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Post by iowafan on Aug 14, 2010 9:46:06 GMT -5
I didn't pay very close attention to this game because I got the first episoded of the Lonesome Dove series to watch and was busy watching that. It kindof applies to where I live in that the problems were similar in pioneer days. Our hitting continues to falter, at least we are not hitting at the clip that we were before. Carlos Lee got ahold of one which saved the day. His batting average is hovering around .250 now. I predict that will sink. Blum played 2nd base and continues to be used at any position. Myers has been having trouble getting a win as a result of this hitting drought.
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Post by iowafan on Aug 14, 2010 12:13:23 GMT -5
I think we are a little outmatched in this next game with Norris and Maholm. Hopefully Norris will turn in a good start in orange juice park. I think it will take a special start because I think Maholm is going to be tough tonight. I hope we can pull through, but I suppose we won't.
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Post by iowafan on Aug 14, 2010 21:00:08 GMT -5
That was a great game. I was surprised how well Norris did. I was not surprised that Maholm was hard to score on but Norris outpitched him. I also am getting impressed with Lopez. We are extremely thin in pitching right now. It is amazing to see Norris strike out 14. When was the last time an Astro pitcher struck out that many. The Pirates seem to have a talent for striking out. I would not want to be a Pirate fan right now. They must have a really screwed up organization. Anyway we need to start hitting better. Karstens and Happ are pitching tomorrow. Karstens has been pitching well lately. Therefore Happ better be ready. It would be nice to have another sweep.
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Post by cangrejero on Aug 14, 2010 21:52:34 GMT -5
Norris had a great game, but it was just the Pirates. We need to see more consistency from him, but i hope he continues this kind of pitching.
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Post by iowafan on Aug 15, 2010 15:12:36 GMT -5
We are doing well in this game so far. I was happy that they took out Happ in the 6th. He wasn't that sharp and had a fairly high pitch count and it got us some runs even though I was surprised that Feliz delivered. He hadn't been too impressive lately. Melancon pitched a really solid 7th. I wonder if he will pitch the 8th. Probably not.
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Post by iowafan on Aug 15, 2010 16:12:26 GMT -5
We did as well as we could do against the Pirates and even had a run of scoring in the last game. Right now I think Happ has the tools to be a really good pitcher if he could improve his control. He has a great mix of pitches and the brains to use them. Johnson and Pence had a great day. I may become a Pence believer yet. I have always been slightly doubtful about Pence but if he has the right group of hitters around him, he could be good.
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Post by cangrejero on Aug 15, 2010 17:16:07 GMT -5
i like how this team is devoloping.
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Post by iowafan on Aug 15, 2010 17:57:50 GMT -5
I used to do tons of analysis of the hitting and pitching of the Astros but I didn't do it this year or the last several year because of lack of time. I really wish that I would have had time to do it this year because there are so many interesting things happening. This is actually one of the most interesting Astro years in recent history.
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