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End of 2nd Inning: Astros 4, Nats 3
Will try to catch up on stats.
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Wind is a bit of an issue today.
Top of 3rd - Paulino pitching. 2 quick outs.
Walked Jiminez, who hit a bomb off him earlier (4th walk for Paulino).
Belliard hits an opposite field 2-run shot (maybe a tad wind-aided).
Flores grounds out to 3rd.
Nats 5, Astros 4 - bottom of 3rd
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Bottom of 3rd: Redding pitching
Carlos Lee: Shot over left field fence on 1-0 count, HOU 5, WAS 5
Blum: singled to left field.
Erstad hits in to 1-6-3 double play. 2 out.
Diaz reaches on errant throw from Zimmerman.
Abercrombie: strikeout
End of 3rd: Astros 5, Nationals 5
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Paulino's line: 3.0IP, 4H, 5R, 4ER, 4BB, 3SO, 2HR
Top of 4: Valverde pitching (Ausmus catching still).
Harris: b, b, b, b - walk, runner on 1st, no outs.
Lopez: cs, b (low away), b (in dirt), b (way inside), HARRIS caught stealing.* 1 out, 3-2 count. FB (broken bat), strikeout (called). 2 outs
Millege: b, b, b, b. 2 outs, man on 1st.
Robinson comes out to talk with Valverde after 2nd 4 pitch walk in the inning.
Zimmerman: ss, Millege steals easily. Runner on 2nd. Fly out to Abercrombie in deep right.
*steal attempt: looks like he had it, and pulled up about 10 feet before bag and walked into tag (looks like he thought someone was calling him back).
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Astros lineup:
Matsui (2B);
Loretta (SS);
Berkman (1B);
Lee (LF);
Blum (3B);
Erstad (CF);
Diaz (DH);
Abercrombie (RF);
Ausmus (C).
Bottom of 4th:
Ausmus out.
Matsui reaches.
Loretta out. 2 outs.
Berkman. 1-2 count. SS. 3 outs
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Brocail pitching:
Pena: s, b (high inside), ss, b (in dirt), fb, lined out to 3rd. 1 out.
Kearns: singled to left.
Luis Jimenez: b, s (foul tip), b (high outside), b (high), cs (inside corner), grounded out to Berkman. 2 outs, Kearns to 2B.
Belliard (hr, wind aided?, in previous AB): b (up and in), fb, b, single up the middle, Kerns scores. 6-5 WAS, Beliard on 1B.
Flores: doubled over Abercrombie's head, Belliard scores, Flores on 2nd, 2 outs. 7-5 WAS
Harris: b, b, doubled into right field corner, Flores scores. 8-5 WAS
Lopez: cs, fb, b (high away), b (high away), flied out to C. Lee.
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Hanrahan pitching for Nationals:
Lee: cs, flied out to right.
Blum: b, cs, ss, flied out to left
Erstad (has hit into 2 dp's): cs, b, out.
Note from HOU/ATL game: Wandy's line: 4.0IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 5SO, 0HR
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McLemore pitching.
Millege: doubles to right, none out.
Zimmerman: cs, fb (deep right), b (missed a ball somewhere, count 2-2), b (high away), fb 3-2 (McLemore seems to be keeping a decent eye on Millege at 2nd). 2 run homer to right (strong home run, but not fair by a ton). WAS 10, HOU 5 - no outs
Pena: b, b, ss, cs, fb, b, fb (out of play behind Ausmus), broken bat roller to Matsui. 1 out.
Kearns: cs, cs, b, lined out to Berkman. 2 outs.
Jiminez: b (low), b (in the dirt), bounced out to Matsui.
More on Wandy vs. Braves: 64 pitches, 38 strikes
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Results may not matter in Spring Training, but I think we're seeing a lot of the style of game we can expect this year.
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Rob Bell pitching for Nats.
V. Diaz (DH, 0-2, reached earlier on error): b, ss, b, grounded out to 3rd. 1 out.
Abercrombie (RF, 0-2 popout, strikeout): popped out to Harris in right (diving catch after wind played with high popout). 2 outs.
Ausmus (1-2, infield single): b, b, doubled to base of the wall in left (into the wind). 2 outs, runner on 2nd.
Matsui (2-2 with walk): cs, cs, doubled into shallow center (Millege tried to make a play). Ausmus scored. HOU 6, NAT 10. 2 outs.
Loretta: s, b, b, b, s (tight inside), lined into left field corner for a double, Matsui scores. HOU 7, NAT 10. 2 outs, runner on 2nd.
Berkman (0-2 with walk): ss (half-ass flail at ball), b, grounded out to 1B.
ATL Note: Towles left came early with strained right hamstring.
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McLemore pitching, other changes (not swearing to 'em though...): Castillo catching, Ausmus to 1B, Newhan 2B, Sutton 3B, Manzella SS, Eli Iorg RF
Belliard: 2-1 count, b, b (walked, 7th Astros walk today)
Flores: s, popup to deep short. 1 out.
Harris: b, ss, b (Belliard stole 2B), s, b (fastball just off the plate), b - walked. 1 out, runners on 1B and 2B.
Lopez: b, b, s, b, grounded into McLemore. Runners on 2nd & 3rd. Nice knockdown by Mc.
Millege: cs, b (inside corner, just missed), b (high), b (inside, just missed), b (inside) - walked bases loaded.
Zimmerman: s, playable ball to Sutton (in front of Manzella) that gets through to left field. 2 runs score. Error on Sutton I'd guess, but haven't heard.
Gervacio now pitching to Pena:b, ss, cs (changeup), ss.
