myteamrivals.typepad.com - 6/22/2009
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A desultory loss to the Twins on Friday night didn't dampen the Astros' spirit as they took the second and third games of the interleague series.
The first six innings of Saturday afternoon's game looked like more of the same as the Astros managed just a run and four hits in six innings and ...
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 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 ...
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 Continue their Dominance of Buccos
mlbcenter.com 7/9/2009 — After returning from a seven game road trip on the west coast, Astros players and personnel had to take comfort in the fact that they would be able finish out the first half of the season at home against two teams that have struggled as of late.
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 ...
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 ...
Houston Astros Struggling to Break Even before the All-Star Break
mlbcenter.com 7/7/2009 — When the Astros headed west for this past week’s seven-game road trip, they had only one thing on their mind: .500, as in breaking even. The Astros finished the month of June with a 16-11, fourth best in the majors during that time frame, as they climbed to within two games under the .500 mark, ...
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 ...
The State of the Central: Houston
sheffieldshouse.blogspot.com 7/7/2009 — Yesterday we filled you in on where the Pittsburgh Pirates were at and what their second half may figure to be, Today... the Houstons Astros. So without further ado, let's get to it. Houston Astros: Being an Astros fan must be frustrating. Yes, they are 40-41 and 3.5 games out of first. But ...
Astros 4, Twins 1 —
NYT > Baseball 6/22/2009
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Wandy Rodriguez pitched seven strong innings for his first win in more than a month and the Houston Astros beat the Minnesota Twins 4-1 on Sunday.