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That statement that I put in bold is all I need to know about what little you know. Entering today's game, Houston is 1st in hitting in the American league and MLB with a .259 team batting average. They rank in top five in OBP (.324), Slugging (.411) and OPS (.735) in the American League. Now, had you said their hitting of late (last 4-5 games) or first part of season (first 20 games) has not been good, then your statement would have been accurate.

1. Astros went in defensive mode when replacing Altuve to protect lead. 2. In extra innings, you start your at bat with a runner at 2nd base. Whoever made last out in prior inning is put on 2nd base to start their next inning at bat. 3. same as #2. MLB started this a couple of years ago to shorten games. In extras, you start with a runner in scoring position (2nd base) to make it a little easier to score so that games can likely end sooner. No more 12+ inning games. I think since MLB implemented this rule, no games have gone past 13 innings.

Moving Brown up in rotation to pitch today, He will not pitch in All Star game. If Hader is used today, I don't see him pitching n All-Star game. Astros pitching got 19 K's last night.

Not sure where the girls coach went.

McCullers with 83 pitches in the first 3 innings.

He was also their star QB. Had offers from several Power 5 schools.

That is their #1 prospect. He played his high school ball at Atascocita.

All the above. Just shows that Houston has a good farm system and made some good deals. Houston has dealt with more injuries to every day players and starting pitchers than any other team in MLB.

The Astros have played 93 games and have had 88 different lineups. They still haven't used a single lineup more than twice.

My point was we don't hear from you unless something negative is going on with the Astros. Then you make your presence known. You only come around when you have opportunity to be negative therefore why you make a post after a three game losing streak and not when they were winning 28 of 38 games and playing the best in the MLB the last month. I posted a while back that you wouldn't be heard from until Houston had a 3-4 game losing streak and well, here you are.

Source: The Astros are calling up No. 1 prospect Brice Matthews to join the team Friday, MLB. com has learned. Matthews is slashing .283/.400/.476 with 10 homers, 39 RBIs and 25 steals at Triple-A, while playing mostly 2B. Matthews was set to play in Futures Game.

I agree. I would hate to live in negativity like some obviously do.

Just like I predicted. On cue after 3 straight losses. smh

Got mine three weeks ago. 😉

Brown finally having a bad outing. He was due one.

THIS!!!!!

I see that,

Gordon pitches tomorrow for Houston.

Believe that's 25 for 25 in save opportunities.

Astros sign relief pitcher Hector Neris. He will be available for today's game. Houston sent down RHP Alexander to AAA to make a roster spot for Neris. This is Neris third stint with Houston. He pitched for the Angels and Braves this season.

Houston having BP tonight. Currently lead 17-1 in top of 6. Astros with 5 HR's tonight. 17 runs on 17 hits

Ok. Didn't look at the private rankings.

Been doing the 4th down here for the last 11 years. Love it.

Tank commits to Texas A&M

"Zero border crossing in May" I find that very very hard to believe. I would agree on it being much lower than before, but not zero.