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The 16 Best Houston Astros Moments From The 2012 Season

There aren't many of them, but Houston did have some highlights from 2012. Here's a picture gallery representing some of them.

By David Coleman
  • Opening Day brings hope, if not much in the way of wins. (Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports)
  • Brett Myers celebrates a save after the Astros scored four runs in the ninth to beat the Marlins. At 4-4, it was the last time Houston was at .500 in 2012. (Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports)
  • Chris Johnson's grand slam in the first inning sends Houston to an 8-2 win over the Cardinals. Houston moved to 13-14 with the victory and were on a 5-game winning streak. ( Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports)
  • Lucas Harrell outduels Clayton Kershaw, allowing five hits in 7 innings of a 3-1 win. Houston moved to 22-23, but would collapse to 33-84 for the rest of the season (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports)
  • Carlos Correa Drafted Carlos Correa brings joy to Astros fans at the top of the draft. (Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports)
  • BudChuck steps up his Fastballs of Fury with a season-high 12 strikeouts against the Cardinals on June 6. Only one other Astro starter broke 10 Ks in a single game last year. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports)
  • Did you know that Justin Maxwell hit the fifth-longest home run in baseball last season? That came on June 28 in Colorado and went 471 feet. This one, from August 8, went a mere 444 feet. Step it up, JMaxx (Daniel Shirey-USA TODAY Sports)
  • Lucas Harrell hurls the first Astros shutout of the season, a 1-0 win over the Padres at Minute Maid Park. (Thomas Campbell-USA TODAY Sports)
  • Jose Altuve In the All-Star Game Jose Altuve is the Astros' lone All-Star representative. (H. Darr Beiser-USA TODAY Sports via USA TODAY Sports)
  • Matt Dominguez brings instant value after coming over in the Carlos Lee trade. (Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports)
  • Steve Pearce may have provided the season's highlight with a walkoff win in throwback jerseys. (Thomas Campbell-USA TODAY Sports)
  • More of Pearce celebrating that big win against Milwaukee. (Thomas Campbell-USA TODAY Sports)
  • The Astros get to bounce after Pearce's walkoff. (Thomas Campbell-USA TODAY Sports)
  • Scott Moore joins the walkoff party with a second win in as many nights with those sweet throwback uniforms. (Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports)
  • Jordan Lyles ends the season spectacularly, by tossing the first complete game shutout of his career against the Brewers on Sept. 30 (Thomas Campbell-USA TODAY Sports)
  • Bo Porter is named Houston's next manager. (Don McPeak-USA TODAY Sports)

Not to go all slideshow-y on y'all, but as the year comes to a close, I wanted to come up with a fun way to showcase those and this new gallery feature we got with the redesign is it.

These are obviously my choices for 16 of the best moments from the season. You have yours, I'm sure. Let me know in the comments below what they are. Be specific and I might just try and drum up a picture or two from those games to add into this one.

Also, let me know what you think about this gallery. Is this something you want us to use more often? Would one of these make a good tool to wrap up big series during the season or help out the general TCB experience in any way. Maybe you don't like galleries and you wished they never came to TCB. Let us know that too.

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