myteamrivals.typepad.com - 6/11/2009
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After being MIA for three starts, the good Wandy Rodriguez, a prospective All-Star, returned to the mound for the Astros in a 2-1 win over the Cubs. Rodriguez pitched seven innings and gave up just one run, five hits and two walks.
For eight innings, the Astros didn't do any better off Cub ...
Houston Astros vs. Chicago Cubs
mlbcenter.com 6/15/2009 — By the time the Astros headed into this series with the Chicago Cubs, they had quietly won three consecutive series and had posted a 7-3 record over their past ten games. The recent string of series wins was not enough to pull them up out of the NL Central cellar, but it did erase their previous ...
Houston Astros Update
mlbcenter.com 6/9/2009 — In what can only be described as a positive upswing in a season full of disappointment, the Astros have quietly strung together three consecutive series victories while posting a 7-3 record for their past ten games.
Gotta Zcore More Than One to Win - Cubs 1 Astros 2
chicagocubsonline.com 6/11/2009 — Game Fifty-Six - Cubs 1 Astros 2
WP - Chris Sampson (3-0) LP - Angel Guzman (2-1) Save - None
Lou Piniella's crew dropped their third one-run game of the road trip despite a tremendous performance by Carlos Zambrano . Zambrano turned in one of his better outings of the season after finding ...
Astros Skid Hits Seven; It's Going to be a Long Season
homeruntrot.blogspot.com 5/29/2009 — With Wednesday's 6-1 loss to Cincinnati, the Houston Astros find themselves to be on a seven game losing streak. This is the Astros longest losing streak of the season. The losing streak is par for the course for them this season. Houston is 18-27, last in the NL Central. They're about even at ...
The Astros plan on being buyers for some reason
bases.newsvine.com 6/2/2009 — No good options
Following yesterday's news that the White Sox were scouting Roy Oswalt -- and that he was having none of it -- comes two hope-springs-eternal stories from Houston.
First comes all sorts of optimistic rumblings from the Astros over at ...
SLOPPY PLAY OVERLOOKED IN ASTROS WIN
mlbcenter.com 5/31/2009 — After the Astros have dropped their last seven games and eight of their last nine overall, the Astros finally got back in the win column behind a complete game gem twirled by starter, Brian Moehler. A strong outing by recent rookie call-up, Edwin Maysonet, gave the Astros offense the infusion of ...
Astros Face Another Disappointing First Half Of Season
bleacherreport.com 6/27/2009 — For those who have lived in Houston for a few years, it is easy to see that Astros fans stick with their team through even the worst of seasons. In 2000, the Astros posted a losing record in their new Enron field after winning the NL Central three ...
Astros Draft – Can’t Touch This
fourthandfifty.com 6/10/2009 —
With the first round in this year’s MLB Draft, the Astros selected Jiovanni Mier , a high school shortstop out of California. Here is some video on the young fella . Watch it, because it is likely to be the last time you see him, unless you make a road trip to one of the minor league ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros
straitpinkie.com 6/9/2009 — Starting on Tuesday June 9, the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros will play their 18th series in 2009 against one another. OK, that’s a slight exaggeration, it’s just their fourth matchup. It just seems like they play each other every other series.
The Cubs are 5-2 thus far ...
Houston Astros Update
mlbcenter.com 5/26/2009 — Houston, we have a serious problem now. We can no longer ignore the fact that the lineup has not produced, and we can no longer use the excuse that the season is still young and that the seasoned Astros lineup will finally get into the swing of things. We can no longer excuse the starting ...
Z's strong; hitters aren't —
Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs :: 6/11/2009
Carlos Zambrano definitely didn't retire yet. But the Cubs' hitters might have, the way their bats turtled again the day after it looked like they might be ready to finally start stretching their offensive production. ''We've just got to score runs. ...
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