The Crawfish Boxes: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:



Sports blogs for fans, by fans.
Around SBN: Pens to sign defenseman Jay McKee


Houston Astros at Milwaukee Brewers, Aug 20, 2008 1:05 PM CDT

Houston Astros @ Milwaukee Brewers



An Empty Widget

No Data Available




Current Series

3 game series vs Brewers @ Miller Park

Mon 08/18 WP: CC Sabathia (8 - 0)
LP: Randy Wolf (8 - 11)
3 - 9 loss
Tue 08/19 WP: Brian Moehler (9 - 4)
SV: Jose Valverde
LP: Ben Sheets (11 - 7)
5 - 2 win

Houston Astros Red-star
@ Milwaukee Brewers Red-star

Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008, 1:05 PM CDT
Miller Park

Wandy Rodriguez vs Manny Parra

Sunny. Winds blowing in from center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 80.

 

Complete Coverage >



W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Wandy Rodriguez 7-5 19 19 0 0 0 0 106.1 111 58 49 14 36 95 4.15 1.38


W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Manny Parra 9-6 25 24 0 0 0 0 137.2 142 67 63 11 63 118 4.12 1.49

Watching last night's game into the early innings, I was not at all optimistic about the Astros' chances. The Brewers were getting in a lot of good swings against Brian Moehler, and Ben Sheets was being his typical stingy self. When the least likely of offensive contributors, Mike Bourn, tripled in a pair of runs with two outs, the momentum seemed to shift dramatically. The analogy which immediately came to mind was in a football game, when after a couple long drives down the field, Team B only manages two field goals. Team A hadn't done anything to that point on offense, but after giving up the second FG, they convert a crucial third down on offense, and go on to score a TD. Team B may have had played better thus far, but the scoreboard reads 7-6 in favor of Team A. That's sort of what the Astros game was like. Our guys didn't necessarily perform better offensively, but they took advantage of the few opportunities that did present themselves. Milwaukee wasted a number of good chances to score some runs. As a result, Brian Moehler was able to settle down, and the bullpen came in and shut the door. Last night's big win will all be for naught, unless the Astros can win today against Manny Parra. He's got great stuff, a good strikeout rate, but also walks a ton of batters. No word yet on the availability of  Ryan Braun, so maybe we can dodge a bullet with the Brewers' left field being forced to sit another one out.

 

 

 

 

0 recs | Comment 53 comments

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Display:

Abercrombie!!

NOOOO!!!!
He’ll find a way to strike out on two pitches.

by entropic soul on Aug 20, 2008 1:06 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

3 consecutive hits

1-0 Brewers. No outs.
Wandy used up all his strike out juice at the beginning of the year.

by entropic soul on Aug 20, 2008 1:22 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wandy gets three consecutive outs...

but one of those outs was a sac fly and the score now sits at 2-0 Brewers.

by entropic soul on Aug 20, 2008 1:28 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lance is on.. (didn't see how)

Pence batting… let’s reign it in buddy.

by entropic soul on Aug 20, 2008 1:34 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

BB

A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.

by DyingQuail on Aug 20, 2008 2:09 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dammit!

Loretta thrown out at home….

by entropic soul on Aug 20, 2008 2:40 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Day games sneak up on me

Brewers lead 3-2 bottom of the fifth, runner on second, with one out, as I join the game in progress

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 20, 2008 2:47 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hit a home run Pence!!!

Luke Scott is going to hit one. Show us we kept the right man!

by entropic soul on Aug 20, 2008 2:52 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The sixth is probably Wandy's last inning

He is nearing 100 pitches and is the first batter in the seventh.

TV Announcers just said something like Wandy walked the first batter in four of the first five innings. He’s walked five in five innings and allowed only two hits – but three runs through five innings.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 20, 2008 3:06 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I mean - he "won't" finish the sixth

Cecil Cooper has made a switch

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 20, 2008 3:08 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Double switch

Erstad to center , Sampson to pitch.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 20, 2008 3:09 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Loretta would have been safe if he had been at first.

