Arizona Diamondbacks at Houston Astros, Aug 23, 2009 1:05 PM CDT

By Stephen Higdon Aug 23, 2009, 11:26am CDT

Fri 08/21	WP: Roy Oswalt (7 - 4) SV: Jose Valverde LP: Yusmeiro Petit (2 - 8)	1 - 0 win
Sat 08/22	WP: Brian Moehler (8 - 9) SV: LaTroy Hawkins LP: Max Scherzer (7 - 8)	4 - 2 win
Arizona Diamondbacks AZ Snakepit @ Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes Sunday, Aug 23, 2009, 1:05 PM CDT Minute Maid Park Jon Garland vs Bud Norris Mostly sunny. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around . Complete Coverage >

Jon Garland

Height: 6-6

Weight: 210

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Sep 27, 1979

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Jon Garland	6-11	26	25	1	0	0	0	154.2	173	86	76	17	50	74	4.42	1.44

Height: 6-0

Weight: 225

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Mar 02, 1985

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Bud Norris	3-1	5	4	0	0	0	0	26.2	27	13	12	4	12	26	4.05	1.46

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Sorry for the non-post this AM. With the game thread up early, I figured I'd throw out some tidbits of discussion:

The Chronicle's recap of last night's game has me wondering if someone has informed Cecil Cooper that Tim Byrdak isn't LOOGY. With his 1.2 IP last night and faced lefties and righties and Coop seems to have planned to use him for a number of outs.
I was glad to see that Jose Valverde was made unavailable before last night's game, too. Although we're probably going to let Valverde walk to find greener pastures, I still hate the thought of Coop abuse a relief pitcher.
Just because I love throwing in my favorite site when news is slow: A real gem for anyone who has struggled to find a job recently from This is Indexed.
Wait for it....wait....Ok here it is: Richard Justice is ready to jump back on the Astros bandwagon. You could probably make a calendar of the summer by Richard Justices moods towards the Astros.