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Cincinnati Reds Saturday, Apr 18, 2009, 6:05 PM CDT Aaron Harang vs Wandy Rodriguez Mostly cloudy,rain. Game time temperature around 75.
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Cecil Cooper got an extension, will it have any effect on the Astros?
The lineup is the same as yesterday's, despite what Cooper had said in an interview. Moving Bourn to SS and Pudge to 3B?? I hope it never comes to that.
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No Matsui? No Keppenger?
Dammit, come on! Matsui was supposed to be ready for the Reds games.
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Even Worse
Jason Smith gets to bat every time through the lineup
Joe in Birmingham - April 18, 2009
Jason Smith. Batting .000
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
10 at-bats, 4 strikeouts
and one game-ending double play
Joe in Birmingham - April 18, 2009
at least he's perfect.
clack - April 18, 2009
Astros better bring their bats tonight
Aaron Harang’s pitching line looks unbeatable (except he has allowed one more hit than Wandy has)
Joe in Birmingham - April 18, 2009
Astros Bench
Smith, Michaels, Erstad and Quintero
1-28 with 2 walks and 13 strike outs.
Batting .036
LOL
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Curse of the Bambino -Part 2
Yankees trail Indians 20-4 after 7 innings. Maybe they should not have left the House That Ruth Built.
Joe in Birmingham - April 18, 2009
God, I hope that's on national TV
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Is Wang broken??????
14 run second inning – that’s got to be some kind of record.
Single
Single
Homer (3 runs) = 1
Pop Out (1 out)
Double
Single, (1 run) = 4
Double
Double (2 runs) = 6
Wild Pitch
Single (1 run) = 7
(pitching change to Anthony Claggett)
Double
Double (2 runs) = 9
Walk
Single
Strike Out (2 outs)
Grand Slam (4 runs) = 13
Homer (1 run) = 14
Strike Out (3 outs)
14 runs!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
we broke him last year
and he wasn’t all that great to begin with, either
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
he was followed by a minor league pitcher in the 2d (Claggett) ...
who gave up a good portion of those runs in that inning. Claggett was making his ML debut.
clack - April 18, 2009
I'm going out for popcorn
With Astros and Rockets on tonight , I’ll need lots of it.
See you later.
Joe in Birmingham - April 18, 2009
We're gonna win
Reason: NO PINSTRIPES
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Wandy k's Willy T on the curve
pretty curve
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
hairston singles to right
won’t test hunter’s arm
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Come on, ump!!!!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
that looked pretty far outside
to me, at least
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
oh. radio says not
But i can’t see
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
There we go!!!
double play
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
double play
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
14 Double Plays
Most in the league, according to radio
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
wasn't there some talk
of Wade trying to trade for Harang during the offseason?
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
don't recall
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Lance Berkman leads the team in walks.
Obviously… but can you guess who is second?
Hint – he’s batting right now. :p
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
if you look at his numbers from last year
it’s really surprising how often Bourn was able to work the count to 3-0 or 3-1. But he just doesn’t make contact in those counts, and he has a tendency to strike out looking. And when he does make contact, he doesn’t hit with a lot of power. And that’s why he’s such a frustrating player to watch – he has all these pieces to be a good player, but he just can’t seem to put it together. If he were able to make contact more often, he’d be very, very good.
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
full count on miggy!
Send it into the stands!!!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Single.
I’ll take it.
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
steal
I’ll take that, too
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Ok, now hit the ball Puma!!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
foul tip strikeout
tough luck for berkman
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
infield hit for fat boy!
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Good, good...
Too bad it was knocked down… But Pence… let’s go for that 4th homer
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Single works too.
1-0 ASTROS!!!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Pence JUST gets it through the hole
1-0 ’stros!
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
JD claims
Blum has “very good” numbers against Harang
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
.583 hitter
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
run fat boy run!
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
RUN FAT BOY!!!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
RBI Single for Blum!
2-0 ’stros!
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
SWEEET!!!
2-0 Astros!!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
just barely got the plate with his foot
wow
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Pence takes 3rd with no play
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
What was that steal?
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
no one was holding him
no one was paying attention
good play, I think
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Funny. Wish I could have seen that
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Pudge grounds out
good inning. We need more like that
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
I REALLY like what I'm seeing from the Lexington pitchers
Legends won 1-0 last night.
