[Official] Astros @ Diamondbacks

[Castor27]

Remember, no PBP in these threads and keep the chatter on topic (if it is about something other than this series, talk about it in another thread).

4-28 Chris Sampson, RHP (1-2, 6.38) vs. Dan Haren, RHP (3-1, 3.03) 8:40 on FSN

4-29 Jack Cassel, RHP (1-0, 5.40) vs. Edgar Gonzalez, RHP (1-1, 4.66) 8:40 on FSN

4-30 Shawn Chacon, RHP (0-0, 2.45) vs. Randy Johnson, LHP (1-1, 2.70) 2:40 on FSN

[leroy420]

WWW

At least we avoid Webb.

[rrj_gamz]

WWW, is what I say...

[ruddy]

The reverse of the jinx doesn't worked completelythe last time, so here we go. W
W
W :p

[johnmvp]

Love the sig Ruddy. That's a quality sports fan line up.

[SuperBeeKay]

Harens one hell of a player, dbacks are the best team in the league right now... WITH SO MUCH YOUNG STARS

[johnmvp]

Harens one hell of a player, dbacks are the best team in the league right now... WITH SO MUCH YOUNG STARS

Definately. And might want to bold young. I hate to say it but they look damn good, at least it's not the Mets though. Pitching staff is thick and the batting order is dangerous. Let's hope we bring our A-Game this series.

[T Rex]

Hopefully Sampson can keep up the reverse-Wandy hex: 1-0 with 2.63 ERA on the road, 0-2 with 17.36 ERA at home this year.

With the Backs amazing pitching, we're going to have to play some small ball at some point to win. Looking for our offense to bang out 9,10,11 hit games against them isn't going to happen. The key will be the top 2 in the lineup cause the Big 3 aren't good at starting rallies themselves. Tejada, Berkman and Lee are .265 with no one on but a whopping .359 with guys on the sacks.

[Uprising]

yay, a road game in hd

[DOMINATOR]

how can Haren throw 92 with such a slow/hesitant delivery

[Buck Turgidson]

how can Haren throw 92 with such a slow/hesitant delivery
Ask Wade Miller.

[JunkyardDwg]

Hopefully Sampson can keep up the reverse-Wandy hex: 1-0 with 2.63 ERA on the road, 0-2 with 17.36 ERA at home this year.


Put 'em together and you got yourself a number 2 pitcher behind Oswalt.

[H-Town Info]

how can Haren throw 92 with such a slow/hesitant delivery

hey if no one any hits on him, does it really matter?

[ruddy]

The Dbacks are imploding Sampson.

[H-townhero]

Haren looks shaken up too

[Nick]

Ask Wade Miller.

His slow shot-put throwing motion ruined his shoulder. One of the smartest moves the Astros ever made (not giving him a big contract, or offering arbitration).

[BrooksBall]

Bourn now hitting .188 on the season.

[rikesh316]

Bourn really sucks so far. I don't understand how you can still live him on the top part of the lineup. His defense is great but he should be hitting 8th if you leave him in the lineup.

[BrooksBall]

Qualls vs Berkman... interesting. Who will win?

[Fiah]

Qualls :(

[Fiah]

He still has good stuff.. that sinker is nasty

[BrooksBall]

Qualls won the battle. He really took it to Berkman.

Qualls has been nothing short of awesome this season. One of only 4 pitchers who has appeared in 12 or more games and has a 0.00 ERA. He hasn't allowed an inherited runner to score, either (3-for-3).

Lidge has a 0.00 ERA in 11 appearances.

[Fiah]

Qualls / lidge combo right now would be pretty killer.

[BrooksBall]

Ok, now every single guy in our bullpen has had at least one pretty crappy outing this season.

[BrooksBall]

Win or lose, the Astros take something good away from this game. Wesley Wright was awesome.

[Shaji]

omg i love wesley wright

[BrooksBall]

I guess everybody is watching the Rockets game.

The Astros have 7 hits and 5 runs through 2 and a third.

Scratch that, Cruz just SO again. 3 and two thirds.

[BrooksBall]

Towles just hit a clear cut home run but the refs blew it.

Whatever the official stats say at the end of the season, add 1 HR for Towles.

[WhoMikeJames]

GRAY JERSEYS ARE BACK! WOO

[JunkyardDwg]

I guess everybody is watching the Rockets game.


Kind of watching both...the Rockets game is making me too tense.

[Storm Surge]

LMAO Jose Cruz Jr. .074 BA that is even worse than Ausmus.

[BrooksBall]

Valverde was great. The only hit he gave up barely stayed in play.

