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Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 PM CDT

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Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs


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3 game series vs Cubs @ Wrigley Field

Houston Astros Red-star
@ Chicago Cubs Red-star

Monday, Aug 4, 2008, 6:05 PM CDT
Wrigley Field

Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 15-20 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Near 90.

 

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2008 - Brian Moehler 6-4 20 15 0 0 0 0 93.2 101 46 44 13 26 50 4.23 1.36
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2008 - Ryan Dempster 12-4 23 23 1 0 0 0 145.2 110 54 47 11 58 126 2.90 1.15

Lineup

Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs

08/04/08 6:05 PM CDT

Houston AstrosChicago Cubs
Kazuo Matsui - 2B Alfonso Soriano - LF
Miguel Tejada - SS Mike Fontenot - 2B
Lance Berkman - 1B Daryle Ward - 1B
Carlos Lee - LF Aramis Ramirez - 3B
Hunter Pence - RF Jim Edmonds - CF
Ty Wigginton - 3B Geovany Soto - C
Darin Erstad - CF Kosuke Fukudome - RF
Humberto Quintero - C Ronny Cedeno - SS
Brian Moehler - P Ryan Dempster - P

Pence promotion?  He's batting 5th...

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won't be able to stick around

for the whole game, but i just wanted to tune in and say how much i hate that stupid thing that Dempster does with his glove in his delivery.

oh, and F the Cubs…

Go Astros!

by littlevisigoth on Aug 4, 2008 6:10 PM CDT   0 recs

Yep, me as well

pretty annoying

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 6:12 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Astros take early lead

Tejada singles followed by a Lance Berkman sac fly..

Lee follows with a single to left but Fukudome throws the ball out of the stadium while trying to get Tejada at home… Lee moves to 2nd and then 3rd on the ball going out of play.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 6:14 PM CDT   0 recs

Pence almost has an RBI

but that damn Jim Edmonds makes a diving catch to save the run and the end the first.

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 6:37 PM CDT   0 recs

He's an Astros killer

especially on defense

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 6:42 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Dude in the stands

just accidently caught a foul ball with his beer cup.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 6:46 PM CDT   0 recs

Cubs scoreless through 3

Astros still lead 1-0.

Moehler throwing a bunch of strikes, I think I just heard through 30 pitches, he has 6 balls.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 6:52 PM CDT   0 recs

Lee now 2-2

1 out in the 4th after Dempster struck out teh Puma

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 6:57 PM CDT   0 recs

Pence

follows Lee with a single of his own. Runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out for Ty Wigginton..

Who Follows that with a single! Bases juiced for Q

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 6:59 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Another nicely hit ball by Pence.

This time results in a hit.
2 on for Wiggy.

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 6:58 PM CDT   0 recs

Nevermind.

3 on for Erstad.

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 6:59 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I hope we don't try a squeeze

I don’t know why we would… but it came to my head

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 6:59 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

astros w/ 3 straight singles

w/ carlos as the lead runner, the bases are loaded

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 6:59 PM CDT   0 recs

Just one more hit!

Come on, we need runs!

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 7:00 PM CDT   0 recs

bases loaded one out

If carlos Lee had taken third on Pence’s hit or ran faster on Wigginton’s he would have scored already. and Pence would be on third.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 4, 2008 7:00 PM CDT   0 recs

crap

erstad K’s swinging.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:00 PM CDT   0 recs

oh oh Out two

Erstad struck out

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 4, 2008 7:00 PM CDT   0 recs

NL record for most blown saves in a season

is the Aflac question…

It’s not Lidge!

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:01 PM CDT   0 recs

Moehler has no hits.

Doubt he will get his first here.

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 7:03 PM CDT   0 recs

Pence looked up

like someone threw the ball at him

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:09 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Pence trying to field a foul ball that barely goes into the stands

he turns away and the ball deflects off a fan and almost hits Pence.. he jumps and then turns around and starts laughing and then throws the ball back into the stands..

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:09 PM CDT   0 recs

Moehler K's Ramirez

Ramirez doesn’t like it… looked like a good pitch to me, and replay confirms… easy strike call.. Go sit down Aramis

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:11 PM CDT   0 recs

jim Edmonds up

watch his ass get a hit…

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 7:11 PM CDT   0 recs

He would

lay on the ground for 20 minutes if he did… we can’t have that.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:12 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

damn

pence dropped it. maybe got knocked out by the ground. gotta catch that

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:13 PM CDT   0 recs

Edmonds

hits a liner to right field, Pence slides on his knees to try and catch it, ball hits his glove at his hip and then bounces away towards the foul line… Edmonds to 2nd

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:13 PM CDT   0 recs

I thought

if it hits your glove, you should have caught it… At least that’s what my dad always said…

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:14 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Gotta be an error on Pence

but it’s ruled a double

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 4, 2008 7:14 PM CDT   0 recs

I agree... well

I’m not 100% sure that it should have been an error… but I lean that way a little

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:14 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

scorers never want to call errors on OF'ers

unless it’s on a throw. they’re supposed to make judgments but they don’t seem to like to

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:14 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Cubs fans booing the 2nd strike to Soto

Geeze, open your eyes… It was an easy strike call… Above the knees and then curved to the outside part of the plate.. still completely over the plate

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:16 PM CDT   0 recs

Cubs scoreless through 4

Astros up 2-0.

Moehler forces soto to ground to himself and then Moehler takes it to 1st to end the inning

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:18 PM CDT   0 recs

Moehler gets out ok.

Jim Edmonds or no Jim Edmonds.

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 7:18 PM CDT   0 recs

silver lining?

at least tejada didn’t slide into 1st

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:24 PM CDT   0 recs

lol

true enough

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:25 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

puma is lost

come back puma!

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:26 PM CDT   0 recs

He had a nice hit in the first.

Too bad it was too straight away center. :(
I thought he would do a little bit better after that.
But we all know he hates Wrigley Field.

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 7:27 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Someone gave him some

catnip… he’s all f-d up

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

i know the booth guys were talking about that earlier

but i’d never heard anything about berkman and chicago. i can’t really think about him and any particular city other than cincinnati.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

wonder what we could have got for hunter?

not advocating trading him, but just curious. i’m sure he’s a guy a lot of teams would LIKE to have, but I can’t see anyone breaking the bank for him.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:34 PM CDT   0 recs

Ed Wade said

one hundred 100 teams wanted Pence

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 4, 2008 7:48 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

maybe some fantasy owners were contacting him

after seeing some of his past trades, they assumed he was the idiot in the league that every other manager takes advantage of.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:50 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

lol

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:51 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Ewww

Weather looks like it may get bad in Chicago…

JD just mentioned this game was 1 out away from being an official game.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:34 PM CDT   0 recs

Soriano

Down and away, down and away.

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 7:35 PM CDT   0 recs

up and in!

Okay, you win.. Down and away

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:35 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Down and away it is

Soriano grounds out to Matsui at 2nd to end the 5th.. Game is now official… Let the storms begin.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:36 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

And here comes the rain

and the tarps

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:38 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

wonder what the Cards would have given us

to just trade our entire BP for theirs. we could have got Rasmus & Anderson I bet (at least if most of the fans had been allowed to decide). i’m enjoying their pain

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:45 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

It has

I think maybe we’ve finally gotten all the pieces together.

I wonder about the Cubs though.. anyone know how theirs has been lately?

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 7:45 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't think so...

Ausmus in the spot light here we come!

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:39 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs