Hole swallows series split

Posted on August 23, 2007 by Ty in Tampa in Game Recaps

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Nationals 7
Astros 6

W: Lannan | L: Gutierrez | S: Cordero

Curse the kids in the Game Zone
Praise the wiener in the Talk Zone

Other coverage:
Alyson soothes
AP tells it like it is.

It had the makings of a classic. Promising young Astros pitcher making his first start vs. young Nationals left-hander the Astros had never seen before. It was all that as Juan Gutierrez and the boys dug a 1st inning hole a bit too deep to climb out of as the gNats took the game 7-6 and the series 3 games to 1.
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You can’t keep a good Woody down

Posted on August 22, 2007 by JackAstro in Game Recaps

August 22, 2007
Astros 3, gNats 2
W: Woodrow (8-12) | L: Bacsik (5-7) | S: Lidge (12)
The Footer Recap
AP Recap! via Yahoo!

Talk Zone
~~Game Zone thread~~

The Good Guys held on last night to take a close and ~~entertaining~~ bitchin’ matchup v. the gNats of DC, 3-2. Woodrow was the big story of the night, allowing just 2 runs in 6.1 innings while striking out 8, including a hat trick by Zimmerman. Woody kept ’em off-balance all night, in part by not knowing exactly where the ball was going to go when he threw it. The control was mostly there when it counted, though he got away with a few. Don’t look now, but Woody’s 4-2 in 8 starts since the break, with an ERA of 3.78 and a WHIP of 1.20. My sources tell me that these figures are above average.Read More

Wandy, MMP, the return of Pence!!! vs. the gNats. What could go wrong?

Posted on August 22, 2007 by mihoba in Game Recaps

Nationals 11, Astros 6
W: Joel Hanrahan (3-1) L: Wandy Rodriguez (7-12)
HRs: Craig Biggio (10), Ryan Zimmerman (19)

Footer gives her game wrap
AP recap

Craig Biggio started the home half with his all-time NL leading 53rd leadoff home run, but that was basically the highlight of the game as Wandy Rodriguez lost his home mojo and fell to the Nationals at Minute Maid Park for the Astros second straight home loss to the lowly gNats. Read More

gNats II: The Revenge of Timmah

Posted on August 21, 2007 by MusicMan in Game Recaps

Nationals at Astros, 8/20/07
Score: gNats 7, Astros 0
W: Timmah (3-3) L: Jennings (2-9)
Home runs: Pena (7), Young (12)
Read Jim Molony’s wrap-up here: Astros.com

Let’s go to the Ricoh scouting report:

“Keep the ball in the park”

Washington – Top of 2nd

W Pena homered to left.

Washington – Top of 3rd

D Young homered to right, F Lopez and R Zimmerman scored.

Nationals at Astros – Nat Fade Away

Posted on August 19, 2007 by Craig in Series Previews

By Craig Elliott

Minute Maid Park

Monday, August 20, 7:05 p.m. CDT – FSN
Tuesday, August 21, 7:05 p.m. CDT – FSN
Wednesday, August 22, 7:05 p.m. CDT – FSN
Thursday, August 23, 7:05 p.m. CDT – FSN

The Astros finally had a winning road trip, splitting with the Dodgers and taking two of three from the Friars. But the trip was costly as Roy Oswalt and Carlos Lee both strained something in the same game.

The Astros are still eight games behind the barely-mediocre Cubs, who are sure to collapse into a steaming pile of Suck sometime soon. The Brewers are busy tripping over their own dicks, and the Jakes are lurking back there staring at Bernie Brewer’s ass. The Astros have a week full of gNats and Pi-Roots ahead, so if they’re going to kick it up to .500 by the end of the season, now would be a good time to start.

Meanwhile, the Nationals just lost five of six at home, including a sweep by the ball-licker Mets. The Nats are in last place in the NL East and have lost seven of their last 10 games. They just picked up Wily Mo Pena from the Red Sox, and as for their rotation, well, Tim Redding is about the best they have.Read More

MusicMan Special Guest Prevew! Astros @ Padres

Posted on August 17, 2007 by MusicMan in Series Previews

By Musicman

Astros (54-67) at Padres (65-55)
PETCO Park

Friday, August 17, 9:05 PM, FSN
Saturday, August 18, 9:05 PM, KNWS (“the blowtorch”)
Sunday, August 19, 3:05 PM, FSN

First things first: Yes, this is a rushed, pinch-hit job, and yes, I will work in as many “Anchorman” references as the law will allow.

San Diego. It does not translate as “Saint Diego”. It is from the German “Sahn Diagho”, meaning “Michael Barrett’s Vagina”.

Ever since the great trade of ’94, it’s been hard to work up too much hatred for the Padres. With so many players switching sides, there became some sort of odd bond between the two franchises. The Plumber (whose name should be banned just as equally as a certain shortstop from the Deep South) did his best to break these bonds, but to this day, the Padres keep a soft spot in my heart. Mister Peepers becomes the latest in a long line of such transplants, and I wish him well.

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