First Place @ Last Place<\/b><\/p>\n
May 5-8, 2016<\/b><\/p>\n
I heard the train at Minute Maid Then came the unforeseen beatdowns; We\u2019d soon meet on the battleground And in despair I cried and said, Then came the scores more oft and deep: Thursday, May 5 – 7:10pm CDT Miley Devenski drew the short straw to have his team get shutout with him on the mound. \u00a0He allowed two runs to the A\u2019s over five innings in the tough luck effort.<\/span><\/p>\n If these next three matchups look familiar, it\u2019s because they are identical to the matchups from last week\u2019s series in Seattle…<\/span><\/p>\n Friday, May 6 – 7:10pm CDT Last matchup (4\/25): Mariners won 3-2<\/span><\/p>\n Astro highlights: Fister threw a quality start; everyone except Rasmus reached base. Since then: Walker allowed three runs (two earned) in five innings and took a loss against KC; Fister allowed one run in 6.2 innings and picked up the team\u2019s only W in Oakland.<\/span><\/p>\n Saturday, May 7 – 6:10pm CDT Last matchup (4\/26): Mariners won 11-1<\/span><\/p>\n Astro highlights: Nobody died. Since then: Karns got a win in Oakland with a quality start; Keuchel looked shitty against the Twins. Sunday, May 8 – 1:10pm CDT Last matchup (4\/27): Astros won 7-4<\/span><\/p>\n Astro highlights: McHugh was decent; bats tagged Iwakuma for 5 ER in 5 IP; scoreless relief outing for Giles. Since then: Iwakuma beat the A\u2019s, allowing one run over seven innings; McHugh fell one batter short of a quality start against the Twins but picked up a win regardless.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SERIES PREVIEW First Place @ Last Place May 5-8, 2016 I heard the train at Minute Maid Its old, familiar \u201cchoo-choo\u201d played While balls flew long From hitters strong For peace on earth, more games to win. Then came the unforeseen beatdowns; The losses piled up in H-Town. Success too small Caused a shortfall Of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.orangewhoopass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12997"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.orangewhoopass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.orangewhoopass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.orangewhoopass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.orangewhoopass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.orangewhoopass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12998,"href":"http:\/\/www.orangewhoopass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12997\/revisions\/12998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.orangewhoopass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.orangewhoopass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.orangewhoopass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span>Its old, familiar \u201cchoo-choo\u201d played
\n<\/span>While balls flew long
\n<\/span>From hitters strong
\n<\/span>For peace on earth, more games to win.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>The losses piled up in H-Town.
\n<\/span>Success too small
\n<\/span>Caused a shortfall
\n<\/span>Of peace on earth and games to win.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>The team that hailed from Puget Sound;
\n<\/span>They\u2019re in first place
\n<\/span>And lead the race
\n<\/span>For peace on earth and games to win.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>\u201cWe\u2019ve lost two games to these shitheads!\u201d
\n<\/span>They\u2019ve won a lot
\n<\/span>While we have not
\n<\/span>For peace on earth, more games to win.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>\u201cThe team\u2019s not dead, but the road is steep;
\n<\/span>The West shall fail,
\n<\/span>The Good Guys prevail
\n<\/span>With peace on earth, more games to win.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Wade Miley (2-2, 5.06) vs. Chris Devenski (0-1, 1.45)<\/b><\/p>\nCyrus<\/del> is the only M\u2019s starter in this series that the Astros have not already seen this year. \u00a0He got off to a bit of a rocky start but closed out April with style, pitching a complete game five-hit shutout of the Royals. \u00a0Prior to that start his ERA was a full two runs higher. \u00a0The Astros have had some success against him: in 2015 as a member of the Red Sox he held them to one run over six innings, but as a Diamondback in 2014 he allowed four runs over five innings. \u00a0Altuve, Gattis, Gomez, and Marwin all have career 1.100+ OPSes against him, and with the recent offensive surge this could be a promising matchup.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Taijuan Walker (2-1, 1.80) vs. Doug Fister (2-3, 4.60)<\/b><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Astro lowlights: 8 LOB, continually letting Walker and the M\u2019s bullpen off the hook.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Nathan Karns (3-1, 3.81) vs. Dallas Keuchel (2-4, 5.11)<\/b><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Astro lowlights: Innings 1-9.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n<\/b>Hisashi Iwakuma (1-3, 4.03) vs. Collin McHugh (3-3, 6.59)<\/b><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Astro lowlights: 13 K\u2019s at the plate.<\/span><\/p>\n