Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals, Aug 2, 2009 1:15 PM CDT
by Evan Hochschild on Aug 2, 2009 1:00 PM CDT
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Cardinals lead the series 2-0
| Fri 07/31 | WP: Trever Miller (3 - 0) SV: Ryan Franklin LP: Alberto Arias (2 - 1) |
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Houston Astros Sunday, Aug 2, 2009, 1:15 PM CDT Sunny. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80. |
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Bud Norris' minor league stats
Salvaging a win in this series is the task that lays ahead of the Astros today. Adam Wainwright is nails against Houston in his career, and Bud Norris is making his first career start in the big leagues. Everything points to a Cardinals sweep. Lucky for us, baseball is a fickle, fickle mistress, so we have a shot.
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we need this one
lets go bud and the offense…
i like seeing that cooper switched th elineup tho im not sure y keppinger bats 8…he is better than the 2 6 and 7 hitters
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Aug 2, 2009 1:10 PM CDT reply actions
by the way
the lineup for us is:
Bourn
Matsui
Pence (maybe he can start hitting there)
Lee
Tejada
Blum 1b
Pudge
Kepp
Norris
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Aug 2, 2009 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions
honestly
I’d fire Coop just because of his advice to Pence at this point.
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Astros go down in order
and the legend of Bud Norris is about to begin
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WAINRIGHT
sick stuff today…the movement on his breaking ball is frikken amazing
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Aug 2, 2009 1:21 PM CDT reply actions
13 pitch inning for Wainwright
As Pence strikes out swinging (shocker) I don’t like Pence in the 3 hole with the way hes been struggling lately.
Holliday grounds out to 2d.
we found someone who can get Holliday out.
truly, though, you know Holliday is due for some regression to mean…..I just hope it isn’t after the astros leave town.
2 batters
1 k and 1 bb…cuda been a strike tho
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Aug 2, 2009 1:25 PM CDT reply actions
Harnish or Clemens?
Norris reminds me of Roger Celemns in body style and approach. JD says Pete Harnish.
What do you think?
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 1:29 PM CDT reply actions
Okay, kid, in your first inning you face Albert Pujols
and if anyone gets on you face Matt Holliday, the hottest hitter in baseball.
Enjoy the game, kid.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 1:31 PM CDT reply actions
12 pitch 2nd inning
probably won’t get any better next inning. Pudge, Kep, Bud
F pudge
really? i dont think that ball was ever under your shoulders!
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Aug 2, 2009 1:44 PM CDT reply actions
wow
as best I can tell, that’s Norris’ first professional hit, as well.
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Do pitchers bat in Round Rock?
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by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 1:47 PM CDT reply actions
I sometimes wonder if wainwright and carpenter are the same pitcher
they have the same stuff and build. The big difference is Wainwright stays healthy
sooo...
any chance we can get gaston up NOW!!!
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Aug 2, 2009 1:50 PM CDT reply actions
Can Andrew Locke make it to AAA?
damn. NVM. I forgot that theres some reason Reggie Abercrombie is starting every day in the outfield even though hes never going to be a ML hitter.
Rasmus is supposed to be the best CFer in baseball, or something like that...
according to UZR. But in the games I’ve seen, Rasmus has had some poor routes and jumps on balls. But good to see Matsui hitting.
Bourn would have caught that
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by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions
1st and 3rd no outs...
we need at least 2 runs from this…Lee up
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Aug 2, 2009 1:58 PM CDT reply actions
Hunter Pence singled when it mattered??
the tide may be turning
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by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 1:59 PM CDT reply actions
Carlos K's Swinging
watch out for the DP here. The Astros way.
Looked bad in striking out
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by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Pence goes on h&r
Molina fakes the throw, Pence stops on no contact, then runs to second after he sees the fake. Pence slides in before the tag.
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Hunter Pence starteed for second . Tejada missed the ball. Hunter Stopped
- I mean stopped about 75% of the way to second . After he sees the catcher faked a throw to second, Hunter started for second. The catcher , seeing Matsui went back to third and Pence stopped, throws to second. Hunter beat the throw – barely
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by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions
1st and 3rd
pence tries to steal…molina holds ball, pence stops….then molina throws…pence barely makes it
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Aug 2, 2009 2:02 PM CDT reply actions
meh
Derek Jeter school of making it look harder than it really is.
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definetly
not an easy play, but a play that 99 outta 100 players make
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Aug 2, 2009 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
"where" not "why"
though, given the complaints, I can see the confusion.
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I'm not in Houston
starting last year, Dish Network carried the My20 games but todays game isn’t on the Satellite so I’m out of luck
You can buy one game at a time on MLB.com
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by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
so i dont wanna jinx or anything
but lets say norris has a no no …do they let him go all 9 innings?