[cardpire]

brocail gets the win. it's strange that there's not more of a set formula to decide that, and it's just left up to the scorekeeper. it's also strange that the starter isnt allowed to get the win in situations like these.

[BrooksBall]

brocail gets the win. it's strange that there's not more of a set formula to decide that, and it's just left up to the scorekeeper. it's also strange that the starter isnt allowed to get the win in situations like these.

What really matters is the team winning or losing.

Which pitcher gets the wins and losses only matters when it comes to awards and paychecks.

[CHAD444]

We won! I was at the game (I live near Phoenix) but Scherzer the rookie for the dbacks was nasty! unbelieveable! I'm an Astros fan but wow the kid is nasty..............but we won!

[johnmvp]

Our closer finally looks like he's back and has the fire in his eyes again. Good news.

[H-townhero]

7ks for a MLB debut is freaking nasty... throwing 96mph fastballs too, what was his highest?

[rterry]

LMAO Jose Cruz Jr. .074 BA that is even worse than Ausmus.

I don't understand why Cruz is still on the team. Surely, we could find a better bat in the minors. We should convince Ausmus to retire and become a bench coach, release Cruz and bring up Quintero and another bat from the minors. Any ideas on a Cruz replacement?

[msn]

Kind of watching both...the Rockets game is making me too tense.
Rockets game was our only option. Tense?? That game was awesome!

[kaleidosky]

7ks for a MLB debut is freaking nasty... throwing 96mph fastballs too, what was his highest?

98 i heard

[T Rex]

The Big Unit doesn't look too nasty anymore. Good ABs by the Big 3.

[ryan17wagner]

A win will be big today. 14-15 isn' bad the first month. We played some of the best teams in April. In May, we play one of the easiest schedule in MLB. Mostly losing teams.

[johnmvp]

Lee blasted that ball. I'd like to see his average up more though. I'm loving Tejada right now.

[RocketManJosh]

Nice start to the game!

[H-townhero]

Johnson has fallen so far from his old form, sad to watch. :(

[johnmvp]

I doubt Johnson will ever admit it but it's individual needs he's looking for right now. Soon as he gets 300 then he's done.. I hope he gets it this year so he doesn't have to struggle for another full season.

[stobbartjohn]

We're up by 2 but it doesn't feel like it. Not confident we hang onto this at all

[johnmvp]

Great hustle by Pence moving over to second.

[desihooper]

Bork is so money :rolleyes:

[stobbartjohn]

That pitching change worked well. How 'bout that Bork?

[redefined]

Who the hell is this Borkowski pitcher??

[stobbartjohn]

WTF is Bork doing out there?

[BrooksBall]

Bumkowski

[redefined]

Secondly you know Owens is a good hitter, why do you still pitch to him?

[BrooksBall]

More Bumkowski.

[stobbartjohn]

Get the ***** out of her Borkwoski. 2 run lead into 1 run deficit in 3 at bats.

[johnmvp]

He always comes in and puts runners on then gets pulled. Instead this time he comes in and serves up bombs.

[redefined]

What the hell? That guy didn't even touch the bag.

And Borkowski should've cleanly fielded that ball

[H-townhero]

our bullpen is easily the worst in the majors except for 2-3 of them :rolleyes:

[stobbartjohn]

Is that an ERA of 54.00 for our Bork there?

[cardpire]

job well done, borkowski. see ya in a few days when you come ruin another game.

great managing, coop.

[stobbartjohn]

Oh well, we lost. Thanks Borkowski

[DOMINATOR]

why couldn't qualls throw 95+ with that movement last year? damn

[DaDakota]

Our bullpen sucks balls.

DD

[arkoe]

740 new guys on the first two hits Bork gave up: "That's 850 feet of hit." :(

[BrooksBall]

Bumkowski should be the very last option in our bullpen. Even Moehler should be ahead of him.

Bumkowski should only be brought in when we are losing big or winning big. When I say winning big, I mean at least a 5 run lead.

Better yet, we should just cut his ass and bring in an average, unproven arm from the minors.

[stobbartjohn]

What is going on out there. Seems like every time the Dbacks put bat to ball it goes a long long way and we have no play on it

[cardpire]

Our bullpen sucks balls.

DD


it really doesnt, but moehler, borkowski, and villareal do. moehler's long relief, and your long reliever ain't ever gonna be cy young material, so i give him a pass. borkowski and villareal should never be pitching in crucial situations. cooper's an idiot for letting him.

[BrooksBall]

Love how we really took advantage of Bourn pinch running. :rolleyes:

It took all of a few pitches to end the inning with only 1 out. Of course, Pence finished things off with another SO.

[desihooper]

Love how we really took advantage of Bourn pinch running. :rolleyes:

It took all of a few pitches to end the inning with only 1 out. Of course, Pence finished things off with another SO.

