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September is coming, a bonus sweat month for those of us in the Lone Star State. That means college football, dove hunting, Rosh Hashanah–you can do them all on the 19th. But, for now we’ve still got some August to go which means more hardball in the dog days. Your Houston Astros, fresh off a series win versus the AAArizona Diamondbacks travel to Missourah to take on the Coardinals, feeling all fat and happy after thumping another NL weak sister, the Padres which included a solid performance by Red Sox castoff and single handicapper, John Smoltz. Houston will have their hands full with a hot St. Louis team, winners of 8 out of their last 10 games set to trot out their best starting pitching along with an everyday lineup that has been heating up, led by a guy named Pujols or something. The Astros will roll out a couple of their own big guns on the mound for the pleasure of the best fats in baseball and the FSN viewing audience. Houston is a team that has managed to make things interesting in each of the five seasons leading up to this one; making the playoffs or being right there until the end. This year, it ain’t looking so good with the boys eight back of the Cards and not much time remaining. So, if they’re going to make a push, it starts on August 25, 2009 with a series win against the team they’re chasing or else Dennis Liborio begins ordering camo and skunk scent for hunting season.

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Posted by Andyzipp On August - 24 - 2009

off-day-large Despite winning their last two home series and going 4-2 over the last week, the Astros woke up this morning 10 games behind the Cardinals, in third place in the division with 38 games left in the season.