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Friday Night, the Legends built a lead 6-3 lead off the continued power surge of Colin Delome who hit his 6th homer this season and Steve Brown who hit his third of the season. Hickory came back with 5 in the 8th of Fernando Abad. Abad had been very effective in his first 5 outings this season allowing only one earned run in 11 innings before allowing 5 runs in the 8th last night. The Legends lost 8-6.
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Another solid start from Chacon and the late appearance of the AWOL Astros’ offense salvaged the third game of the series.
Rockies 3, Astros 2
W: Cook | L: Villareal
Rants from the Gamezone
Molony on Astros.com
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When a player is struggling at the plate, it seems every strike called is of the borderline kind of strike, every ball hit hard is right at someone and even when it seems you’re going to get a knock, someone makes a great play (more on this in a little bit). When a pitcher struggles, every borderline strike is called a ball, every routine play behind you is misplayed and no one seems to be able to come up with any sort of outstanding play at a crucial moment to bail you out. When a team is struggling, all things come into play and it can make for some frustrating baseball.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the struggling Houston Astros, April 2008.Read More
“I just was throwing not very quality pitches,” Sampson said. “My arm felt strong, and when it does that, my sinker flattens out, and it wasn’t really sinking. And when it was sinking, it wasn’t sinking where I wanted.”
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Friday the Astros activated Kazuo and designated Quintero for assignment.
Rockies 11, Astros 5
W: Morales (1-1) | L: Sampson (0-2)
Arriving in Houston after sunup Friday morning, the Rockies used the momentum from a 22 inning victory in San Diego Thursday night to jump on the Astros and Chris Sampson for a 6-spot in the first inning and cruised to an 11-5 victory over the Astros at Minute Maid Park. Read More