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Results may not matter in Spring Training, but I think we're seeing a lot of the style of game we can expect this year.
Yep, we'll see a lot of scoring this year for sure...
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Rivera pitching for Nats.
Newhan: b, ss, grounded out down the 1st base line to pitcher.
Manzella: b, cs, tripled over Kearns in right field (Kearns looked to have issues with wind and was worrying about the fence);
Erstad: b, ss (fooled bad), b, ss, ss. 2 outs, runner on 3B.
V. Diaz (0-3 reached on error): b, ss (nice cut), b (just inside), b (outside), b - walked. 2 outs, runners at 1B and 3B.
Abercrombie (still in right, will figure out where Iorg is playing shortly):b, b, fb (behind the plate), ss (chased one), ss.
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Through 14 innings today we have given up 14 walks and Randolph has yet to pitch.
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HOU lineup:
Sutton 3B;
Iorg LF;
Castillo C;
Newhan 2B;
Manzella SS;
Erstad CF;
Diaz DH;
Abercrombie RF;
Ausmus 1B
Gervacio still pitching.
Kearns pops up to Ausmus at 1B.
Whitney: s, cs, b (just missed), dribbler 5 feet down 1st base line, stayed on chalk, Whitney just stood there. 2 outs.
Langerhans: b (changeup just missed), b, b, cs, b (lloked like a strike), Walk, runner on 1st.
Moeller: s, ss, flied out to Newhan in shallow RF.
Gervacio looked pretty solid, mixed in the changeup (with the funky delivery) well.
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Through 14 innings today we have given up 14 walks and Randolph has yet to pitch.
Thats with Wandy (apparently) looking pretty good as well. McLemore had troubles today, but for what its worth Gervacio looked good.
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Wright seems to be getting a heads up on the other left handers. Clean line score today where as McLemore struggles again finding the plate.
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Chris Schroder pitching for Nats.
Ausmus: doubled off right field wall. Nice swing/shot, has looked good a the plate today.
Sutton: singles up the middle, Ausmus scores from second. 0 out, runner on 1st. HOU 8, WAS 12
Iorg: b, b, fb, b (high and tight), ss (strong cut), b way outside. Walk, 0 out, runners on 1B and 2B.
Castillo: cs (outside corner), fb, fb, ss (way behjind high fastball). 1 out, runners still on 1B and 2B.
Newhan: s, b (looked like it hit the corner though), b (another decent pitch), b, pop fly to 3B. 2 outs, 2 on (1B, 2B).
Manzella (1-1, triple): fb, fb, bouncer up middle, out on close play at 1st.
Note from earlier: Sutton didn't get an error on the earlier play, McLemore gets tagged for the 2 runs.
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Wright seems to be getting a heads up on the other left handers. Clean line score today where as McLemore struggles again finding the plate.
I think he has a legit shot to be the left in the pen.
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DeJean pitching;
Rogers: s, s, cs 1 out.
Desmond: s, s, b, ss (Castillio throws to first). 2 out on 2 SOs.
DuBois: s, s, b (just missed outside corner), b (breaking ball in dirt, DuBois held up), doubled into moderately deep left over Iorg's head. 2 out, runner on 2nd).
Casto: cs, b, b (just outside), popup drops in, confusion/wind aided gift single. 2 outs, runners on 1B and 3B.
Pena: fb (big hack), groundout to Sutton at 3B.
Despite the 2 hits (1 a gift), DeJean looked pretty decent. Worked ahead of all of the hitters.
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Brian Sanchez (Beaumont native) pitching for Nats.
Erstad; b, cs, b (outside), fb, doubled down 3B line. 0 out, runner on 2B.
V. Diaz: great swing, well hit ball over Langehans head. Erstad scored on Diaz double, Diaz to 3rd on relay. HOU 9, WAS 12
Abercrombie: RBI groundout. HOU 10, WAS 12. 1 out, none on.
Ausmus: fb, fb, (Ausmus still taking nice cuts in this game), b (in the dirt), ss. 2 outs.
Sutton: ss, b (outside, looking for Sutton to chase), fb (just went foul down 1B line before 1B Whitney could get there), b, fouled out to 3B.
Astros come up short. FINAL - Nats 12, Astros 10.
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2/8/08 HOU vs WAS box score (http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2008_03_08_wasmlb_houmlb_1)
2/8/08 HOU at ATL box score (http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2008_03_08_houmlb_atlmlb_1).
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Through 14 innings today we have given up 14 walks and Randolph has yet to pitch.
I think THIS (http://www.thenewyorkerstore.com/product_details.asp?mscssid=4p9f5xl1p94g8h&sitetype=1&sid=124272) sums it up pretty well!
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2/8/08 HOU at ATL box score (http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2008_03_08_houmlb_atlmlb_1).
Dang that's a lot of BB's for Astro hitters.
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ATL Note: Towles left game early with strained right hamstring.
Update on Towles (http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080308&content_id=2413474&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou)
J.R. Towles left the Astros' game with the Braves at the Disney complex on Saturday with a strained right hamstring and is currently listed as day-to-day. The catcher suffered the injury when he accelerated after seeing second baseman J.C. Holt bobble a grounder in the sixth inning.
Towles said he didn't feel any sort of pop when the injury first occurred. Comparing it to a right hamstring injury he had two years ago in Class A Lexington, the catcher said this one wasn't as bad. Towles hopes this injury will sideline him for only a short time. "I think it will be just a couple of days, no more than four or five days," he said. "I don't know. They might try to take it easy on me, but I want to get back out there as quick as possible, that's for sure."