11 posts tagged “houston astros”
Thursday April 19th - Vincent Padilla fails to secure his first win of the season, however it's Feldman that records the loss. The Indians win 6-4. Sammy Sosa strokes his forth homer.
Friday April 20th - The Rangers get lit up by the Athletics 16-4. McCarthy earns his 3rd loss.
Thursday April 19th - Astros win 8-6 over the Reds, and their record is now 8-6. Brad Lidge is awarded the win. Wheeler records the save (3). Luke Scott and Jason Lane hit a home run. Woody Williams gives up 6 runs over 6 innings.
Friday April 20th - Astros win 6-5 over the Brewers. Craig Biggio hits a grand slam to help seal the victory. Chad Qualls earns the save. Astros sit atop the division with a record of 9-6. Definitely an improvement after they stumbled out of the gates.
OTHER THOUGHTS -
Thursday April 19th
- A-Rod launches his 10th homer of the season. He now has 26 RBIs on the season and in all fairness he committed his second error on the season.
Friday April 20th
- A-Rod hits two more home runs to lead the entire MLB with 12. Yankees still lose.
The Rangers were on the bad end of a Mark Buehrle whooping stick, losing 6-9 The White Sox' left hander faced the minimum 27 batters and was a walk away from a perfect game. Buehrle walked Sammy Sosa in the fifth but then promptly picked him off at first base. I find this really impressive. The Rangers may not be a great team, but they do have a knack for hitting the ball. Not tonight however. Not this early season. It doesn't matter if they were able to improve their pitching if they don't start hitting. Jim Thome hit two home runs to lead the Sox' charge. The Rangers are a game and a half behind the A's.
The Astros go above .500 for the first time this year, after a 7-2 win over the Reds. Aaron Harang of the Reds pitched 6 good innings, and was actually leading when he left, but with a 5 run eighth the Astros pulled ahead. Chris Sampson pitched 7 strong innings giving up 2 runs on 5 hits. Biggio failed to get any hits today. The Rangers are now in second place, tied with the Red, half a game behind the Brewers.
OTHER THOUGHTS:
- The Nationals are actually 2 games ahead of the Phillies in the NL East.
- The Mets' John Maine flirted with a no-no up to the 7th inning, when Miguel Cabrera broke it up.
- Dontrelle Willis of the Marlins lost his first game of the year (record now is 3-1)
- The Braves continue to look like a team to beat. They defeated the Cubs 8-6 increasing their record to 10-4.
- Brandon Webb of the Diamondbacks pitched 8 strong innings and recorded 13 K's.
- The Mariners' phenom Felix Hernandez left in the first with tightness in his pitching arm. The team's keeping their lips shut for the moment, say it was for precautionary reasons.
- Albert Pulojs hit a massive home run last night, but was out matched when Barry Bonds placed one in McCovey Cove. Bonds is now 18 away from breaking the record.
Monday April 16th - An off day for the boys.
Tuesday April 17th - Win 8-1 over Chicago. Robinson Tejada won his second game after pitching 7 innings giving up only one run to the White Sox. Sammy Sosa hit another home run.
Monday April 16th - A 4-3 victory over the Marlins. With a 5-6 the Astros are a game under .500. Chad Qualls struck out 3 of the 5 batters he faced and recorded his second win. Craig Biggio now has 2,942 career hits. He should reached the 3,000th hit this season. A sure Hall of Famer.
Tuesday April 17th - Roy Oswalt pitches another great game and the Astros reach .500 by beating the Florida Marlins 6-1. Carlos Lee goes 3-4 with a double and a round tripper.
OTHER THOUGHTS:
Monday April 16th - Josh Beckett won his 3 game and David Ortiz hit another homer for the Red Sox.
Tuesday April 17th - Todd Jones of the Detroit Tigers now has 7 saves on the season. The Tigers continue to impress me. Adam LaRoche of the Pirates, after being traded from the Braves this offseason, continues to swing at everything, but today he connected with one well enough to send it over the fence. A-Rod goes deep again. So far this season he has 8 HRs, 21 RBIs, .375 batting average, .979 slugging percentage in just 48 at bats. And his hits are important hits. Of course Yankee fans continue to doubt. (Idiots?) John Smoltz, Greg Maddox and Tom Glavine, all former Braves, all took the mound today. The NL West is going to be a tough race between the Diamondbacks and the Dodgers. The Dodgers won tonight, but the injury ridden Diamondbacks are not even in full swing yet.
FRIDAY: Kevin Millwood pitches 6 innnings as the Rangers beat the Seattle 5-2. Kinsler hits a homer in the cause.
SATURDAY: Lose to Seattle Mariners 8-3. Adrian Beltre hits his first homer of the season. Vincent Padilla loss his third straight start. Sammy Sosa and Brad Wilkerson each hit a homer run. And the Rangers commit 3 errors.
SUNDAY: Loss big to the Mariners 14-6. End the weekend with the record of 5-7.
FRIDAY: Oswalt pitches another great game and the Astros win 9-6. Phillies actually out-hit the Astros 11-8. Astros score 9 runs off 8 hits. There is 8 home runs in the game, 3 by Carlos Lee alone. That the way to earn $100 million. Ryan Howard hits his first. Wheeler gets his second save.
SATURDAY: Lose the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5. Woody Williams record is now 0-2 as a starter for Houston.
SUNDAY: Postponed. End weekend with the record of 4-6.
