April 26, 2007

Astros 3
Pirates 5

W: Jonah Bayliss | L: Wandy Rodriguez (dude does NOT deserve to be 0-3)
Pigpen watch: 2,951 (11:30 AM CDT? Pshaww!)

Just don’t say wingn…(DUCK!!) (GameZone archived)
Numb realizations

Other coverage
Alyson’s starting to happen.
Ya-HOOOOOOO!

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YAAAWN!
It’s no surprise that an early first pitch after a 16 inning loss the night before would result in a lackluster performance by a reeling offense and that was surely the case as a stand-up performance by Wandy went for naught and the Good Guys dropped their sixth straight to the Pie-roots and padded their overall losing streak to six. (more…)

April 25, 2007
Astros 3, Pirates 4
W: John Wasdin | L: Brian Moehler
Pigpen watch: 2,951 (3-5)
Interminably long GameZone thread goes here
Second guessing, anger venting and rationalization goes here

Other coverage:
AP story
Astros.com wrap featuring The Footer

In a Nutshell:
It was kind of like this. Very long, with curious decision making, poor execution at pivotal times, and you get whacked in the head and pass out at the end.

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The Astros dropped a tough one tonight, losing after pushing this one out to 16 innings in a thinly veiled attempt to get Brian Moehler some work. Houston out-hit the Pirates 16 to 10, but left 18 on base to Pittsburgh’s 8, a futility mark that ultimately sealed the deal. The bullpen gets a hearty golf clap for throwing 9.2 shut out frames, a feat hopefully not lost in the general morass of suck that the bats brought to the game tonight. (more…)

Pirates 3, Astros zip
W: Maholm (1-2) L: Woody (0-3)
Homeruns: Paulino
March to 3000: 2,948 (2×4)
Alyson chimes in tonight.
AP recap from Yahoo!

Craig Biggio led off the game with a base hit through the hole between short and third against Pirate starter Pat Maholm, who had a record of 0-2 and an ERA of 6.19 entering the game. That was the highlight of the night, and the only play I watched until I drove home from work and it was already the sixth inning a mere 45 minutes later. Scrambling to catch up on the missed action, I turned to the infamous Game Zone for an update. (more…)

Astros at Phillies, 4/23/07
Score: Phanatics 11, Astros 4
W: Eaton (2-1) L: Sampson (2-1)
Homeruns: A. Rodriguez 2 (14). According to ESPN, nothing else matters.
March to 3000: 2,946 (1×4, HR)
Read Alyson’s Substitute’s Report Here: Santoliquito
Or the AP recap here: Yahoo!

Credit to Santoliquito for the perfect summary:

Chris Sampson knew there would be nights like this, when his mechanics are slightly off, his out-pitch sinker isn’t sinking very well and everything is up in the strike zone, tantalizing out there to be swatted.

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