5-13-08: Astros vs Giants Game Thread

[A.J.]

vs




9:15 FSN

Probable Starters

Brandon Backe 2-4 4.64 ERA

vs
Matt Cain 1-3 4.50 ERA

[RaoulDuke79]

GO ASTROS!

[rocketworld]

i have no words to describe how amazed i am by what the astros and berkman have been able to do...i can't believe i didn't watch last night's game...i have seen most of the other ones

[A.J.]

Starting Lineups

Astros

CF Bourn
2B Matsui
SS Tejada
1B Berkman
LF Lee
3B Blum
RF Pence
C Towles
P Backe



Giants

LF Lewis
SS Vizquel
RF Winn
C Molina
CF Rowand
1B Bowker
2B Durham
3B Aurilia
P Cain

[A.J.]

No comment on Backe.

[A.J.]

Lee with an RBI single.

3-1 Giants

[A.J.]

Pence is struggling badly.

[A.J.]

Nice play by Matsui

[A.J.]

Backe is starting to settle down.

[RaoulDuke79]

Looks like we might not be getting another sweep!

Oh well, I can just blame vator if we lose, clearly it's his fault.

[A.J.]

Our main priority for the draft is to get a good hitting catcher.

[RaoulDuke79]

Our main priority for the draft is to get a good hitting catcher.

I thought Towles was going to be that guy!

Also I'm more concerned about pitching. Can't ever have too much pitching. Oswalt is getting older, Chacon is...well, Chacon. I don't trust Backe, and I certainly don't trust Sampson or Moehler or Wandy or Cassel or any of the other guys we've started this year.

They've done well for us, and they're serviceable(especially Oswalt obviously) but we need good, talented young pitching to build around more than a catcher who can hit IMO.

We need both though. So many years of the 1-2-3 blackhole at the bottom of the lineup. Of course now it's more just a 1-2 punch since Everett is gone but still...

[A.J.]

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I thought Towles was going to be that guy!

Also I'm more concerned about pitching. Can't ever have too much pitching. Oswalt is getting older, Chacon is...well, Chacon. I don't trust Backe, and I certainly don't trust Sampson or Moehler or Wandy or Cassel or any of the other guys we've started this year.

They've done well for us, and they're serviceable(especially Oswalt obviously) but we need good, talented young pitching to build around more than a catcher who can hit IMO.

We need both though. So many years of the 1-2-3 blackhole at the bottom of the lineup. Of course now it's more just a 1-2 punch since Everett is gone but still...

Ya we need to address Starting pitching also, but We really need a good hitting Catcher just in case Towles falters.

[A.J.]

Lee with the solo homer.

[A.J.]

What are you doing Towles?

[A.J.]

Last Chance.

[A.J.]

Streak over.

[RaoulDuke79]

All vator's fault.