Reds 2, Astros 1
W: Volquez (17-6) | L: Rodriguez (7-6) | S: Cordero (34)
Molony game wrap
In this must-win late season game, the home dwellers of Minute Maid Park let victory slip through their grasp as a heaping pile of baserunning blunders sunk the good ship Astros on this night, losing to the lowly Reds 2-1 and basically eliminating themselves from playoff contention. Read More
Astros 9, Pirates 3
W: Wolf (10-11) | L: Ohlendorf (0-1)
The Good Guys continued their late season streak, downing the Pirates in game two of the four game set at MMP. Read More
Astros 9, Cubs 7 in 11 innings
W: Wright (4-3) | L: Wood (4-3) | S: Valverde (39)
The road warrior Astros put another L on the frontrunning Cubs at their own crappy yard, finally achieving victory in 11 innings after a huge two-run bomb from Geoff Blum. Read More
Reds 2, Astros 1
W: Arroyo (12-10) | L: Geary (2-3)
Oliphant wrap from astros.com
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Mets 3, Astros 0
W: Santana (12-7) | L: Oswalt (11-9) | S: Ayala (1)
Astros.com wrap from Jon Blau?
Roy Oswalt made a couple of mistakes early to the tune of three Mets runs and it cost him and the Astros as he was outdueled by Johan Santana in a 3-0 whitewash in the first game of a four-game set at Shea Stadium. Read More
Astros 12, Giants 4
W: Oswalt (10-8) | L: Walker (4-7)
Trailing 3-2 in the bottom half of the 5th inning, the Astros had managed a mere one hit and punched out seven times against young phenom Tim Lincecum, but Brad Ausmus changed all that by smashing a liner right into the back of the youngsters knee, forcing him to take a seat for the rest of the evening. Lincecum odd motion put him in harms way as he finishes with his back turned to the hitter, so it was only a matter of time before something like this would happen. Good thing for the Astros, as they exploded for an eight runs in the 7th against the Giants bullpen, and added two more in the 8th as the good guys continued their winning ways by defeating the Giants 12-4 at MMP.