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
por ejemplo
from last night:
Henry Villar: 3.1 IP, 6 Ks, 1 BB, 1 H
Urckfitz: 2.2 IP, 3 Ks, 1 BB, 1 H
Meszaros: 1.0 IP, 2 Ks, 1BB, 0 H
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Anniversary of the dome's first game
video of the ground crews in their astronaut uniforms
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Go Wandy!!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Smith... more bad luck...
Robbed of a hit. oops. sad
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Ok, can someone injure Phillips for a couple of days.
Nothing too bad, just enough to take him out of the rest of the series. :)
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
maybe second base carries a back ache virus
clack - April 18, 2009
lol
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Dusty Baker: Astros didn't deserve to win last night.
clack - April 18, 2009
that's just because Dusty doesn't believe in good pitching
it’s why he hates young pitchers so much
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
I liked Brownie's discussion of the common belief about Harang's problems last year.
Apparently Harang worked 4 innings of an extra inning game between starts….and took his regular start date after that. That sounds like something Baker might do.
clack - April 18, 2009
someone punch him in the face
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Wandy's puncehed 4 in a row
Barbara Bush is keeping score behind home plate
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
make it 5
in a row
struck out 6/9
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
sweet
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Carlos singles
acts like he’ll take second
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Pence aimed that ball right at the second base bag. Good idea, Pence.
clack - April 18, 2009
Pence singles, as well
right up the middle
good piece of hitting
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
and blum flies out on the first pitch
way to consolidate gains, boys.
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
ok Wandy, let's get some more strike outs here
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
wandy's curve
is absolutely sick tonight
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
votto bloops a hit behind blum
Tejada makes a very good play to hold him to a single
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
aided
by Votto’s indecision whilst leaving the batter’s box
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
and phillips grounds out
wandy looking good through 4
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
pictures of "quality babies" in the stands
Brownie and JD go with the “milk” puns
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Quality Babies?
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
JD's words
“That’s a quality baby”
It was a very good baby.
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
That's what I'm going to call my friends' babies from now on.
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
nursing this lead... trying to milk out a win...
argh :)
BTastros - April 18, 2009
Backe threw a simulated game today
My feelings are …. mixed
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
We'll know more about his effectiveness after he takes his rehab
starts in the minors.
clack - April 18, 2009
I don't like him.
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
MORE STRIKE OUTS WANDY!!!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Glad to see
that Drayton’s spending his money on better oranges for the train
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
I'll take groundballs like that one to Tejada too.
clack - April 18, 2009
KA CHING!!
7 SO
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Wandy strikes out a 7th batter
wandalicious
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
that whole interview with the oranges man...is boring.
clack - April 18, 2009
and kinda awkward
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
it's probably...
something they’ve been promising him for years
BTastros - April 18, 2009
radio talking about Hernandez's homer last night...
He (Hernandez) says he din’t even see the ball. He just swung and got lucky.
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
I always knew i could be a big league hitter
thank you, Ramon Hernandez, for proving that my plate approach could work
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Bourn gets a hit.
3rd steal coming up?
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
yep
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
bourn singles to right
good stuff
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Astros will catch Kershaw when the Dodgers come to town.
Clayton Kershaw has been awesome so far.
His numbers:
12 IP 3 hits 2 runs 4 BB 19 K 1.50 ERA
clack - April 18, 2009
go bourn go
steals 2nd
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
STEAL THIRD TOO!!!!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Lance just not hitting well so far
getting off to a slow start
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
dammit, Lance!!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
That's the Lee we need!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
fat boy double
bourn scores (duh)
3-0 ’stros
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
pence grounds out
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
really old lady
is really hardcore
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
8 k's for wandy
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
harang can't figure out the curveball.
I think he missed on three in a row….unless I missed something.
clack - April 18, 2009
First two were called
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
KA CHING!!!
8 SO
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
flyball to center
wandy cruising along…
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
77 pitches so far
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
blum singles
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
bad play by phillips
should not have tried to get the play at second
Everyone’s safe and runners at 2nd and 3rd, no one out
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
He caught the back virus!!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
oh, come on!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Jason Smith sucks.
Jordan Sams - April 18, 2009
Now we aren't going to get any runs out of this
Dammit, smith
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
smith strikes out
on a ball up at his eyes. Ugly.
I make it a general policy not to boo my own players. But if he’s on the team when I get back to Houston, I just might boo Jason Smith.
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
I <3 Wandy.
Jordan Sams - April 18, 2009
Wandy trying a different approach
Switches sides from earlier
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Wandy
has switched to the right side of the plate. Odd
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Wanted to send one into the boxes
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
c'mon bourn!