Catcher dropped the infield pop up. And Loretta pretty much just walked to first assuming it would be caught. Bad move.

by entropic soul on Aug 20, 2008 3:23 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Another double switch

Wesley Wright who was pitching in relief of Chris Sampson is out. The didn’t announce who was the position player leaving the game or who the replacements were.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 20, 2008 3:32 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Berkman is on today..

 Hopefully he can make something happen.

by entropic soul on Aug 20, 2008 3:38 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Eric Gagne in relief for Brewers

Stats don’t look that great

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 20, 2008 3:39 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Berkman hit by pitch.

2 on, no outs. Need another Blum homer to save this game.

by entropic soul on Aug 20, 2008 3:39 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

HBP - Berkman

2 men on, no outs

Berkman may not have been hit but he is on first

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 20, 2008 3:40 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Umpires talking it over

Replay shows ball not even close to Berkman

Umps let Berkman stay at first

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 20, 2008 3:41 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fielder bobbles a grounder

Bases loaded – no outs

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 20, 2008 3:42 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hunter Pence up

I’m losing faith in him

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 20, 2008 3:43 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

GIDP

home to first

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 20, 2008 3:43 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hunter Pence grounds into a double play at home.

GOD I HATE YOU HUNTER PENCE YOU ARE SO SHITTY AND NOT EVEN A QUARTER THE PLAYER LUKE SCOTT IS!

by entropic soul on Aug 20, 2008 3:43 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Astros don't score

Grounder to Fielder ends a great opportunity (and maybe a season)

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 20, 2008 3:44 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's ridiculous

A bases loaded no out opportunity is wasted in literally less than a minute.

by entropic soul on Aug 20, 2008 3:45 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

WHY IS HE STILL PLAYING!!!!

Put Bourn out there! Hunter doesn’t deserve to play. He’s such shit.

by entropic soul on Aug 20, 2008 3:46 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

RIP 08

..agonizing since 1983...

by rockwalltx on Aug 20, 2008 3:52 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I would have pinch hit Bourn for Pence there.

Believe me and I don’t think this score would be 5-2. I’m not saying we would have won, but I bet we would have scored there.

by entropic soul on Aug 20, 2008 3:56 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tough loss

lots of missed opportunities, especially for one Mr. Hunter Pence.

there goes any pretense that we might still be in the wild card race.

by littlevisigoth on Aug 20, 2008 4:42 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

Welcome to the Crawfishboxes, the SBNation blog for the Houston Astros.
Start posting about the Astros »

Join SB Nation and dive into communities focused on all your favorite teams.

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recent FanPosts

Small
"Toxic" Environment?
Small
BA posts mid-season top 50 Prospect Rankings & 'Stros have 2.
Small
Jose Altuve
Astros_small
time for a change
Oingo_boingo-only_a_lad_small
Hunter Pence, All-Star (For Reals!)
Small
Jay Austin
Baseball_-_roy_oswalt_small
Astros Play Day Game Against Padres
Astroandyavatar_small
International Free Agent Signings
Houston_texans_small
Am I the only one...
Small
Special thanks goes to

Post_icon New FanPost All FanPosts Carrot-mini

THE CRAWFISH BOXES GETS SOCIAL

Picture_88_medium The Crawfish Boxes on Facebook

Picture_89_medium The Crawfish Boxes on Twitter

Current Series

5 game series vs Nationals @ Nationals Park

Thu 07/09 WP: Joel Hanrahan ( - )
LP: LaTroy Hawkins ( - )
10 - 11 loss
Thu 07/09 9 - 4 win
Sat 07/11 6:05 PM CDT
Sun 07/12 1:05 PM CDT

NL Central Standings

W L PCT GB STRK
St. Louis 47 40 .540 0 Won 1
Milwaukee 44 41 .517 2 Lost 1
Chicago 41 41 .500 3.5 Lost 2
Houston 42 43 .494 4 Won 1
Cincinnati 41 43 .488 4.5 Lost 2
Pittsburgh 38 47 .447 8 Lost 1

(updated 7.10.2009 at 4:22 AM CDT)


Humble Blog Managers

Urbanshocker_small HighLeveragePerformer

Lovelance_small DyingQuail

Editors

Nsapcs13_large_small clack

Fbod6_small farm_stros