***** 2023 Houston Astros Season Thread *****

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Farmer1906
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Threw out a runner
Drew a walk
Got a hit
Called a good game

Enjoy the bench for 5 days.
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Julia did a great job tonight in Blummer's seat.
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Will definitely take gaining 2 games on the Rangers with them playing the Reds and us playing the Rays lol
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They sure jacked Urquidy up tho. I have to admit… that scared me. Not quite as scared now.
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The rangerettes must be a little nervous looking into their rear view mirror.
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mwm said:

The rangerettes must be a little nervous looking into their rear view mirror.


Their parade is on April 30th, right?
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What a road trip against two of the top teams in baseball on their home fields.
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Damn, that game was quick! What a road trip!
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Rangers way in rear view mirror parade is June 1 I thought ? Or were you talking about the Rangers 1st place parade in late April?

No doubt in my mind, if there is any drama it will be the M's.
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7-2 in this tough stretch against Toronto, Atlanta and TB. Pitching, especially starting pitching, has been excellent.
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jah003 said:

Obviously a trap series.
Oh yeah, where is that dude? We trapped our asses off!!!
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halfastros81 said:

Rangers way in rear view mirror parade is June 1 I thought ? Or were you talking about the Rangers 1st place parade in late April?


Degrom is going to pitch the next 25 games in a row to put us in the rear view. Has to be their plan, no?
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Swept Atl and 2/3 against TB...both on the road. Damn!
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What other glimmer of hope could they have?
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mwm said:

The rangerettes must be a little nervous looking into their rear view mirror.


They'll always have the mural of Odor punching Bautista though.

Well until the city forces that to be removed too.
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Prosperdick said:

Big Al 1992 said:

Astros are now responsible for 25% of the Rays losses

Let's go for 40%!!!
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ClickClack said:

mwm said:

The rangerettes must be a little nervous looking into their rear view mirror.


They'll always have the mural of Odor punching Bautista though.

Well until the city forces that to be removed too.
Two greatest highlights for Rangers throughout their ENTIRE history:
1. Ryan beating up Ventura
2. Odor punching Bautista

OK yes they made a WS they lost in agonizing fashion and Nolan threw two more no-no's and hit 5,000 K's but I try to pretend like those didn't happen. I will point out that an ex-Astro stuck a dagger in their hearts in the WS.
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We are appropriately focusing on the Rangers, who were the latest in dumb takes, but it can't feel that much better to be the Yankees, Phili or Seattle and see us heating up
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B4 we get too high on our horse , our history wasn't that great until past 6-7 yrs . No doubt we were historically more competitive but not much to show for it.
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Dusty on HB: "the shot clock didn't effect him".
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Ryan Pressly with 5 straight shutout appearances since the loss in Pittsburgh
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That road trip was a statement. I guarantee the team sees it that way too. They can be as PC as they want, but they know they just put MLB on notice.
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Man the fans really cleared out of that stadium quick…oh wait.
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As the Dubon train rolls on McTaggart had an interesting piece on Astro hitting streaks in his newsletter today including this nugget on Taveras' 30 gamer.

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Taveras hit .349 during his streak, which included 38 singles, five doubles, one triple, and one homer. The most amazing aspect of Taveras' streak, though, is that he had an 0-for-11 slump in the middle of it.

Wait, how's that possible?

Taveras singled in his first at-bat in an 86, 18-inning loss to the Chicago Cubs on Aug. 15, 2006, and went 0-for-8 the rest of the game (1-for-9 in the game). The next game, he was hitless in his first three at-bats before beating out a bunt single in the seventh inning to extend his hitting streak.
I love this kind of trivia.
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I said at the beginning of this series I'd be happy winning 1 but winning 2 would be great and would absolutely get the train rolling down the tracks.

Great win and great run we're on.

All without the GOAT and Uncle Mike.
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And 2 games without Yordan.
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this stretch has been bonkers
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halfastros81 said:

And 2 games without Yordan.


3. He flew back to Houston after the Braves series.

Sweet win. I wasn't sure 1 run would do it tonight but Hunter and the BP were nails.
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The new world order after tonight.

30: Willy Taveras, 2006
25: Jeff Kent, 2004
24: Tony Eusebio, 2000
23: Art Howe, 1981
23: Luis Gonzalez, 1997
23: Moises Alou, 2001
23: Hunter Pence, 2011
22: Cesar Cedeno, 1977
21: Lee May, 1973
21: Dickie Thon, 1982
21: Lance Berkman, 2001
21: MIguel Tejada, 2009
20: Rusty Staub, 1967
20: Kevin Bass, 1986
20: Mauricio Dubon, 2023
19: Bob Watson, 1973
19: Cesar Cedeno, 1976
19: Jose Cruz, 1983
Life is better with a beagle
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cone said:

this stretch has been bonkers


Yep
7-2 streak is pretty good

Almost as good as an 11-2 streak in last year's postseason
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McInnis said:

As the Dubon train rolls on McTaggart had an interesting piece on Astro hitting streaks in his newsletter today including this nugget on Taveras' 30 gamer.

Quote:

Taveras hit .349 during his streak, which included 38 singles, five doubles, one triple, and one homer. The most amazing aspect of Taveras' streak, though, is that he had an 0-for-11 slump in the middle of it.

Wait, how's that possible?

Taveras singled in his first at-bat in an 86, 18-inning loss to the Chicago Cubs on Aug. 15, 2006, and went 0-for-8 the rest of the game (1-for-9 in the game). The next game, he was hitless in his first three at-bats before beating out a bunt single in the seventh inning to extend his hitting streak.
I love this kind of trivia.


I was at that game.
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I cannot say enough about how dominant the pitching was in 2 shutouts, with a total of 7 hits in 18 innings

Garcia gave us 6 innings
Hunter gave us 7 innings
We got single shutout innings from Neris, Maton, Montero, and we got the closing inning twice from Presley


In neither game did any Astros pitcher give up two hits in the same inning.

That's the pitching that won us the title last year and that's the pitching we all hoped we were bringing back
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https://www.mlb.com/news/hunter-brown-shuts-down-rays-as-astros-win-series

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It was Houston's second straight shutout vs. Tampa Bay as Brown followed in the footsteps of Luis Garcia's gem on Tuesday. The last time the Astros pitched back-to-back shutouts? It occurred at Tropicana Field against the Rays in September 202


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