April 26, 2007

Astros 3
Pirates 5

W: Jonah Bayliss | L: Wandy Rodriguez (dude does NOT deserve to be 0-3)
Pigpen watch: 2,951 (11:30 AM CDT? Pshaww!)

Just don’t say wingn…(DUCK!!) (GameZone archived)
Numb realizations

Other coverage
Alyson’s starting to happen.
Ya-HOOOOOOO!

YAAAWN!
It’s no surprise that an early first pitch after a 16 inning loss the night before would result in a lackluster performance by a reeling offense and that was surely the case as a stand-up performance by Wandy went for naught and the Good Guys dropped their sixth straight to the Pie-roots and padded their overall losing streak to six.Read More

April 25, 2007
Astros 3, Pirates 4
W: John Wasdin | L: Brian Moehler
Pigpen watch: 2,951 (3-5)
Interminably long GameZone thread goes here
Second guessing, anger venting and rationalization goes here

Other coverage:
AP story
Astros.com wrap featuring The Footer

In a Nutshell:
It was kind of like this. Very long, with curious decision making, poor execution at pivotal times, and you get whacked in the head and pass out at the end.

The Astros dropped a tough one tonight, losing after pushing this one out to 16 innings in a thinly veiled attempt to get Brian Moehler some work. Houston out-hit the Pirates 16 to 10, but left 18 on base to Pittsburgh’s 8, a futility mark that ultimately sealed the deal. The bullpen gets a hearty golf clap for throwing 9.2 shut out frames, a feat hopefully not lost in the general morass of suck that the bats brought to the game tonight.Read More

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

Astros at Phillies, 4/23/07
Score: Phanatics 11, Astros 4
W: Eaton (2-1) L: Sampson (2-1)
Homeruns: A. Rodriguez 2 (14). According to ESPN, nothing else matters.
March to 3000: 2,946 (1×4, HR)
Read Alyson’s Substitute’s Report Here: Santoliquito
Or the AP recap here: Yahoo!

Credit to Santoliquito for the perfect summary:

Chris Sampson knew there would be nights like this, when his mechanics are slightly off, his out-pitch sinker isn’t sinking very well and everything is up in the strike zone, tantalizing out there to be swatted.

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April 19, 2007

Astros 8, Dicketies 6

W: Lidge (1-0) | L: Weathers (0-2) | S: Wheeler (3)
Yacks: Scott (2) Lane (4)
Pigpen watch: 2,944 (PH BB, Run)

Cuss it out, then hug it out in the GameZone.
Wax whether Woody wins again in the TalkZone

Other coverage:
O-o-oh, Alyson!
AP via Yahoo!

Well, I’m not too big on the book learnin’ like some of those other contributors but I do know that there was some old, fancy writin’ that started out, “It was the worst of times. It was the best of times.” Or something like that. For the second straight night, the Good Guys scored loads in the 8th and more in the 9th to overcome a not so good outing from Woody Williams and take their second consecutive short series sweep.Read More

April 18, 2007
Astros 7, Dickities 2
W: Chris Sampson | L: Todd Coffey
Yackball: Lane (3)
Pigpen watch: 2,944 (0-5)
Take a stroll down memory lane in the GameZone thread
Pop corks, clink glasses in the TalkZone

Other coverage:
AP story
The Footer

Apropos of Nothing:
Lookie! Falling Down! Loud noises!

The good times keep right on rolling as the ‘Stros opened a can late and moved within a half game of first in the Central, percentage points ahead of the Skyline Cornholes. The magic number is now 149 – it’s never too early to start counting, people.Read More