Sorry for the wait, It's been pretty busy around here. This is basically going to be my end of season post, but I will also give you some news about the Astros.
This year was really pretty pitiful. We should have won so many more games then we did. The fact that we couldn't get our base runners home was a big problem. We got the runs on base, we loaded the bases who knows how many times, but we just couldn't get them home. If we got even half of the runners home that we put on base, we wouldn't have defiantly won more games. That, in my mind, it one of the biggest reasons we had a losing season.
Over all, with the exception of our run scoring problem, our hitting was pretty good.
Hunter Pence did all that I expected of him in his first season. He hit well, he had speed, and he could hit for power. His defense was good too! I can't wait to see him play more! I said it before and I'll say it again. If he stays with the Astros, I can see him taking a leadership roll and becoming a player like Craig Biggio.
We bid good by this year to one of the greatest players that Baseball has ever seen, Craig Biggio. The player who hit more doubles in his career than any other right hander got a couple more as he hit his way to the 3,000 hit club. We will miss him sorely.
Lance Berkman was back but didn't really get in his groove until the end of the season. If we had him full blast the whole way, we might have done something more. Not to say that our team rides on his back, but every little thing helps.
This year we added a big bat to the line up and his name was Carlos Lee. Home runs seem to follow this guy everywhere he goes. He helped our team out this season, but he alone wasn't enough to pull us out of this bind.
There were other players, old and new, that contributed, but I don't want to bore you to much.
In other news:
Brad Ausmus signed a one year deal with the Astros. He will be playing the back up roll. Ausmus will most likely be giving his experience to the outstanding J.R. Trowles. I think this will be good for the young catcher, and it could possibly lead to some more wins.
Andrew B. Dow
10/31/2007
9/28/2007
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Once again it's been a lot of the same. Houston wins a couple, loses a lot, loses some more, loses some more, and then they might win a few.
Houston swept the Reds under the rug however. Craig Biggio's last road series was a sweep! Houston just got the upper hand and finished 'em off.
Yesterday, however, was a different story. Minute Maid Park was packed as Craig Biggio started the first game of his last series. He started the game off with a hit in his first at bat, but that's about as good as the night got. Houston scored 2 runs, but that wasn't near enough for the Braves 7 runs. Matt Albers got the loss.
In other news, Cecil Cooper has been named the Astros Manager. He will no longer be known as the interim Manager. He is the good guys skipper now, and he is no doubt looking to next season. And I failed to tell you that Ed Wade was named the new General Manager a couple weeks ago. And... one more thing. Adam Everette rejoined the after a broken leg earlier in the season.
There are only two more game until the season is over. At the end of the season I will (hopefully) post an end of season report, so be on the look out for that.
Houston swept the Reds under the rug however. Craig Biggio's last road series was a sweep! Houston just got the upper hand and finished 'em off.
Yesterday, however, was a different story. Minute Maid Park was packed as Craig Biggio started the first game of his last series. He started the game off with a hit in his first at bat, but that's about as good as the night got. Houston scored 2 runs, but that wasn't near enough for the Braves 7 runs. Matt Albers got the loss.
In other news, Cecil Cooper has been named the Astros Manager. He will no longer be known as the interim Manager. He is the good guys skipper now, and he is no doubt looking to next season. And I failed to tell you that Ed Wade was named the new General Manager a couple weeks ago. And... one more thing. Adam Everette rejoined the after a broken leg earlier in the season.
There are only two more game until the season is over. At the end of the season I will (hopefully) post an end of season report, so be on the look out for that.
9/21/2007
September, Friday 20, 2007
I haven't updated in a while because it's been a lot of the same. The Astros come, the Astros see, The Astros Lose. That's been the story for a while now. But luckily I have some good news. At this point in the season you stop worrying about winning the pennant and start trying to bring as many teams down with you as possible.
After losing to the Brewers two games straight Houston came back with a win in the tenth inning. Brad Lidge gave up a game tying home run in the ninth. Luckily, however, He didn't give up the game winning home run. Hunter Pence made on of the nicest hits I've seen in a while when he scored Brandon Backe from third for the win. Hunter hit the game winner after slamming into the wall hard in the ninth inning. He wasn't injured however and delivered big!