OTHER THOUGHTS:
FRIDAY: Zambrano and the Cubs lose again. Big $ Zambrano is now 1-2. Barry Bonds two home runs (#736 and #737), 19 to go. Dontrelle Willis wins his 3rd game as the Marlins beat the Braves.
SATURDAY: Schilling had 8 strong innings and Big Papi his his first homer of the season. Two games are postponed due to weather.
SUNDAY: Major league baseball remembers Jackie Robinson. ESPN was using a great quote of Martin Luther King Jr. about Jackie that I would like to find. 6 games are postponed. Many players wear the #42 in honor of Jackie. Mariano Rivera gives up a game winning homer to the A's in the Yankees loss.
Both the Rangers and Astros had the evening off. The Astros have a 3-5 record while the Rangers are 1 game under .500, 4-5.
OTHER THOUGHTS:
1. One time 21 game loser Mike Maroth is sitting well with a 2-0 record. Most are predicting the Angels to take it all this year, but I have a feeling about these Tigers. Great rotation, good bull-pen, ability to score runs, excellent defense. Solid. And they are 6-3 after last nights 5-4 win over the Blue Jays.
2. John Smoltz and the Braves lost a tough game last night to the Nationals of all teams. Smoltz pitched a good game but the Braves failed to score any runs and Smoltz-y recorded his first loss.
The Rangers threw up 12 runs last night, which was able to hold up against the 9 the Devil Rays scored. Kenny Lofton went 3-3, including a home run. An impressive victory. 12 runs off 12 hits...equals great at bats.
The 'stros now have a record of 3-5, after winning last night 3-0 over the Cubs. The Cubbies are still winless at home.
OTHER THOUGHTS:
A-Rod hit his 6th home run last night. Granderson of the Tigers went 2-3 with 2 stolen bases. I recently picked him up on my fantasy team. I'm hoping to steal some points through the SB category.
Friday - Win 2-0 over the Red Sox. R. Tejeda pitches 7 strong innings.
Saturday - Win 8-4 over the Red Sox. Millwood is credited with the win and Sosa hits his first homer of the season.
Sunday - Loss 3-2 by the Red Sox. David Ortiz hits two home runs. Padilla records second loss.
Monday - Win 8-4 over the Devil Rays. McCarthy records his first victory of the season. Rangers are now 3-4. Kinsler goes 4-4 on the day. The Rangers were able to chalk up 15 hits in the game.
Friday - Loss 4-2 by the Cardinals. Again failing to score more than 2 runs.
Saturday - Win 5-1 over the Red Birds. Oswalt is credited with the win and Carlos Lee his his first homer of the season.
Sunday - Return to losing for with a 10-1 shlacking by the Cardinals. Can't score runs.
Monday - Win 5-3 over the Cubs. Lidge is offically demoted from the closer position. Chad Qualls wins his first of the season. Wheeler gets his first save as the offical closer.
OTHER THOUGHTS:
Friday - Fransico Rodriguez tallies his 3rd save.
Saturday - D. Willis of the Marlins wins his second game. A-Rod goes 3-4 with 2 homers and 6 RBI's. John Lackey wins his second game. Josh Willingham of the Marlins is a single shy of hitting for the cycle.
Sunday -
Monday -
Both teams lost for the third straight time. Niether have been able to pick up a wiin this season. Amazingly both teams had key off-season free agents pitching last night and both failed to win.
I'll give the Astros some credit in that they were finally able to muster more than 2 runs.
Barry Bonds hit his first home run of the season putting just 20 shy of Hammerin' Hank Aaron.
TEXAS RANGERS - another loss. Record is now 0-2. They gave up 13 hits to the Angels. V. Guerrero went 4-4 with a home run.
HOUSTON ASTROS - another loss. Record is now 0-2. Again the Astros failed to put up more than 2 runs. I thought that after spend $100 million on Carlos Lee, that Houston had upgraded their offense. Hopefully this is just an early season slump and they can pull some things together.
The FLORIDA MARLINS won again in impressive manner. I like the way this organization can develop and assemble quality teams.
The PADRES beat the GIANTS in their opener. Jake Peavy out pitched Barry Zito. Personally I would always go with Peavy over Zito. Zito was overpaid in my opinion.
First off, let's talk about the Astros. Roy Oswalt pitched a great 8 2/3 innings last night before giving up a solo home run to a pinch hitter. Just under a 100 pitches, Oswalt looked good, he was in complete control of his pitches. When he left I thought we could chalk one up in the Astros' win column. But with another solo home run in the eight and "Lights Out" Lidge offering up another in the ninth the 'stros opend the season with a very disappointing loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Now I don't want to take away from the Pirates, but this is a game the Astros should win and should have won. Two runs scored is not enough of a cushion for the Astros who continue to struggle to cross home plate. The final score was 4-2, Pittsburgh.
I didn't get to watch this game last night, which was disappointing. It was supposed to be on ESPN 2 after the MIN/BAL game, but all they showed was post coverage and highlights. The Angels won 4-1. I'm hoping to catch some Rangers tonight.
Other MLB tidbits:
A-Rod had a tough start, committing an error in the field, but redeemed himself, but hitting a home run to put the game out of the Devil Rays' reach. He went 2 for 5. Some have predicted and I hope it's proves true that this will be a monterous season for A-Rod and hopefully he was able to get rid of some early jitters.
The Florida Marlins won 9 to 2 over the Washington Nationals yesterday
Ben Sheets of the Brewers gave up a home run to Jeff Kent, but he was in complete control yesterday.
Kansas City had a big win over the Red Sox's Curt Schilling, 7-1. The Royals lit Schilling up for 5 earned runs.
