Astros at Reds, 4/24/08
Astros 5, Reds 3
W: Cassel (1-0) L: Cueto (1-2) S: Valverde (3)
HR: Berkman (6)
Jack Cassel fought his way through some early struggles, helped himself at the plate, and watched the offense come through with just enough to make the Early Bird Special another winner, winner, chicken dinner.Read More
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Astros 9
Dickities 3
W: Sampson (1-2) | L: Arroyo (0-3)
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The hometown nine kept the scoring machine humming right along, putting a deep hurt on the Redlegs for their 4th straight win. Read More
Boots in tailpipesPadres 7, Astros 11
W: Jose Valverde, L: Heath Bell, BS: Jose Valverde
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I thought about recycling a previous recap since the theme of the night was “Play Green” but decided the readers of SpikesnStars deserve something new and outstanding. Good Luck getting it.
After watching this game I wasn’t sure who really wanted to win this game. Seemed like they were playing the hot potato game. Each team giving the lead back and forth to each other. Astros, Padres, Astros, Padres tie, Astros win.
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Padres at Astros, 4/21/2008
Astros 10, Padres 3
W: Oswalt (2-3) L: Germano (0-2)
HR: Berkman (5), Tejada (4), Edmonds (1), Gonzalez (3)
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Speed, pitching, defense, and big boppers in the middle. Look no further than the first inning:
Bourn draws another walk, steals second. Kaz bunts him to third and ends up reaching with a single. Tejada drills a single to Anaheim Jimmy, 1-0. Berkman promptly clears the bases with a bomb to RCF, and all the sudden, Roy is sitting on a 4-0 lead.
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Another solid start from Chacon and the late appearance of the AWOL Astros’ offense salvaged the third game of the series.
Rockies 3, Astros 2
W: Cook | L: Villareal
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When a player is struggling at the plate, it seems every strike called is of the borderline kind of strike, every ball hit hard is right at someone and even when it seems you’re going to get a knock, someone makes a great play (more on this in a little bit). When a pitcher struggles, every borderline strike is called a ball, every routine play behind you is misplayed and no one seems to be able to come up with any sort of outstanding play at a crucial moment to bail you out. When a team is struggling, all things come into play and it can make for some frustrating baseball.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the struggling Houston Astros, April 2008.Read More