After the Hunter's hit, Houston headed into St. Louis to play the cardinals. Wandy Rodriguze pitched a nice 88 pitch, 8 inning, 1 run game for the win. The big story was with the offense though. Houston managed 18 runs against the cardinals. This was only the sixth game for rookie catcher J.R. Trowles, but he already etched his name in Houston History. He now has the most RBIs in a game for Houston with 8. But he wasn't the only contributer. Every one was hitting and scoring.
Brandon Backe is looking to keep it up as he will pitch tonight.
Andrew Dow
After losing to the Brewers two games straight Houston came back with a win in the tenth inning. Brad Lidge gave up a game tying home run in the ninth. Luckily, however, He didn't give up the game winning home run. Hunter Pence made on of the nicest hits I've seen in a while when he scored Brandon Backe from third for the win. Hunter hit the game winner after slamming into the wall hard in the ninth inning. He wasn't injured however and delivered big!
After the Hunter's hit, Houston headed into St. Louis to play the cardinals. Wandy Rodriguze pitched a nice 88 pitch, 8 inning, 1 run game for the win. The big story was with the offense though. Houston managed 18 runs against the cardinals. This was only the sixth game for rookie catcher J.R. Trowles, but he already etched his name in Houston History. He now has the most RBIs in a game for Houston with 8. But he wasn't the only contributer. Every one was hitting and scoring.
Brandon Backe is looking to keep it up as he will pitch tonight.
Andrew Dow
9/16/2007
September, Sunday 16, 2007
Once again, I was out of town for the series against the Pirates, so here's the series rap.
Game 1: Could have been better. at least it wasn't a landslide like with the cubs. The Pirates beat Houston 4-3. Roy Oswalt would have gotten the win had it not been for a three run 8th by the pirates. that really killed the Astros in this one.
Game 2: This will work. If we only could have done this to every team we faced every game. Josh Anderson came in for his first two hits, J.R. Trowles had his first MLB start and grabbed two hits and scored a run, and the bullpen actually held up! If we can have young guys like this contributing next year we'll be alright.
Game 3: Wow! I looked at the score and thought, "this can't possibly be right." Houston walloped the Pirates 15-3. You get Josh Anderson started and he just doesn't stop! He went five for five with 3 RBIs and 2 runs scored. Ty Wiggington also had a good outing. He had two of Houston's three homers. Ty went was only a triple short of the cycle. To rap all this up, Brandon Backe got his first win of the season after pitching 6 innings.
Andrew Dow
Game 1: Could have been better. at least it wasn't a landslide like with the cubs. The Pirates beat Houston 4-3. Roy Oswalt would have gotten the win had it not been for a three run 8th by the pirates. that really killed the Astros in this one.
Game 2: This will work. If we only could have done this to every team we faced every game. Josh Anderson came in for his first two hits, J.R. Trowles had his first MLB start and grabbed two hits and scored a run, and the bullpen actually held up! If we can have young guys like this contributing next year we'll be alright.
Game 3: Wow! I looked at the score and thought, "this can't possibly be right." Houston walloped the Pirates 15-3. You get Josh Anderson started and he just doesn't stop! He went five for five with 3 RBIs and 2 runs scored. Ty Wiggington also had a good outing. He had two of Houston's three homers. Ty went was only a triple short of the cycle. To rap all this up, Brandon Backe got his first win of the season after pitching 6 innings.
Andrew Dow
9/13/2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
I haven't updated at all for this series against the cubs, so I'm gunna give you a rap up of the series.
The first game was a good one. Brandon Backe won the game to stop the Astros 5 game losing streak. The Cubs jumped out early, but Houston mounted a come back and took the game into extra innings. During the eleventh inning Luke Scott hit a walk off triple scoring Eric Bruntlett from first base.
The second game was worse. Houston lost after a nice looking win to Cubs. Once again the problem was leaving runners stranded. This is not a good thing. When you get runners on, you have to score them.
The third game, which was played tonight, was not good at all. The only runs that were scored came off home runs. Two were hit in the first inning by the Cubs, a solo shot and a three run blast. That was the first sign of trouble. After Houston got two Home runs but that was it. The Cubs hit two other home runs in the game. Luke Scott almost came through for a solo shot in the ninth inning, but that was robbed.
