recs
I wish Hamilton was our CF..........
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by entropic soul on
Jul 13, 2008 2:09 PM CDT
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yeah, that would be amazing
esp. when you consider how cheaply he was picked up in that rule V draft.
by lnewcomer on
Jul 13, 2008 2:12 PM CDT
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Lee out
Deep fly ball to center field…................. :/
by entropic soul on Jul 13, 2008 2:13 PM CDT 0 recs
Tejada out
FLy ball to right. RF’er steals a hit from Tejada.
What bad luck for the guy.
by entropic soul on Jul 13, 2008 2:14 PM CDT 0 recs
I think it was the CF who made the catch
and it wasn’t really a great catch. he had good range to deep right-center, but made what turned out to be an unnecessary leap a few feet in front of the wall.
by lnewcomer on
Jul 13, 2008 2:17 PM CDT
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somebody dropped an F-bomb
clearly audible on the TV broadcast, right after LoDuca grounded out weakly to 3B. wonder if it was LoDuca?
by lnewcomer on
Jul 13, 2008 2:19 PM CDT
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Backe has settled down to a nice game
I hope I haven’t spoke too soon.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 13, 2008 2:20 PM CDT 0 recs
Towles hits into DP....
this has been a disappointing game for Towles at the plate. I wonder if he gets sent back to Round Rock when Quintero comes off the DL?
by clack on Jul 13, 2008 2:28 PM CDT 0 recs
dammit
I was kinda hopeful that Towles sojourn in triple A would pay some dividends, but now I think he needs to go back down when Quintero comes up.
Maybe he really does need more seasoning, considering he started at A ball last year.
by lnewcomer on Jul 13, 2008 2:29 PM CDT 0 recs
Nice play Wigginton
to start a double play.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 13, 2008 2:34 PM CDT 0 recs
backe having better day at the plate, than the mound
hard to believe this is a shutout. still, it’s nice to see backe have good results, even if the input might not justify it.
by lnewcomer on Jul 13, 2008 2:38 PM CDT 0 recs
Flipped over to the Cubs-Pirates game
just in time to see Ludwick falling down in LF trying to catch a double. Pirates take the lead 6-5 in the 6th.
by lnewcomer on Jul 13, 2008 2:39 PM CDT 0 recs
He meant Cardinals Pirates
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by Joe in Birmingham on
Jul 13, 2008 2:41 PM CDT
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yep, my bad
was checking cubs-sf score at the same time so got everything flipped.
by lnewcomer on
Jul 13, 2008 2:45 PM CDT
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Belliard
Duplicating Wigginton’s catch but only getting one out.
I’ve always thought of Belliard as a defensive player. He has been on a roll offensively in this series, though.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 13, 2008 2:40 PM CDT 0 recs
Astros get 2 runs on Lee RBI single...
and then Lee gets tagged out on base paths. I guess Lee figured 2 runs would be enough, because he just stood in middle of base path and let the 2d baseman come to him.
by clack on Jul 13, 2008 2:44 PM CDT 0 recs
yeah, but neither is howard
w/ 28 HR/83 RBI. both of them came on late (and in howard’s case, he has much lower avg w/ ton of strikeouts, but still). of course, either are more deserving than fukodome or griffy
by lnewcomer on
Jul 13, 2008 2:47 PM CDT
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What about Philadelphia's Ryan Howard
Leads the league in Home Runs and RBIs —and he wasn’t even on the final fan vote ballot!
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by Joe in Birmingham on
Jul 13, 2008 2:47 PM CDT
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2 run single Carlos Lee
5-0 Astros
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 13, 2008 2:45 PM CDT 0 recs
WP/Passed ball helps the 'Stros on Lee's RBI single
carlos doesn’t even bother to get into a rundown.
by lnewcomer on Jul 13, 2008 2:46 PM CDT 0 recs




