ST Game No. 28: Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves
by David Coleman on Mar 31, 2010 12:01 PM CDT
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PrintGrapefruit League record (mercifully over after today): 13-12-1
Today's starters: LHP Wandy Rodriguez vs. RHP Derek Lowe
Also scheduled to pitch are Chris Sampson, Brian Moehler and Sammy Gervacio. Wandy will only throw two innings before heading back to Houston where his wife is expecting their second child. Roy Oswalt will also throw in a Minor League game Wednesday, trying to recover from his back issue.
Lineup, per McTaggart:
1) Michael Bourn, CF
2) Kazuo Matsui, 2B
3) Hunter Pence, RF
4) Pedro Feliz, 3B
5) Cory Sullivan, LF
6) Chris Shelton, 1B
7) Jeff Keppinger, SS
8) Humberto Quintero, C
9) Wandy Rodriguez, P
Listen and watch the game here. If you are in the Houston area, you can hear the game on 790 KBME.
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Bourn is walked and steals 2d, advanced to 3d by Matsui, and scores on Pence grounder. Astros score a run without a hit.
groundrule double by Feliz. Deep line drive which bounced over the wall. Braves announcers say that Feliz was a late change to DH.
Very nice...
you know sometimes guys only need a crack and they can open the door. Is he any good at first? I remember another converted 3rd baseman we had a 1st for a while.
"now you chunkin' in there.."
ah brings back memories...
of the early 80’s…Puhl leading off, Craig Reynolds bunting him over…used to love when we played that way…
"now you chunkin' in there.."
Oswalt today
In case you didn’t see it Footer tweeted that he threw 81 pitches and gave up 2ER’s in 5 innings and had 7K’s. Reached 92-94 on the gun, and Mills said he looked outstanding!
"now you chunkin' in there.."
Too bad luck balls for Wandy
Softly hit ball up the middle took a high hop over the bag, walked Heyward, then a dying quail in front of Bourn. Bases loaded nobody out.
bloop double by Glaus down the RF line.
Braves announcers are referring to as a “little bloop” that turned into a double.
Now McCann with a sac fly for the first out.
Curveball looks great
Strikeout to end the inning.
Wandy didn’t look bad, just some poor luck on balls in play. His fastball location improved quickly as the inning went on and his curve was great… great action, lots of swingthroughs, and some of the ones which the ump called balls I thought might be strikes, so his command was good.
get all this bad luck crap out of the way before the season starts. Or could this be an indication of how our season is going to go??
"now you chunkin' in there.."
Wandy is getting killed with 5 straight hits. I thought he was only going to pitch 2 innings. Apparently one of the singles was another seeing eye grounder past Matsui, but by and large it sounds like a lot of well hit balls. And as I write this, another blooper falls in front of Bourn but Bourn throws out McCann at third base (ruled a force out). Braves announcers say that Wandy “isn’t fooling anybody.”
Braves announcers...
say that Mills has to be very concerned about Wandy. They conclude: “The Astros look to be in for a very long year.”
ugh
(unless they mean Astros will go deep into the post-season)
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 31, 2010 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Our wunder radio guys
Arew citing Wandy’s second daughter as the reason for the meltdown. That and he was told he was going two IP today, too.
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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 Mar 31, 2010 1:03 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Hunter Pence
I’d tell Pence in a bases loaded situation he can’t swing at a pitch until he’s got to two strikes or get’s a fastball.
by Timothy De Block on Mar 31, 2010 1:16 PM CDT reply actions
Johnson is certainly making management think
by Timothy De Block on Mar 31, 2010 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Moehler apparently yelling at Quintero. Some sort of disagreement with Q…and umpire gets mad.
Can’t really figure out what’s going on, but I assume it’s not good when the umpire gets mad.
I just noticed
Bourn’s raised his batting average like 100 points since he’s come back from his oblique injury…hopefully he’s warming up at the right time with the power righty duo of Lincecum and Cain…the triple yesterday was especially encouraging.
Braves announcers describing Brooks Conrad: “fan favorite,” “gritty player,” “always gets his uniform dirty,” “throwback player,” “doesn’t wear batting gloves,” “hit well when he starts, but less productive when he only gets 1 or 2 at bats per week.”
he does
and he’s a good clubhouse presence
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 31, 2010 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I love that Moylan has human names for his pitches
That needs to catch on throughout the league.
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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 Mar 31, 2010 2:23 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Game over. 10-5 loss by Astros.
The Astros took out most of the regulars after about 5 innings, by the way.
What happened to Wandy today?
I missed the first few inning and didn’t hear any reasoning… Maybe it was emotional distress, as suggestion by our announcers? When its not going well, he always starts taking off his cap, and wiping his face with his sleeve. It’s never a good sign.
Plus, it seems awful late in month to be planning on only 2 innings, or is that reasonable?
The 2 innings of pitching seems unusual, but I think they were trying to get some work for Wandy before he was scheduled to leave for Houston for the baby birth. Also, I vaguely recall that he is scheduled to pitch a minor league game on short rest or something.
In case you haven't had your fill of bad news....
Felipe Paulino is “day to day” after enduring back spasms when was playing catch.
And Carlos Lee has tightness in his quad now too.
http://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/11363144198
This is getting insane. Fortunately, El Bufalo apparently played in the minor league game with Oswalt, Manzella, and Towles today.
Carlos Lee has tightness in right quad, will play in Minor League game today. Oswalt, Towles, Manzella and Bourgeois also in Minors game.
Why do MLB regulars play in minor league game?
especially this soon to start of the season.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 31, 2010 8:25 PM CDT reply actions
Players who are recovering from injuries are allowed to participate in minor league “scrimmages” before they play in the regular spring games. I’m not sure exactly why. But I assume that players are allowed to go half speed on certain plays if it involves a muscle strain or whatever. Perhaps there is an understanding in the minor league games that certain players are to be protected from having to make certain plays or engage in certain actions.
makes sense I guess
Why did JR Towles play in the minor league game?
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by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 31, 2010 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions
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