Andrew Dow
The first game was a good one. Brandon Backe won the game to stop the Astros 5 game losing streak. The Cubs jumped out early, but Houston mounted a come back and took the game into extra innings. During the eleventh inning Luke Scott hit a walk off triple scoring Eric Bruntlett from first base.
The second game was worse. Houston lost after a nice looking win to Cubs. Once again the problem was leaving runners stranded. This is not a good thing. When you get runners on, you have to score them.
The third game, which was played tonight, was not good at all. The only runs that were scored came off home runs. Two were hit in the first inning by the Cubs, a solo shot and a three run blast. That was the first sign of trouble. After Houston got two Home runs but that was it. The Cubs hit two other home runs in the game. Luke Scott almost came through for a solo shot in the ninth inning, but that was robbed.
Andrew Dow
9/11/2007
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Houston dropped fifth game in a row after Pedro Martinez, who didn't pitch as well as he should have, got the win. The Good Guys haven't gotten a win since the first game against the Brewers last week. They looked good in that game, but everything has been down hill from there.
Roy Oswalt didn't put together the best outing I've seen either. He let four runs by on nine hits in 7.0 innings. A home run was also hit off of him.
Once again, The Astros out hit the opposition, but couldn't cash in. If it wasn't for Luke Scott's Home run in the sixth, the Astros would have been shut out.
The Astros need to come back tonight and get a win behind Backe. Brandon Backe and The Astros will be coming back to Houston to face the Cubs. Brandon had a loss in his last outing, but pitched pretty well.
Andrew Dow
Roy Oswalt didn't put together the best outing I've seen either. He let four runs by on nine hits in 7.0 innings. A home run was also hit off of him.
Once again, The Astros out hit the opposition, but couldn't cash in. If it wasn't for Luke Scott's Home run in the sixth, the Astros would have been shut out.
The Astros need to come back tonight and get a win behind Backe. Brandon Backe and The Astros will be coming back to Houston to face the Cubs. Brandon had a loss in his last outing, but pitched pretty well.
Andrew Dow
9/08/2007
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Wow! A well pitched game by Mr. Tom Glavin. I'm sorry, I know he's not on our side, but I must take my hat off to a great performance at the age of 41. He pitched 7.0 innings in yesterdays outing. He only allowed 3 hits. The first was hit by Cody Ransom, but that was quickly shot down as Eric Munson hit into a double play. Then it was trouble for Glavin in the 8th when he allowed to hits right off the bat. Glavin was then taken out of the game and replaced with another pitcher who let one run by and then struck out three in a row.
Now that I've gotten that off of my chest I can talk about the real reason you came here. Houston obviously lost to the New York Mets 3-1. Woody Williams didn't do a bad job, but he didn't necessarily do a good job. He allowed all 5 hits and all 3 runs that the Mets got.
I can't blame it all on him though. The Houston offense couldn't cash in with runners on base. That's been one of the things that haunted them this year. they've left an unreasonable amount of runner on base. This was clearly shown in the 8th inning. Houston had a chance to make the game a close won, but only managed one run. But it was even more clear in yesterdays game. Houston left 12 runners on base! your not going to win ball game like that.
Roy Oswalt will look to continue his success against Pedro Martinez who is going back to the Mets After an injury. Roy Oswalts last outing was a no-decision. He'd really like to mark up another win.
Andrew Dow
Now that I've gotten that off of my chest I can talk about the real reason you came here. Houston obviously lost to the New York Mets 3-1. Woody Williams didn't do a bad job, but he didn't necessarily do a good job. He allowed all 5 hits and all 3 runs that the Mets got.
I can't blame it all on him though. The Houston offense couldn't cash in with runners on base. That's been one of the things that haunted them this year. they've left an unreasonable amount of runner on base. This was clearly shown in the 8th inning. Houston had a chance to make the game a close won, but only managed one run. But it was even more clear in yesterdays game. Houston left 12 runners on base! your not going to win ball game like that.
Roy Oswalt will look to continue his success against Pedro Martinez who is going back to the Mets After an injury. Roy Oswalts last outing was a no-decision. He'd really like to mark up another win.
Andrew Dow
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