Where Houston and Austin meet
Posted in Game Previews on Sep 7th, 2011
It’s too early to say that the stint at Triple-A helped J.A. Happ get things straightened out, but so far it looks like it was an effective trip. When he was demoted at the beginning of August, he was 4-14 with a 6.26 ERA. In three starts for Triple-A Oklahoma City, he was 1-0 with [...]
Posted in Breaking News, Game Previews, Gripes and Groans on Jul 18th, 2011
It gets better and better, Astros fans. The dynamic duo of Jason Michaels and Carlos Lee aren’t just starting against lefties anymore. Even though both of them have terrible numbers against right handed pitchers (Lee bats .243 with a .665 OPS; Michaels bats .184 with a .496 OPS) those two are starting tonight with Michaels [...]
Posted in Game Previews, Series Previews on Jul 7th, 2011
While it’s been a little tough for me to watch the Astros lately- due to more interesting things that are going on in my life, not to mention the fact that they’re 28 games under .500- seeing them finally win a game in a big way last night was rather refreshing, and it gave me [...]
Posted in Breaking News, Game Previews on Jun 2nd, 2011
Bud Norris has been on a bad slide lately. He’s gone five starts without a win. And although it’s not all his fault because he’s caught a lot of bad breaks with poor defense and poor offense, it still remains that he’s 0-3 with a 5.48 ERA in those five starts. So the timing really [...]
Posted in Game Previews, Prospects Watch on May 31st, 2011
The long-awaited day has finally arrived. Jordan Lyles is making his major league debut today against division foe Chicago, which is just four games up on the worst team in the National League. So, now that he’s here, what can we expect? First of all, don’t expect too much. Pitchers often have good major league [...]
Posted in Game Previews, Gripes and Groans on Apr 1st, 2011
I didn’t want to bring anyone down right before the first game of the Astros season, but I have some information that Brad Mills may have wanted to consider when choosing his opening day starter. Brett Myers has never won his first start of the year. And by that, I mean that his TEAM has [...]
Posted in Game Previews, Good Reads, Preseason Previews on Apr 1st, 2011
Bill Bear, fellow SweeSpot blogger, has a nice preview of the opening series from the Phillies perspective. Good stats, even if they don’t leave a lot of optimism for Astros fans. They would have to open against Roy Halladay. I’m a tad more optimistic about Saturday (Wandy vs. Cliff Lee) and Sunday (Happ vs. Oswalt). [...]
Posted in Game Previews, Gripes and Groans on Sep 30th, 2010
With just four games left in a losing season, and with the Astros playing the way they have the last eight or nine games, it can get pretty easy to phone it in and refuse to watch the last few games. But there are a number of reasons to watch the final four games of [...]
Posted in Game Previews on Sep 29th, 2010
The Astros had a chance to at least make it one more night before the Reds could celebrate clinching the division. Heck — if things went well enough with the Cardinals, they had a chance to not have it celebrated against them at all. Or, at least to not have it celebrated on the field [...]
Posted in Game Previews on Sep 10th, 2010
Here are your lineups for tonight’s game, from MLB.com: Los Angeles Dodgers: 1. Rafael Furcal, SS 2. Jamey Carroll, 2B 3. Casey Blake, 3B 4. Andre Ethier, RF 5. Matt Kemp, CF 6. Reed Johnson, LF 7. Russ Mitchell, 1B 8. Rod Barajas, C 9. Hiroki Kuroda, P (10-12, 3.39) Houston Astros: 1. Michael Bourn, [...]
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