Astros Prove To Not Be Allergic To Lilly, Win 7-3
by Nick Thomeer on Jun 18, 2011 12:01 AM CDT
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The Astros and Dodgers entered Friday's series with uncertainty. The Astros wondered when their next victory would be, and the Dodgers wondered when their ownership questions would be solved. As well as why they are the only two teams not playing interleague this week.
Brett Myers took on Ted Lilly. Lilly looked sharp in the 1st getting the 1st 3 Astros batters out. Myers had some early bumps when he walked Dee Gordon, and Kemp sent him in via sac fly to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead. The Astros during the recent losing streak have been plagued by giving up runs in the 1st inning. Both pitchers seemed to calm down in the 2nd and 3rd as the score stayed the same. Then in the 4th, Chris Johnson's double scored Carlos Lee to tie the game.
The offenses would be stagnant till the 6th, when the Astros decided they wanted to end the losing streak and those insurmountable opposing 1st inning leads with a 4 run 6th. Ted Lily was replaced after 5 and 1/3rds giving up 6 runs and striking out 4. Josh Lindblom came into replace him and gave up 1 run on a wild pitch which scored Brett Wallace to extend. Brett Myers's 11th career complete game seemed in peril when Andre Ethier hit a 2-run shot with 1 out to cut the Astros lead to 7-3, but Myers struck out Matt Kemp and James Loney grounded out. The win ended the Astros' three game losing streak.
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Awesome win tonight but let’s remember the ultimate goal here people…plan ahead! 2012 draft!
by Its Gonna Happen on Jun 18, 2011 12:11 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
And I bet he turns it on as its a career year.
Hits .320 with 42 HRs and we resign him
by Its Gonna Happen on Jun 18, 2011 12:24 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Santana – Winning – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od9FkRvvnrg
Sheen – Winning – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QS0q3mGPGg
Obama – Winning – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR-sn2vzmFQ
Astros – Winning – Nonexistant
A rose with no fragrance is like a baseball player with no average. *cough* Joe Inglett...
Way to go Stros!
Way to get off the snide and get a nice win (a complete game by Myers at that!). Missed the game as I had a radio gig this morning but good to see the result afterwards. Let’s take the next 2 from the Dodgers!
Go Astros!
Biggio and Bagwell for the HOF!
Whoa sparky, slow down...
We go on a winning spree now, that does nothing for us but tease us.
You sound like you have the coolest job in the F-ing world, what is it?
by Its Gonna Happen on Jun 18, 2011 12:50 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
He's the luckiest Astros fan in the world that's for sure. He doesn't have any way to watch
this crappy time when they lose.
LMAO
So true, but we still come back for more.
by Its Gonna Happen on Jun 18, 2011 1:00 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
infuriating performance by Myers
he’s had a patchy season, and he just can’t stop coughing up home runs.
Last season he had 20 starts with no HR (out of 33), this season he’s had 2 (in 15).
I think the 9th HR in the LA game yesterday was aided by fatigue, given that Myers hadn’t pitched into the 9th inning previously this year. Is the HR worth a complete game? I suspect “yes,” in Myers’ eyes.
by clack on Jun 18, 2011 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ready for the start of a 15 game win streak and getting back into the NL Central title race?
by clack on Jun 18, 2011 9:16 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Just in time to mess up the trade deadline after which they will go 0-15 and make everyone bitch about how we should have blown the whole thing up. Then they will finish the season by winning 17 of 20 so that they foil that first overall pick plan. Jim Crane will take over and do something to piss off a demographic that he hasn’t already taken care of. Look out, gays and lesbians, Hispanics, the blind, little people, Asians, crawfishbox readers, hipsters, obese people, Indians, native Americans, blondes, Jews, Muslims… The list goes on.
by ntn on Jun 18, 2011 9:33 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Who do you expect to own a team with a price tag of 680 million dollar and fans who only show up when the team is winning?
by SteveBartman_MVP on Jun 18, 2011 11:51 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Dollars* stupid cellular device
by SteveBartman_MVP on Jun 18, 2011 11:52 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
An owner who thinks he can find front office people to produce a competitive product in a short time period, and leverage that into improved profits with a regional sports network. Otherwise, I can’t understand the willingness to pay that kind of price.
by clack on Jun 18, 2011 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Like Mark Cuban? Well I just don’t see that guy coming in and buying the Astros.
I would hope Crane would consider smart free agent signings, but mostly having the financial backing to go overslot on guys who fall to our laps in the draft. I wish our fans weren’t outnumbered by Cub, Bravo and Card fans at home. I want the front office to atleast establish a top 10 farm system before getting free agent happy. I would rather wait 5 years to compete, if that meant having sustained, prolonged success.
by SteveBartman_MVP on Jun 18, 2011 12:56 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
My fandom is seriously up in the air. The whole AL thing(which I seriously consider a different game) a shady owner, a scouting department that has only produced Lyles with nobody else looking like an impact player. I don’t know… The switch to the American league will finish me off.
by MadMartygan on Jun 18, 2011 2:36 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
We drafted a ton of young HS kids so we need to be patient and give them more of a chance. Baseball farm systems, such as ours at the beginning of the Wade-Heck tenure, take more than four drafts to resolve.
The first draft is showing some signs of success. Castro is hurt, but he is a solid everyday player. Lyles is a nice potential 2-4 starter who has faired well in every level to the big leagues.
Between Meszaros, Austin, Seaton, Steele, Shuck and Gaston there maybe some decent productivity there. Give the rest of the drafts time.
Potential impact players are hard to come by. Most years none of the 50 players you draft will be impact players. I see potential impact players in our farm though. Just need more than 4 years.
by SteveBartman_MVP on Jun 18, 2011 3:10 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
No I do get that. I am not saying that there won’t be some good players, but you’d still like to see some kids dominating against their peers. I’m just venting really. I don’t understand why they had to overdraft 3 picks last year. That could have made us very healthy if we hit on two of those. Our most intriguing prospect was signed before this front office. Jason Castro wasn’t exactly Buster Posey. Ugh. Like I said just venting.
by MadMartygan on Jun 18, 2011 3:22 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
And Kvasnicka was very much an overdraft if he wasn’t a catcher. Just saying that before I get yelled at. Haha.
by MadMartygan on Jun 18, 2011 3:24 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Well its highly doubtful you would see Houston get to select three BPA in the first 32 picks, since the cost would certainly surpass the spending limit Uncle Drayton had set prior to 2010 draft.
You get your high impact player with DDJ, a Bobby Heck style arm with projectibility in
Foltynewicz and a safe college bat with Kvasnicka.
Entirely too early to judge DDJ and Folty, while Kvasnicka seems to on track, given his age of 22, with a pretty respectable slash line.
by SteveBartman_MVP on Jun 18, 2011 7:47 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I think there’s a good chance that no team is moved and if one is, I’d think the Dbacks would be a good choice. But if the Astros were moved to the AL West, they could be competitive pretty quickly.
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
Yeah. I hope it just goes away. Every once in a while I just have to be talked off the ledge. Emo kids are the worst. Haha.
by MadMartygan on Jun 18, 2011 3:55 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I want them to make the NL Central not a 6 team division and I’m sick of being screwed in interleague. This year is a joke.
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
Central drew the short straw. I look at it different though when the Astros were a contender they got extra games against dregs like the pirates and reds. It was like an advantage to be in the central. Now the central contenders get extra games against Houston which is an advantage to them.
by MadMartygan on Jun 18, 2011 4:14 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
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