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Washington Nationals at Houston Astros, Jul 9, 2009 7:05 PM CDT
by DyingQuail
on Jul 9, 2009 7:00 PM CDT
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Current Series
Nationals lead the series 1-0
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Washington Nationals Thursday, Jul 9, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Partly cloudy. Game time temperature around 95.
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| Tue 05/05 | 11:35 AM CDT | |
This will be an interesting game following the complete of 05/04/09's rain out. I'm just excited because I scored a ticket to the twofer (of sorts). HLP already posted a mini-game thread for the 6:05 Game and I have this one se to role out at 7:00 PM for the scheduled game. I really am just confused as to how the logistics of the make up game will work, so I'm not sure what to do about this gamethread. It will be an interesting day for the Astros and for the denizens of TCB.
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Roller Coaster Game vs. Nationals to be completed today
by HighLeveragePerformer
on Jul 9, 2009 2:02 PM CDT
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Everybody hold on to the guard rail, this is a bumpy ride...
6:05 PM today, this one will finally be decided.
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Wandy Rodriguez goes distance in series clinching win against Pittsburgh
by HighLeveragePerformer
on Jul 8, 2009 4:48 PM CDT
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That's my kind of game board. A game that the Astros had in hand seemingly the whole way. Wandy escaped his biggest threat in the second when he struck out two batters with two runners on base. From there, Michael Bourn, Carlos Lee, Miguel Tejada and Lance Berkman did the rest. Mr. Rodriguez pitched a complete game and lowered his ERA below 3.
The Astros are now 5-3 in July, and have once again moved within a game of .500. Tomorrow the team will complete the suspended game against the Nationals at 6 pm, and then play their regularly scheduled game half an hour after the finish of Game 1. Five games against the worst team in baseball await the Astros before the close of the first half of the season. Opportunity to both move above .500 and ahead in the standings is staring the team in their collective faces.
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Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros, Jul 8, 2009 1:05 PM CDT
by HighLeveragePerformer
on Jul 8, 2009 11:56 AM CDT
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Current Series
3 game series vs Pirates @ Minute Maid Park
| Mon 07/06 | WP: Mike Hampton ( - ) SV: Jose Valverde LP: Virgil Vasquez ( - ) |
4 - 1 win |
| Tue 07/07 | WP: Paul Maholm ( - ) SV: Matt Capps LP: Brian Moehler ( - ) |
3 - 6 loss |
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Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday, Jul 8, 2009, 1:05 PM CDT Charlie Morton vs Wandy Rodriguez Partly cloudy. Game time temperature around 95.
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Lineup for today (via Alyson Footer):
Bourn
Tejada
Puma
Lee
Blum
Pence
Matsui
Quintero
Wandy
Last night was one big missed opportunity. Walks, unearned runs, and seeing eye singles pushed the Astros back to two games under .500. Now Wandy needs to come through just so we can salvage a series win against the Pirates. He has been off and on, and off again, and then back on seemingly for the past month. Solid starts against Minnesota and San Diego sandwiched a not so great start against Detroit. He's 0-1 against Pittsburgh this season though, and sports a 5.37 career ERA against the Buccos in ten starts.
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Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros, Jul 7, 2009 7:05 PM CDT
by HighLeveragePerformer
on Jul 7, 2009 6:30 PM CDT
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Current Series
Astros lead the series 1-0
| Mon 07/06 | WP: Mike Hampton ( - ) SV: Jose Valverde LP: Virgil Vasquez ( - ) |
4 - 1 win |
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Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday, Jul 7, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Partly cloudy,rain. Game time temperature around 90.
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Did the mid point of the season sneak up on anyone else? The Astros have played pretty non descript baseball for the past 81 games yet find themselves in the thick of the NL Central race. We owe most of this to an underachieving Chicago Cubs team as well as to inconsistent teams in Milwaukee and St. Louis. Still, here we are. Everything is right in front of us.
Tonight is the first real step towards our being a real threat to win compete for the the division. This is a nice position to be in. Playing out the first half against two last place clubs. Paul Maholm has not been good recently, while Brian Moehler has pitched decently well.
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Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros, Jul 6, 2009 7:05 PM CDT
by DyingQuail
on Jul 6, 2009 7:00 PM CDT
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Current Series
3 game series vs Pirates @ Minute Maid Park
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Pittsburgh Pirates Monday, Jul 6, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Partly cloudy,rain. Game time temperature around 90. |
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Houston Astros at San Francisco Giants, Jul 5, 2009 3:05 PM CDT
by DyingQuail
on Jul 5, 2009 3:02 PM CDT
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Current Series
Giants lead the series 2-0
| Fri 07/03 | 0 - 13 loss | |
| Sat 07/04 | WP: Tim Lincecum ( - ) LP: Russ Ortiz ( - ) |
0 - 9 loss |
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Houston Astros Sunday, Jul 5, 2009, 3:05 PM CDT Sunny. Game time temperature around . |
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The Big Unit's numbers are difficult to sort through this season. He brings a rather gaudy ERA for someone as heralded as himself, but his advanced stats are kind of all over the place in terms of evaluating how good he's actually been: 3.77 xFIP 5.01 tRA 4.39 tRA*. I guess you can just got a head and decide which of those stats you trust the most and use that as your evaluation. The Wizard was a wizard his last time out against the Padres and his advanced stats speak to the strong season that he is having: 4.02 xFIP4.10 tRA 4.32 tRA*.
At some point, one has to assume that the Astros will be able to put a crooked number up on the score board in this series, but after being bull dozed 22-0 in the last seventeen innings of baseball, I can't bring myself to assume anything.
Hopefully the rest of your Fourth of July weekend has gone better than the Astros has. If not, I am really, really sorry.
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Houston Astros at San Francisco Giants, Jul 4, 2009 3:05 PM CDT
by HighLeveragePerformer
on Jul 4, 2009 2:00 PM CDT
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3 game series vs Giants @ AT&T Park
| Sat 07/04 | 3:05 PM CDT | |
| Sun 07/05 | 3:05 PM CDT | |
The Giants' starter last night, Ryan Sadowski, needed to be introduced. Tim Lincecum needs no introduction. Last season's Cy Young winner has pitched as well, if not better in 2009. He is 1-0 against the Astros in his career, compiling a 2.13 ERA in four starts. Russ Ortiz did good work against both Edwin Jackson and Zack Grienke in his last two starts so he definitely doesn't get intimidated by the opposing starter.
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5 game series vs Nationals @ Nationals Park
| Thu 07/09 |
WP: Joel Hanrahan ( - )
LP: LaTroy Hawkins ( - ) |
10 - 11 loss |
| Thu 07/09 | 9 - 4 win | |
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Washington Nationals
Friday, Jul 10, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Partly cloudy. Game time temperature around 95. |
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| Sat 07/11 | 6:05 PM CDT | |
| Sun 07/12 | 1:05 PM CDT | |
NL Central Standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
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St. Louis
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47 | 40 | .540 | 0 | Won 1 |
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Milwaukee
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44 | 41 | .517 | 2 | Lost 1 |
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Chicago
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41 | 41 | .500 | 3.5 | Lost 2 |
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Houston
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42 | 43 | .494 | 4 | Won 1 |
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Cincinnati
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41 | 43 | .488 | 4.5 | Lost 2 |
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Pittsburgh
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38 | 47 | .447 | 8 | Lost 1 |
(updated 7.10.2009 at 4:22 AM CDT)
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