Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Astros 2
Phillies 1
W: Oswalt (1-3) | L: Kendrick (1-2) | S: Brocail (1)
Andy Who Now?
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Game Zone
Tonight we were treated to a proper pitching-and-just-enough-to-win-it ballgame straight out of my youth. The Sparky we know and love returned, and not a moment too fucking soon, while Michael Bourn put a boot shin deep where the sun don’t shine in Philly. Read More
Boots in tailpipes, The Good RoyFriday, April 11, 2008
Astros 6
Fish 10
W: Nolasco (1-0) | L: Oswalt (0-3)
Jim Molony recap
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Jogging was the theme of this affair, as the Fish took 6 celebratory laps around the basepaths, including 4 off of Roy. Having been spotted a 3 run lead after an inning, Sparky got torched for 5 runs in the third, and 3 more in the fourth before the hook came. The curve still hasn’t started working the way it needs to, and the fastball was hittable with nothing to keep the hitters off-balance.
The Good Guys made it interesting in the fifth, pulling back to within 2 on a solo cracker from Berkman, and a 2-run blast just inside the right field promotional chicken pole by Blum. That’s as close as they’d get though, never plating another run, while the Marlins tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the ninth, coming via solo smokies off of Villarreal.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Astros 9
Padres 6
W: Valverde (1-0) | L: Hoffman (0-1)
(Editor’s note: It’s a west coast game! Again! I have coffee and a goal of 1,000 words! A lot of coffee! GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO!!!)
It took exactly 3 games before we all got to see exactly what we’ve been expecting out of this season. Namely, uneven pitching, a scary lineup, and a close, high-scoring game. Let’s go straight to the tape…
Glorious comebacks, You can sleep when you're deadSeptember 26, 2007
Astros 7, Redlegs 6
W: Sarfate (1-0) | L: Burton (4-2) | S: Qualls (5)
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Talk Zone, teetering on the brink of The Void
Brief, poignant Game Zone thread
The Game
Last night’s game featured everything you would expect from 2 long-since-out-of-contention teams in the last week of the season, if what you expect is a plethora of home runs, mediocre starting pitching, and a tight back-and-forth bullpen war culminating in a one run squeaker decided in the late innings. Twinkie was huge – both in physical size and on-field performance – driving in 4 to reach the 100 RBI plateau for the 5th time in his career.Read More
September 12, 2007
Astros 2, Baby Bears 3
W: Hill (9-8) | L: Albers (4-8) | S: Dempster (26)
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September 5, 2007
Astros 2, Brewers 14
W: Gallardo (7-4) | L: Albers (4-7)
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Oh, man. That was gruesome. At least the pain came quickly, with the Brewers scoring in each of the first 4 innings, leaving the Astros down by 11 runs before they recorded 12 outs. Bernie Brewer went through 3 pairs of slacks last night, burning friction holes in each from all the post-smokey afterglow sliding. If he still landed in the giant beer stein, Bernie would’ve succumbed to alcohol poisoning before the 7th inning stretch.Read More
