Wandy is still waiting, most likely the Astros will turn to Brian Moehler to take Rodriguez’s spot in the rotation.
Big Inning leads to Astros 6-2 win over Brewhas!
Astros 6 – Brewers 2
W: Backe | L: Parra
AP Recap
Astros.com Jim Molony
There is an old joke that kinda goes like this:
Q: How do you know God loves baseball? A: Because His first words in the bible were “In the big inning…”
The Houston Astros used the big inning to down the Milwaukee Brewers on this night by the score of 6-2.Read More
The Good & Bad Report – Express
The Express wrap up our look at the first month. We started this journey in Lexington. There was plenty of bad there. It isn’t looking much better down in Round Rock. They are 10-17 and in the cellar of the PCL American South. All stats are as of 5/3/08. Rankings out of the 16 team PCL.Read More
Round RockThe 27th Out
“Baseball is a cruel game.” I have heard that venerable adage my entire life as a baseball player, coach and fan. Usually the statement is spoken as a universal truth by a losing manager or coach or by a player who did not succeed when success mattered most. I considered the phrase to be a method to avoid acceptance of personal failure: if baseball indeed is cruel, then the Game must have caused the bad result, not any personal failure by team or player. For me, baseball seemed to be a simple game with no inherent cruelty: get 27 outs and score more runs than the other team. One of the defining moments of my baseball life caused me to reflect, however, on heart-breaking events inextricably interwoven with the 27th out and to wonder if there is truth to the adage that the Game itself is cruel.Read More
Whine about the Park, Wandy pushed back again, Oswalt short a pitch
“I hate (the short porch) but you can’t change it,” said pitcher Villanueva
Friday Night Fireworks
Astros 7, Brewers 4
W: Roy Oswalt, H: Geoff Geary, H: Doug Brocail, S: Jose Valverde, L: Carlos Villanueva
Box Score
Yahoo Recap
Astros Recap
A night where fireworks are promised and boy did the Astros deliver. Five homeruns (Hunter Pence, Miguel Tejada, Lance Berkman, and Carlos Lee) were delivered and aided Roy in getting his third win of the season.
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