Astros Vs. Rangers>>Game Thread<<July 1st, 2006
The 38-42 Houston Astros take on the 41-39 Texas Rangers in the 2nd of a 3 game series.
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Fox barely comes back to show us Wilson's hit down the left field line for a double. The Astros have got to get this run in. Munson pops up the 2B man on the pitcher's mound. That's not good and...
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OK, not a good start. Matthews gets a lead off single on the 1st pitch. DeRosa helps us out by popping out to CF. Buchholz strikes out Young with a good sequence of pitches. Teixeira grounds out to...
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Lamb is a single away from a cycle.
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After a 10-pitch AB, Bruntlett gets on base on an error by Young. On what looked like it was going to be a DP (grounder up the middle fielded by Young close to the 2B bag), Young was a little off...
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Still with nobody out, the Astros have a man on 3rd with Ensberg at the plate. Got to get this run in. Ensberg walks. Berkman grounds a single through the right side. Lamb scores. Astros now lead 5-0....
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Blalock flies out to RF. Mench Ks flinging his bat at the ball. Kinsler walks. Wilkerson flies out to LF. Another good inning by Buchholz. He's now over 100 pitches and will likely come out of the...
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Fox missed it, but Lane grounds out to 3B. Everett grounds to 2B, but is safe at 1st after a bad throw by Kinsler. DeRosa tries to tag Everett running by, but the ump ruled that he missed the tag....
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Qualls pitching. Barajas lines out to RF. Matthews walks and Lamb is giving him an earful for robbing him of his 2nd HR of the day. DeRosa grounds into a 6-4-3 DP. End of inning.Top of the 9th; Astros...
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Ensberg starts the 9th off with a walk. Berkman grounds out to 1B. Ensberg advances to 2B. Wilson doubles down the LF line scoring Ensberg. Astros lead 6-0. Munson flies out to RF. Lane singles to LF...
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Borkowski pitching. Young lines out to CF. Teixeira pops it up to shallow CF. Taveras makes a valiant try, but traps it and in trying to sell the catch to the ump, allows Teixeira to make it to 2B and...
View ArticleRe: Astros Vs. Rangers>>Game Thread<<July 1st, 2006
astros come through in the clutch, nice too see Petition to retire JR Richard's #50
View ArticleRe: Astros Vs. Rangers>>Game Thread<<July 1st, 2006
Tomorrow is likely to be a very tough game, because Milwood is on the mound. But at least today's win sets up the possibility of winning this last series of the road trip. If the Astros can manage to...
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Quote:WHAT A CATCH BY GARY MATTHEWS JRWe will see that catch many more times. Not only will it be the number 1 play on ESPN Sportscenter's top 10 plays, but we will also see it as an early ESPY...
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That catch is very similar to the catch by Beltran, IMO. Yes, I do recall it, and I can't say that the catch in CF today was better than Beltran's. They were both very good catches, with both players...
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Not to mention Beltran's catch preserved a 1-0 lead that ended up beind the final. Gotta figure Roy cant totally hate him, even now, as that was his 1-0 win.
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Clack -- I keep looking for signs of life, and the offense sputtered enough to make me hopeful. Thing is, I've fallen for this before, only to end up wondering what the hell happened or if it's even...
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Quote:We will see that catch many more times. Not only will it be the number 1 play on ESPN Sportscenter's top 10 plays, but we will also see it as an early ESPY nomination for play of the year. I...
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Raul Ibanez of the Seattle Mariners made a similar catch last night as well. The only difference was it occurred over the leftfield wall, and it wasn't quite as good as the Garry Matthews catch, at...
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Ryan, as for great outfield catches this season, it's hard to top Ryan Freel's running catch in CF at MMP...which produced a heartbreaking loss for the Astros. That catch looked almost impossible to...
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