Houston Astros at Pittsburgh Pirates, 12:35 PM CDT
by Stros Bro on Sep 21, 2008 12:30 PM CDT
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Houston Astros at Pittsburgh Pirates, Sep 21, 2008 12:35 PM CDT
Current Series
3 game series vs Pirates @ PNC Park
| Fri 09/19 | WP: Randy Wolf (11 - 12) LP: Ian Snell (6 - 12) |
5 - 1 win |
| Sat 09/20 | WP: Jason Davis (2 - 4) SV: Matt Capps LP: Brian Moehler (11 - 8) |
4 - 6 loss |
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Houston Astros Sunday, Sep 21, 2008, 12:35 PM CDT Sunny. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 75.
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Tough loss last night as Brian Moehler made it through 2 innings, allowing 5 runs to pretty much close the door on any chance the Astros had to winning last night. The Astros have now lost 6 of their last 7 games and watched any chance they had of making the Wild Card all but vanish.
Berkman is making no excuses for their current position.
Berkman pointed out that poor play earlier this year is as much to blame as their losing stretch now. The Astros' longest losing streak was eight, June 11-19, and they've had a bunch of other shorter stretches that were still just as damaging standings-wise.
"That's the reason why you play 162 games, to sort out who has the best team over the long haul, not who plays the best for a month and a half," Berkman said. "It's who plays the best for six months, and we've had not only this rough spot, but others that have cost us.
"People want to focus on this right now, which they should, because that's where we are in the season. But you forget about stretches in the past that have hurt us. That's why if you play a little better in the beginning or middle parts of the season, you don't have a mad scramble and have to win every single game you play at the end of the season to have a chance to make the playoffs."
A win today gives the Astros a .500 record against the Pirates this season... sad really.
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Bourn
Attempting to steal multiple times during the Loretta/Tejada at bats… all foul balls.. he must have went 5-6 times
Go 'Stros!
by Stros Bro on Sep 21, 2008 12:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Stranded Bourn
as Loretta, Tejada and Berkman go down in order
Go 'Stros!
by Stros Bro on Sep 21, 2008 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice play by Hunter
Sanchez didn’t think it would be caught and was standing on 3rd base when Pence doubled him off at 1st
Go 'Stros!
by Stros Bro on Sep 21, 2008 12:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Not watching this game. Watching the Texans game,
But didn’t that almost happen with Sanchez last night? He ran from 2nd to 3rd, fell down, and ran back to 2nd to avoid getting doubled off.
by Only_A_Lad on Sep 21, 2008 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How the Texans looking?
I see it’s 14-12 Titans right now..
Go 'Stros!
by Stros Bro on Sep 21, 2008 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, my stream cut out about the middle of the 2nd quarter, when it was 14-6
but the run defense just looks awful. And Schaub seriously needs to calm down in the pocket – he’s throwing too early and missing receivers.
Steve Slaton is surprisingly good.
So if it’s 14-12, Brown probably missed the extra point.
by Only_A_Lad on Sep 21, 2008 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Schaub getting the David Carr syndrome?
Go 'Stros!
by Stros Bro on Sep 21, 2008 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kinda
he’s even displaying “crap I don’t wanna get hit while making a read, so I’ll just throw to Johnson” syndrome.
by Only_A_Lad on Sep 21, 2008 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
beauuutiful ballpark
terrible team
I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit, just to play baseball. - Pete Rose
by HighLeveragePerformer on Sep 21, 2008 12:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Back to back hits in the 3rd
after Bourn got out. Runners on 1st and 2nd for teh Puma
Go 'Stros!
by Stros Bro on Sep 21, 2008 1:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Berkman
Doubles off the wall in DEEP center field… misplayed by the CF’er, but I’ll take the double anyways.
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by Stros Bro on Sep 21, 2008 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Make that 2-0
sac fly by Blum
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by Stros Bro on Sep 21, 2008 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mr. Clutch, Brad Ausmus, with a bases loaded single.
4-0, Astros.
by clack on Sep 21, 2008 1:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
4-1 Astros after 6 innings
Mets and Brewers leading in their games. Philles ply toniht
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 21, 2008 2:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Roy Oswalt done after 6 innings
Trusting the game to the relief corps
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 21, 2008 2:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Why was he taken out?