Yeah, Blum swinging away on the first pitch with the runner going, just frustrated me to no end. Is there no "take" signs for our hitters?!?

Bourn at second with two shots to drive him in turns into Bourn parked at first to end the inning, frustrating.

[BrooksBall]

it really doesnt, but moehler, borkowski, and villareal do. moehler's long relief, and your long reliever ain't ever gonna be cy young material, so i give him a pass. borkowski and villareal should never be pitching in crucial situations. cooper's an idiot for letting him.

No, out bullpen really does suck balls. That means we are way below average compared to the rest of the league. I don't see how anybody can make a case otherwise.

I don't care how good Brocail has looked, he's not going to keep it up. He is an average pitcher, at absolute best. He was average in his prime.

Valverde is the best thing in our pen and he's been shaky this season.

Wright may end up being pretty decent, but he is way too raw to make any real judgment yet.

Geary is probably our second best in the pen and that isn't saying much.

We have a crappy bullpen, overall. And our starting rotation may be worse than the pen.

The only pitchers that will likely be worth keeping for next season are Oswalt, Valverde and Wright. The rest just don't matter.

[BMoney]

Borkowski looked really, really nasty the other night against Arizona with 2 strikeouts. Not tonight clearly...

[stobbartjohn]

Surely we can tie it up here.....

[stobbartjohn]

Obviously not. We suck badly

[Puedlfor]

Well shucks. I guess anytime you give up a pinch hit homerun to a pitcher that's just not your day.

[BMoney]

That's one horrible loss. Blowing two four run leads in unacceptable.

[sm0d]

why was cruz batting? he sucks right now, and erstad would have been a much better option.

[DOMINATOR]

why was cruz batting? he sucks right now, and erstad would have been a much better option.
erstad was already used.

[sm0d]

erstad was already used.
oh :( i was keeping up via gamecast while studying.

[Major]

it really doesnt, but moehler, borkowski, and villareal do. moehler's long relief, and your long reliever ain't ever gonna be cy young material, so i give him a pass. borkowski and villareal should never be pitching in crucial situations. cooper's an idiot for letting him.

Who should have pitched there? Keep in mind - you're in the 6th inning. Wright has already pitched, and you've already ruled out three others pitching in close games. Who pitches the rest of the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th innings?

[cardpire]

Who should have pitched there? Keep in mind - you're in the 6th inning. Wright has already pitched, and you've already ruled out three others pitching in close games. Who pitches the rest of the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th innings?

wesley wright, the guy who had just retired 2 batters.

[jev5555]

BUMKOWSKI AGAIN!

[Uprising]

WOW, did anyone else catch some of Cooper's remarks after the game?

Damn he was PISSED. He was promising it'll NEVER happen again. "I can tell you it'll NEVER happen AGAIN!" (stros giving up the lead and pitcher hr)

[H-townhero]

I didn't see it, link? TRADE BUMKOWSKI !!!! :mad: :p

[sammy]

I didn't see it, link? TRADE BUMKOWSKI !!!! :mad: :p

who cares about trading him? just release the guy. he is a joke

[Uprising]

I didn't see it, link? TRADE BUMKOWSKI !!!! :mad: :p

It's in the chronicle. There's an article about it on their site too. He erupted.

[johnmvp]

Hey uprising, your pcgaming link doesn't work. Are you getting the new GTA for your PC or another system?

[msn]

Hey uprising, your pcgaming link doesn't work. Are you getting the new GTA for your PC or another system?
Hey--did you ever post at the old, old astros.com forum, like 8 years ago?

[Uprising]

Hey uprising, your pcgaming link doesn't work. Are you getting the new GTA for your PC or another system?

Aww yeah, I should change my sig. I just cancelled the URL like 3 days ago. The site wasn't used much (forums) etc, because everyone just gets on Teamspeak or Ventrillo and talks verbally. So no need to type.

I was going to wait to get it on PC, but ended up buying a PS3 and GTA with my rebate money from the GOV.

Do you have xfire? Hit me up if you do.

[Surfguy]

WOW, did anyone else catch some of Cooper's remarks after the game?

Damn he was PISSED. He was promising it'll NEVER happen again. "I can tell you it'll NEVER happen AGAIN!" (stros giving up the lead and pitcher hr)

I heard it and my approval rating of Cooper is at an all-time low. He sounds more like a disgruntled fan than a manager. Is that Cooper's temperment as a manager...bitch via the press when things go wrong? Then, he will put Borkowski in again in another situation like this only for it to happen again. Then what? We hear this kind of emotional diatribe yet again...about how it will never happen again. Wow...thanks for the worthless guarantee.