Hunter Pence supposedly predicted he would hit a home run before Sunday’s two-run blast off Oliver Perez, Cooper said Monday.
Quest for 90 takes a hit
Astros at steM, 8/25/08
Mets 9, Astros 1
W: Pelfrey (13-8) L: Moehler (9-5)
HR: Pretty much every time Delgado came up
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Box score
Remember the days when the Astros’ offense would routinely shut down against mediocre pitching? Those were the days, my friends – I thought they’d never end.
Well, they were back in full force on Monday night, as the Mess forced a split with the “aw, how cute, they think they’re contending!” Astros by the score of 9-1.
It was all over but the shouting after the first inning, when Carlos Delgado, on a fine piece of hitting, took a Moehler offering the other way, just off the base of the foul pole, for a 3-run dinger that would give Mike Pelfrey all the cushion he needed.
(Also pictured: Delgado crushing a WW offering to make it a 7-0 game.)
The Astros never seriously threatened; Blum’s 2 attempts to start a rally were quickly erased by horrific AB’s from Hunter Pence, who continues his downward spiral. Newhan and Wigginton combined to plate the meaningless shutoffkiller in the ninth. (Moral victory! WHOOOP!)
Strosrays waxed eloquent in a sparse GZ.
Hurry, Star Blazers! There are only 31 games left to get the 24 wins you need for 90!
Reds at Astros – The Cure for What Ails Ya
The Astros just split a four-game series with the dickless Mets, and more importantly don’t have to go back to their urine-soaked dogshit stadium anymore. Sometimes even a split is a win.
At 66-65, the Astros look to be stumbling toward a ho-hum .500 season. Nothing to write home about, but at least it’s better than the Red Asses, who are 17 games under .500 and have only won six games all month. The only series they’ve won this month was against the Pirates, who they are tied with in the NL Central basement. After dumping Griffey and Dunn, for the Reds these are definitely the dogshit days of August.
After sweeping four games from the Dickities in Cincinnati earlier this month, another series with the Redlegs may be just what the Astros’ team doctor ordered. Granted, our health plan sucks and it may not pay the bill, but maybe we can at least get some good painkillers out of it.
Yes, you will miss him.
Sure, there’s major league catchers available everywhere, littering the side walk, GMs have to step over them to get in the building. They could have any other catcher just for the asking. The Astros have ruined season after season with the one they have now. To prove it, McTaggart lists the catchers the Astros have employed besides Brad Ausmus,
Astros, 6-4 in 10
The Astros took game 3 of the wraparound against a Mets team that was sweating as if this was a playoff game. The Astros, on the other hand, gave their only real offensive threat, Lance, the day off.
Oye Como Va
Mets 3, Astros 0
W: Santana (12-7) | L: Oswalt (11-9) | S: Ayala (1)
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