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Houston Astros at Florida Marlins, Roy O to the Rescue (we hope)

By Evan Hochschild

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Houston Astros
@ Florida Marlins

Tuesday, Sep 16, 2008, 6:10 PM CDT
Dolphin Stadium

Roy Oswalt vs Chris Volstad

Partly cloudy with a 50-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing in from center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 85.

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W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Roy Oswalt 15-9 29 29 3 2 0 0 190.2 183 82 75 21 43 148 3.54 1.19

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Chris Volstad 4-3 12 11 0 0 0 0 65.1 61 25 24 2 31 41 3.31 1.41

Lineup

Houston Astros @ Florida Marlins

09/16/08 6:10 PM CDT

Houston Astros Florida Marlins
Darin Erstad - LF Hanley Ramirez - SS
Miguel Tejada - SS John Baker - C
Lance Berkman - 1B Jorge Cantu - 3B
Geoff Blum - 3B Mike Jacobs - 1B
Hunter Pence - RF Dan Uggla - 2B
David Newhan - 2B Josh Willingham - LF
Michael Bourn - CF Cody Ross - RF
Brad Ausmus - C Alfredo Amezaga - CF
Roy Oswalt - P Chris Volstad - P

National League Wild Card Standings

W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee 83 67 .553 0 Lost 4
Philadelphia 83 67 .553 0 Won 4
Houston 80 69 .536 2.5 Lost 2
St. Louis 78 71 .523 4.5 Lost 5
Florida 77 72 .516 5.5 Won 5
Arizona 73 76 .489 9.5 Won 1
Cincinnati 68 81 .456 14.5 Won 2
San Francisco 68 82 .453 15 Lost 1
Colorado 68 83 .450 15.5 Lost 1
Atlanta 67 83 .446 16 Won 1
Pittsburgh 63 87 .420 20 Lost 1
San Diego 58 93 .384 25.5 Won 1
Washington 57 93 .380 26 Won 1

(updated 9.16.2008 at 10:53 AM CDT)

Houston to Milwaukee to Miami. That's the Bermuda Triangle of the Wild Card chase, as far as the Astros are concerned. Hopefully, we don't get lost like Amelia Earhart (yea, you know you remember that name from elementary school). Milwaukee was the epi-center for Cubs-mania. (Sidenote: imagine how loud their fans would be if their team hadn't been perennial door-mats for a century) Miami, on the other hand, has some of the more ambivalent fans in the nation. Can you blame them though? Miami has crystal clear beaches, trendy clubs, and delicoius latin food. So, let's say we get back on track tonight in relative obscurity. The Wizard goes tonight. Game on.

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