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Aug 2, 2009 2:12 PM CDT reply actions
Ok man...
you’re off the hook for the “next batter” jinx
2 hits for Hunter ??
Pleasantly surprised
now if Pudge can get it together
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by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 2:28 PM CDT reply actions
question on pudge
has he been number 77 this whole year?
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Aug 2, 2009 2:29 PM CDT reply actions
well thought id share...
But James Shields (on my fantasy team) has a no-no thru 7
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Aug 2, 2009 2:33 PM CDT reply actions
Runners on the corners for Geoff Blum
2 outs
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by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 2:34 PM CDT reply actions
So before the game started, I thought that the perfect Astros welcome would be low run support, but it seems more fittiing for it to be some combo of low run support and the bullpen blowing the lead (possibly stealing a W).
damn blum
was hoping wed at least get to pudge so we dont have the automatic out next inning
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Aug 2, 2009 2:35 PM CDT reply actions
JD
makes sure he doesnt mention that he hasnt given up a hit
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Aug 2, 2009 2:37 PM CDT reply actions
walk...1st and 2d with Pujols up.
Rasmus is very good (especially for a rookie) at plate discipline, drawing walks.
that's the impression you might get from this series
but he’s only walking about 5% of the time.
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actually
that reminds me:
We all need to thank the genius of TLR for batting Mr. .300-OBA in front of Pujols.
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Holliday looked mortal swinging at a that high pitch
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by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 2:49 PM CDT reply actions
Pleasant change of pace.
Astros actually look like a major league team in this game. That can’t be said of recent games.
Sticky inning
Everybody’s bullpen working
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by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 3:06 PM CDT reply actions
NICE!
Norris K’s Thurston…great starting debut by norris!
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Aug 2, 2009 3:10 PM CDT reply actions
Wainwright out of game for pinch hitter Thurston
a .228 hitter (sic)
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by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 3:10 PM CDT reply actions
Hunter Pence - ohhh- Hunter Pence
I don’t need that suspense
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by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 3:26 PM CDT reply actions
could not have wished for more
so poetic
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by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 3:38 PM CDT reply actions
7.0 IP 2H 4BB 5SO 0 R
good thing Norris has been in AAA all year eh?
well, uh, yeah
he’s been working on his breaking pitches.
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all the while...
Russ Ortiz was working on his hanging pitches
would you have prefered if the Astros
called him up before he was ready?
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exactly
you could make a case for calling him up a few weeks ago but any earlier than that may have been too early
well youre saying hes ready now
but the only reason hes here is because of the injury to Roy. Other wise he’d still be in the minors because he wasn’t ready
he wasn't called up when the rotation was pitching well in most of June/July....
he is called up when the rotation struggles and has injuries. nothing unusual about that. that is how most young pitchers get called up.
no what I'm saying is that Bud wasn't ready until a few weeks ago.
If Roy wasn’t injured and Bud was still in AAA he’d be ready but just would be stuck in AAA
it's one game...
Awesome to see a rookie pitch so well in his first start, but let’s see a few starts before we reach the conclusion that he obviously should have been called up a while ago.
yep
remember Paulino’s first start? We had several commenters bitching that Coop didn’t leave him in for the CG.
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Valverde gets the save
Bullpen holds on and gets Bud his first ML win.
ASTROS WN 2-0
Bud Norris wins his first major league start, and does it in style
Nice way to salvage something off a disastrous road trip.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 4:00 PM CDT reply actions
In other NL Central games
Pirates Lost
Reds Lost
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by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 2, 2009 4:01 PM CDT reply actions
Holy shit
If Norris can pitch anywhere close to this level, a (heatlhy) starting 4 of Oswalt, Wandy, Norris, and Moehler isn’t bad. Still need a competent #4/5 starter though.
Trade deadline is over, but I’m hoping Wade is searching through the waiver wire.
by goingforthecorner on Aug 2, 2009 4:25 PM CDT reply actions
we can always hope that Paulino takes a big step up....
I know he wasn’t pitching well in RR recently, but that may have a lot to do with what he was sent down to work on (breaking pitches). Paulino may see this as a chance to redeem himself and maybe he will.
Paulino was the darling of TCB earlier this season
I accept the theory Paulino is a starter and not a reliever. I don’t know why that is the case, but he’s a starter. Flip flopping him from one to the other messed him up. left to be a starter, I think he’ll rebound nicely.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 3, 2009 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions
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NL Central Standings
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Cincinnati
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26 | 20 | .565 | 0 | Won 1 |
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St. Louis
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25 | 22 | .531 | 1.5 | Lost 3 |
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Houston
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22 | 24 | .478 | 4 | Lost 1 |
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Pittsburgh
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22 | 24 | .478 | 4 | Won 2 |
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