He’s not hurt, is he?
Christ, that would just be a great ending to this day for Houston sports.
by Only_A_Lad on Sep 21, 2008 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
TV Announcer speculation
Resting Oswalt for pitching on short rest in next outing.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 21, 2008 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great, so we can risk him then.
No reason to be pitching anybody on short rest at this point.
by Only_A_Lad on Sep 21, 2008 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They may do it twice
if Astros have meaningful game against the Cubs on the last day.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 21, 2008 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bourn scored on a close play at the plate
Ball was there in time but catcher slow on the tag
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 21, 2008 3:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Holy hell, am I reading the line score right?
14 Astros hits? What happened?
by Only_A_Lad on Sep 21, 2008 3:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Alright, wise guy...
you win this round
by Only_A_Lad on Sep 21, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ASTROS WIN 6-2
The rest of the season is scheduled to be home games.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 21, 2008 3:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Brewers win but Cardinals and Mets lose
Phillies and Marlins tonight
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 21, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know,
if we hadn’t been swept by the Pirates a few months ago, we’d still be in this thing. If we hadn’t been swept by the Orioles, we’d probably be leading the WC race.
It’s like Lance said, there’s a reason they play 162 games, and if you win in March, April, May, June, and July, you don’t have to have a frantic race to the playoffs. You can afford to lose a few.
by Only_A_Lad on Sep 21, 2008 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know,
If a frog had wings he wouldn’t bump his butt when he hops either :)
I know man, it’s frustrating… You look back on the season and say…
If only we hadn’t gotten swept against the Pirates; if only we didn’t give Michael Bourn the leadoff spot for the first 1/3 of the season etc… Just think.. if we only won 1 more game each month, teams would be chasing us for the Wild Card.
Go 'Stros!
by Stros Bro on Sep 21, 2008 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When you think about in those terms (one extra game per month)
it really makes you wonder what would have happened had Roy been healthy all season.
Or if Coop didn’t throw away outs on the bases in the first half. Or if we had batted Kazuo and Wiggy leadoff. Or if Carlos hadn’t been injured and we were forced to replace him with Blum.
It is frustrating. But this offseason should be interesting, at least.
by Only_A_Lad on Sep 21, 2008 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Astros have won 82 games
they will have a winning record
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 21, 2008 4:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If you had told me
in June that the Astros would finish with a winning record, I’d have called you a liar.
Too bad it’s not going to be enough. Whatever.
by Only_A_Lad on Sep 21, 2008 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's enough
to make things interesting right to the end. It never feels like it was good enough unless there’s a World Series win, but we have it an awful lot better than fans of the, say, Pirates.
by Xan on Sep 21, 2008 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or Rays! Wait....
Or Royals!!
Go 'Stros!
by Stros Bro on Sep 21, 2008 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or Rangers.
Though I’ve never actually met a Ranger fan in person.
Or Orioles fans.
Or Padres.
Or Nats.
Or Jays.
Or Reds.
Yeah, there are plenty of fan bases worse off than ours.
by Only_A_Lad on Sep 21, 2008 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I consider myself
a Rangers fan. We happened to have them on TV in Austin on a somewhat regular basis when I “discovered” major league ball. That was 1996, when they won the division, and did so for another couple years. But they always lost to the Yankees in the first round (in fact, I think they won Game 1 of that first series, and then lost the next 9 divisional games against the Yanks).
I must not be as much of a Rangers fan as an Astros fan (I’ve never posted on, or really even read, Lone Star Ball), but I should not have to choose until they meet in the World Series. That’s one reason that baseball is dead to me when they play exhibition games that count in the standings, also known as “Interleague Play”.
by Xan on Sep 21, 2008 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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NL Central Standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Louis
|
91 | 71 | .561 | 0 | Lost 6 |
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Chicago
|
83 | 78 | .515 | 7.5 | Lost 1 |
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Milwaukee
|
80 | 82 | .493 | 11 | Won 3 |
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Cincinnati
|
78 | 84 | .481 | 13 | Won 2 |
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Houston
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74 | 88 | .456 | 17 | Lost 3 |
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Pittsburgh
|
62 | 99 | .385 | 28.5 | Lost 2 |
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