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
yeah
what’s with all the Houstonians on the freaking reds?
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
bourn strikes out
ugly swing there, too
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
nope.
no runs.
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Wandy... MORE STRIKE OUTS!!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Pitcher must be happy to face the 8-9-1 part of the Astros' order.
clack - April 18, 2009
JD is VERY impressed with Wandy's command
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
flyout to Pence
should have been another K. Stupid ump
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Strike him out Wandy!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
9 k's
strikes out votto fastball away
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
KA-CHING!!!
9 SO
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
0-2 on Phillips
COME ON WANDY!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Full count now.
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Damn.
Walk.
Wandy’s first.
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Wandy is tired.
Location is bad.
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
100 pitches
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Crap....another walk....he may be pooped.
clack - April 18, 2009
Weird that it happened so suddenly.
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
0-2 on Nix
COME ON WANDY!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
10 Ks
clack - April 18, 2009
Strike out
10 k’s on the night, and probably his last
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
KA-CHING!!
10 SO
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
i hate this stupid commercial
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
I hate the heart of texas song
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
really?
I like it a lot more than God Bless America (just a bad song, to tell you the truth)
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
I don't like that one either
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
I like Wandy's reaction
Lima-like
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
nice reaction from Pude too
clack - April 18, 2009
Tejada HBP
attaboy
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
I remember that particular outing
very vividly
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
not his best
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
passed ball
tejada takes second
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
woohoo
So great to see Wandy fight through the only trouble spot in the game. Once upon a time he had a hard time dealing with pressure situations like that late in the game.
BTastros - April 18, 2009
Berkman.. sub .200 AVG now
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Berkman walks
10 walks so far this year
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
harang's done
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
throws several bats in the dugout
frustrating outing for him
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
I like this new guy's ERA
It’s like they took Harang’s and added a 0 behind the 1.
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
4 pitch walk.
Wheeee
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
fat boy walks
I like this dude, too
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Pence better not strike out.
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
whoops
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
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entropic soul - April 18, 2009
DID YOU GUYS WATCH CARLOS LEE BAT!!!!!
GRAHHHH!!! Stop swinging at the pitches
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
2 run double!
whoohoo!
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Ok, you can swing at that one. :p
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
another 2 run double
yes!
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
PUDGEEE!!!
There we go!!!
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
7-0 Astros
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
MLB network just showed the Lee slide
That was actually kind of impressive.
ol Pete - April 18, 2009
Hmmm
That’s Bourn’s third strike out tonight.
Not good.
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Ugh.. why is Paulino starting tomorrow?
Did Arias or Fulchino not get any starts at AAA or do poorly?
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
because he's kicking ass in AAA
he was going to be brought up last year, but didn’t because of the injury. Give him a chance
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Hmm you're right
I thought he pitched a few games last year. I must be confusing him with someone else.
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Double play!
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Sampson makes a beautiful play at first
but fell pretty hard on his knee
hopefully he’s okay
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Milo gives a double blue start to Sampson and Berkman
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
it was a great move from Berkman, too
he had to move pretty far to his right, but I don’t think Smith could have made the play in time to get the runner.
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Think Valverde can handle this lead?
heh
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Did they give Erstad a hit on his PH?
Otherwise, Michaels tried to get the first PH hit, putting good wood on the ball for another out.
clack - April 18, 2009
Erstad, yes.
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Here comes Danny Ray
managed to baffle the Brewers :-(
ol Pete - April 18, 2009
2 hit shutout. Sweet!
clack - April 18, 2009
ASTROS FREAKING WIN!!!!
2 hit shutout.
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
And let's go Rockets
Only_A_Lad - April 18, 2009
Astros win
2 hitter
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
On MLB.TV
It’s still the top of the 8th, but on the side bar it shows final score – Astros winning 7-0.
MLB.TV is two innings behind tonight.
Joe in Birmingham - April 18, 2009
does it do that often?
entropic soul - April 18, 2009
Not often
A game or two back it was about 45 seconds behind reports on TCB, but never this long a log.
(Fulchino in to pitch)
Joe in Birmingham - April 18, 2009
the issue for me...
was that it was just taking too long to come back from “commercial break” between innings. I started hitting the “live” button a couple of times during each break, and usually it would bring me back to the action.
BTastros - April 18, 2009
That was my experience too
Joe in Birmingham - April 18, 2009
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