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
Your 2008 Astros are pretty much doneski at this point. A late July/early August surge got everyone’s hopes up for a 2005esque run. A quick revert back to bad baseball nipped that plan in the bud. Now we’re back to a Cublike “We’ll get ’em next year!”. Yee-fuckin-haw.
Alyson Footer reports that Michael Bourn is beginning to think about how to get better for 2009
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Astros 2
Brewers 5
W: Parra (10-6) | L: Rodriguez (7-6) | S: Torres (24)
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The Good Guys pooped out a series loss to the Brewers today, putting the magic closing record at 26-9 to finish at Coop’s prescribed 90 wins. The L gets hung on Wandy, who pitched sort-of-kind-of-OK, giving up 3 in five and a third innings of work.
This man would like to remind you that only two of those runs were earned.
Astros 5, Brewers 2
W: Brian Moehler, L: Ben Sheets
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Thanks to the abundance of runners left on base by Milwaukee early in the game, Brian Moehler was able to last 5.1 innings to get the win, while Ben Sheets has one bad inning where the Astros didn’t leave many men on base.
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