HOUSTON 8, Pittsburgh 2
July 6, 2011
PNC Park

PITTSBURGH (SnS) – In a nice turn after a week of abject ugliness, the Houston Astros posted a tidy little win over the Pittsburgh Pirates here Wednesday night, 8-2, thus salvaging the final game of a three-game set in the Iron City. The Astros capitalized on Pittsburgh miscues, got good pitching both from starter Bud Norris and the bullpen, and saw an offensive mini-resurgence to the tune of fourteen hits and eight runs. :sniff: The whole thing served to remind fans of happier – or at least less sad – days in Houston.Read More

PITTSBURGH 5, Houston 1
July 5, 2011
PNC Park

PITTSBURGH (SnS) – It was a fairly well-played game. It was a relatively quick game, especially given some of the recent AL-type interleague borefests the club has been involved in lately. Wandy Rodriguez started and pitched okay – not great, but not terrible. But the result was the same, as the Houston Astros fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates here tonight, 5-1. The Astros lost their fifth in a row, the ninth of their last ten, the twelfth of their last fifteen, twenty-fourth of their last thirty, and so on. This looks like a team in free-fall now, and it is hard to imagine a scenario where the incessant losing will be stopped, or even slowed down very much.Read More

Bullpen once again comes in and stops the clotting; Astros lose

RED SOX 10, Astros 4
Saturday July 2, 2011
MMPUS

WP: Andrew Miller (2-0, 3.06)
LP: J.A. Happ (3-10, 5.63)

HOUSTON (SnS) – In a replay of their last forty gazillion er, seven-hundred and forty-three um, several dozen games, the Houston Astros showed a few signs of life here and there before giving in and getting completely smoked by the opposition – in this case the AL Boston Red Sox, to the tune of 10-4 here Saturday night.Read More

ASTROS 5, ARLINGTON 3
June 22, 2011
Ballpark at Arlington

WP: Melancon (5-1)
LP: Feliz (0-1)

ARLINGTON (SnS) – The Houston Astros defeated the Rangers here Wednesday night in the Trailer Park at Arlington, 5-3. The Astros starter Brett Myers pitched well, overcoming an Arlington offense geared to take advantage of the steamroom-like atmosphere in the AA-sized joke of a ballpark they play in. He was matched by Arlington starter Colby Lewis.Read More

PITTSBURGH 7, HOUSTON 3
June 15, 2011
MMPUS

WP: Morton (7-3)
LP: Del Rosario (0-1)
SV: Hanrahan (19)

A – 29, 866 (7.7 on the Gullibility Index)
T – 3:47

HOUSTON (SnS) – The Houston Astros built up an early lead against the Pittsburgh Pirates here Wednesday evening, only to once again have the game get away from them late, losing this time by the score of 7-3.Read More