Minute Maid Park
This looks disturbingly familiar… Padres and Astros. Seems like we’ve done it before. This time though, instead of playing at Yellowstone Petco Park, we’re playing in the friendly confines. Where it’s always 72 degrees and shady, unless you’re sitting in one of the unfortunate sections that gets to look directly into the sun through the magnifying glass-like windows in left and left center field. If you ARE sitting in those seats, do your best not to burst in to flames. It wouldn’t look nice on my highway… Now you can think about it… But don’t do it.
Monday, April 21, 7:05 p.m. – FSN (HD)
Tuesday, April 22, 7:05 p.m. – FSN (HD)
Projected Matchups from Astros.com down and dirty style.
Monday
Justin Germano (0-1, 1.35) vs. Roy Oswalt (1-3, 6.65)
Germano has been pretty awesome this season. 20 innings, 15 hits, 5 walks, 6 ponches, with 0 wins to show for it in 3 starts. Current Astros (in very limited sample size) hit .375 with a .965 OPS. The Goddamn Germanos ain’t got nothing to do with it though, so who cares.
Roy O is back on track after 7 innings of one run molestation against the Phucking Phillies. The Padres hit a combined .254 against Roy in 205 ABs. Ridiculously, 55 of those ABs are strikeouts.
Tuesday
Jake Peavy (3-0, 1.20) vs Brandon Backe (1-2, 4.26)
Peavy is off to another dominant start this year, allowing 18 hits in 30 innings. Not terribly shocking, but the Astros as a team are hitting a buck eighty against Peavy in 172 ABs. 55 of those 172 ABs have led to strikeouts.
Brandon T. JusticeBacke has given up 10 runs in 19 innings, along with 26 hits. The good news is, 2/3 of those runs came in his last start. Hopefully, Brandon can get back to his dominant ways against the Pads. Things don’t look great though, since the Padres as a team hit Brandon to the tun of .294 in 68 at bats.
Notable Giveaways This Series –
Monday Night they’ll be giving away camouflage baseball caps to the first 10,000 fans, which will be convenient if Roy lays another egg. That way, nobody can prove that the top of your head was at the game.
Daddy, my hat came off.
Good, I hope your goddamn head was in it!
Tuesday Night is canvas grocery bags, as well as Astros PLAY GREEN hats to the first 10,000. Hot Damn, more ugly shit that has nothing to do with the Astro colors. Happens every time one of those dancers starts poontangin’ around with them showfolk fags.
Injury Report
Padres –
The Padres disabled list is pretty well populated right now. Mark Prior and Tim Stauffer are both on the 60 day DL with right shoulder strains. That sounds pretty omnious. Justin Hampson (left shoulder tendonitis), Clay Hensley (right shoulder strain), Carlos Guevara (strained groin), and Michael Barrett (sprained vagina right elbow ligament).
Astros – A new member was added to the Triage Unit this weekend. Wandy Rodriguez strained his groin a week ago but was trying to tough it out. Apparently the groin won, though.
Also, Ty Wigginton is still on the DL, but should be starting rehab assignments soon.
Felipe Paulino also remains on the 15 day DL with a pinched nerve.
Our Things To Look for.
Feel free to talk about the games in the Gamezone, but if you’ll excuse me, it’s time for lunch.