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