Pirates 3, Astros zip
W: Maholm (1-2) L: Woody (0-3)
Homeruns: Paulino
March to 3000: 2,948 (2×4)
Alyson chimes in tonight.
AP recap from Yahoo!

Craig Biggio led off the game with a base hit through the hole between short and third against Pirate starter Pat Maholm, who had a record of 0-2 and an ERA of 6.19 entering the game. That was the highlight of the night, and the only play I watched until I drove home from work and it was already the sixth inning a mere 45 minutes later. Scrambling to catch up on the missed action, I turned to the infamous Game Zone for an update.Read More

Marlins at Astros, 4/17/07
Score: Astros 6, Fish 1
W: Roy Oswalt (3-0) L: Jorge Julio (0-2)
Homeruns: Carlos Lee (5), Hanley Ramirez (2)
March to 3000: 2,944 (2×4, 2B, 1B, Plunk)
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AP recap

Seems the only drama late in this game was if Bruce “Backstop” Froemming would remain upright for the entire nine. The veteran home plate ump had regular visits with Astros trainer Rex Jones due to numerous body shots, and even took a deflection off of a Pigpen plunk. The Black and Blue toughed it out as the Astros hooked the Marlins 6-1 and swept the short series at Minute Maid Park.Read More

Astros at Cubs, 4/10/07
Astros 4, Cubs 2
W: Chris Sampson (1-0) L: Jason Marquis (0-1)
Road to 3000: 2,938 (o-fer-5)
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AP report from yahoo

The Good Guys continued to enjoy the friendly confines as they won their second straight day game 4-2 over the Cubbies of Chicago. Today’s game was not as frigid as yesterdays, but there was still a stiff wind that kept the ball in the yard all day. Idiot drunk shirtless unemployed Cub fans remained until the bitter end.Read More

April 3, 2007
Pirates 3, Astros 2
W: Johan Bayless | L: Dan Wheeler | S: Solomon Torres
BS: Wheeler
Pigpen watch: still at 2,931 (0-4)
GameZone thread
Fight about it in the TalkZone

Other coverage:
AP story
Alyson Footer

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