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| Astros return home to face Reds |
MLB Baseball |
09/23/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Lefty Wandy Rodriguez leads the Houston Astros back to Minute Maid Park for the first time since the arrival of Hurricane Ike when they face the visiting Cincinnati Reds to open a three-game midweek series. Houston was driven from its home field by the devastating storm and had to play a home series in Milwaukee before a mediocre road trip that's left the team on the fringes of National League Wild Card contention with six games remaining. The Astros trail the wild card-leading New York Me |
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| Brewers start late playoff push with home set vs. Bucs |
MLB Baseball |
09/23/2008 |
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| (9 starts) lifetime versus the Pirates. Bush posted back-to- back wins over Pittsburgh on August 22 and 29. The Pirates begin a season-ending six-game road trip tonight and are 26-49 as the visitor. They closed out home play on Sunday, losing to the Houston Astros, 6-2. Ross Ohlendorf, in his fourth start with Pittsburgh since coming over from the Yankees, yielded four runs on 10 hits and two walks in five innings for the Pirates, who have lost three of four. Ryan Doumit had three hits with a run scored in th |
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| Astros topple Buccos to keep flickering playoff hopes alive |
MLB Baseball |
09/21/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Miguel Tejada was 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI, as the Houston Astros used another quality Roy Oswalt start to keep their slim playoff hopes alive with a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the rubber match of a three-game set. Oswalt (16-10) scattered seven hits and allowed a run without walking a batter and striking out four in six innings for Houston, which is just 2-6 following a six-game winning streak. Michael Bourn had three hits and two steals, whil |
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| Oswalt goes for No. 16 in Astros' tilt with Bucs |
MLB Baseball |
09/21/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Veteran right-hander Roy Oswalt will try to restart a winning streak against the last team he beat when the Houston Astros visit the Pittsburgh Pirates today in the finale of a three-game weekend series at PNC Park. A 31-year-old Mississippi native, Oswalt had won four straight decisions -- including a 6-0 blanking of the Pirates on September 11 -- before dropping a 5-1 verdict to the Florida Marlins five days later. In the Pittsburgh win, Oswalt went the full nine-inning distance and allo |
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| Doumit leads Pirates past Astros |
MLB Baseball |
09/20/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Ryan Doumit went 3-for-4, drove in three runs and scored once as the Pittsburgh Pirates held on for a 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros in the middle installment of a three-game set. Brandon Moss had an RBI triple for the Pirates, who have two wins in the last six games. Andy LaRoche and Nate McLouth both drove in a run in the win. Jimmy Barthmaier, making his second major league start, lasted three innings and was touched for two runs on five hits in the no-decision. Jaso |
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| Astros, Pirates to resume weekend set |
MLB Baseball |
09/20/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Rookie right-hander Jimmy Barthmaier makes his second major-league start tonight, when the Pittsburgh Pirates host the Houston Astros in the middle tilt of a three-game weekend set at PNC Park. Barthmaier debuted on June 27 against Tampa Bay and was ripped for seven hits and seven runs in just 2 1/3 innings of a 10-5 loss to the Rays in Pittsburgh. The 6-foot-4, 210-pounder, who was picked by the Astros in the 13th round of the 2003 draft, will finish the season with the Pirates and then r |
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| Wolf lifts 'Stros to win over Bucs |
MLB Baseball |
09/19/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Randy Wolf was solid on the hill and Hunter Pence drove in three runs as the Houston Astros topped the Pirates, 5-1, in the opener of a three-game set. Wolf (11-12) allowed just a run on three hits and a walk while fanning seven in seven frames to help the Astros snap a poorly timed five-game slide. Pence had two of Houston's six hits, while Geoff Blum and Ty Wigginton each had an RBI. "It feels good to get a win," Pence said. "To have the kind of pitching performance Wolf h |
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| Marlins' Ramirez out of starting lineup vs. Phils |
MLB Baseball |
09/19/2008 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - Hanley Ramirez was out of Florida's lineup on Friday for the second straight day with a shoulder injury. The All-Star shortstop homered twice in Wednesday's 14-2 drubbing of the Houston Astros before leaving after the fourth inning with a strained left shoulder. Center fielder Cameron Maybin took Ramirez's place in the leadoff spot on Friday against the Philadelphia Phillies, and Alfredo Amezaga shifted to shortstop for the Marlins. Ramirez is batting .298 with 32 home runs and a |
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| Pirates welcome Astros to PNC |
MLB Baseball |
09/19/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The hurricane-addled Houston Astros continue an on-the- road recovery tonight when they open a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. The Astros' red-hot second half brought them within striking distance of a National League Wild Card berth before a five-game losing streak coincided with the damaging arrival of Hurricane Ike earlier this week. The team was forced to flee its home at Minute Maid Park to play a key two- game series with the Chicago Cubs in Milwaukee and d |
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| Baker helps Fish cook Astros |
MLB Baseball |
09/18/2008 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - John Baker finished 3-for-5 with four RBI and scored twice, as the streaking Florida Marlins completed a three-game sweep of the scuffling Houston Astros with an 8-1 victory from Dolphin Stadium. Cameron Maybin collected four hits and scored two runs for Florida, which heads into a critical three-game showdown with Philadelphia on a season-high eight-game winning streak. The Marlins trail the front-running Phillies by 5 1/2 games in the NL East. Florida also trails the New York M |
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