Roy Oswalt was...what's the word? Oh yeah: Dominant
by Stephen Higdon on Jun 1, 2009 10:21 PM CDT
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PrintI would claim to have witnessed the glory that was Roy Oswalt's performance against the Colorado Rockies tonight, but I can't. I'm...like four or five of no TV as I sit in my empty, empty house at school, but I can read box scores and the four or five texts I got tonight in regards to Oswalt's performance. Roy Oswalt was, so I hear and gather, brilliant.
His line just about sums it all up pretty, pretty nicely:
7 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 HR (it's Coors Field, forgive the guy),* 8 K, 2 BB, 102 pitches
Of those 102 pitches, Roy located 71 of them for strikes. The things that I like about this that are beyond the generic numbers are:
- 4 K:BB, who doesn't love that?
- 7.84 K/100 is stellar (click here if you have no idea what I just said)
- Only giving up six hits at Coors Field is impressive in it's own right.
- Lance Berkman continued to hit, which still leaves me wondering as to why it was that he was dropped in the line up. His average still isn't superb, but in the last few weeks he's pretty much turned it around at the plate. Of course, it's hard to argue with two wins on the heels of this change, but I think it's a little premature to connect correlation to causation on a two game sample size.
- Carlos Lee jacked a homerun and continues to just be lights out at the plate in the early going this season.
- Miguel Tejada continues to worry me because I'm afraid he's just sacking away hits for a second half slump. I would be really, really appreciative if the Astros brass would pay credence (is that even appropriate usage) to this study of mine from the offseason.
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7 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 HR (it’s Coors Field, forgive the guy), 8 K, 2 BB, 102 pitches
An excellent point, but the game was played in Houston.
Your friendly neighborhood Dreamshake mod.
The Coors effect knows no bounds
Everyone is so quick to blame it
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 2, 2009 1:32 AM CDT up reply actions
What the guy with the fists said
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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 Stephen Higdon on Jun 2, 2009 2:37 AM CDT up reply actions
The problem with not watching the game
You think I would have picked up on that making the gamethread, selecting a photo from tonight’s game, reading the box score, etc.
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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 Stephen Higdon on Jun 2, 2009 2:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Carlos Lee got his first RBI in 13 or 14 games
That long between RBIs cannot qualify as llghts out hitting.
I wish Berkmand woud bat fourth and move Lee to fifth (leave Pence third)
Rockies had baserunners in the first five innings, usually two of them. Roy seemed to get stronger after the Astrso gave him a nice 2-0 and then 4-1 lead.
Did Berkman hit?? I recall an RBI single? Did he get another hit?
It was a nice win. With a run against Rockies , Pirates, and Arizona, Astros have the chance to improve their record tremendously.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 1, 2009 11:23 PM CDT reply actions
Berkman had a sac fly
in the 5th I think
hunterpencefan. Astros nerd.
by hunterpencefan on Jun 2, 2009 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions
He also had a 1B
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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 Stephen Higdon on Jun 2, 2009 2:40 AM CDT up reply actions
In the last week Lee has hit .318 with a .923 OPS
I’ll take that.
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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 Stephen Higdon on Jun 2, 2009 2:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Oswalt may have chnaged his pitch calling a bit.
Jim Deshais made the point that Roy seemed to be throwing more curveballs in normal FB situations, and vice versa. He pointed to several hitters getting curves on their first pitch. JD said the FB was still good, and has been good all year, with the curveball providing the difference this time. JD liked the pattern in this game, because he believes opposing hitters have been told to wait for a fastball they can hit.
Noticeably, Oswalt was throwing his FB at 96 on a number of occasions, according to FSN’s gun.
Justifiable
I believe that moving Berkman down in the order will help everyone else and him. Putting Pence behind Tejeda, Lee behind Pence, Berkman behind Lee. With it like this, I believe that Cooper is justified because this will give them all the bat behind them to see better pitches. Look at what Lee did last night. Better pitches, better hits.
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