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Houston Astros 2006 Season

Main Page - Featuring Draft results, Transactions, Rankings, Lineups, Stat Leaders, and so on...

2006 Fantasy Draft:

01 - Albert Pujols

02 - Jake Peavy

03 - Mark Kotsay

04 - Rafael Furcal

05 - Brandon Webb

06 - Jorge Cantu

07 - Carl Crawford

08 - Jason Isringhausen

09 - Joe Kennedy

10 - Chone Figgins

11 - Brady Clark

12 - J. C. Romero

13 - Joaquin Benoit

14 - Scott Olsen

15 - Chris Duffy

16 - Chad Billingsby

17 - Jhonny Peralta

18 - Dustin Pedroia

19 - Ramiro Mendoza

20 - Derrick Turnbow

21 - Adam Wainwright

22 - Delmon Young

23 - Gerald Laird

24 - David Newhan

25 - Joel Hanrahan

Post Draft Note - Traded Scott Olson to Arizona for Yadier Molina, could've sworn I drafted Jason Kendall even though i obviously didn't. My Bad, folks.

Lineup vs. RHP

SS - Cesar Izturis

CF - Mark Kotsay

1B - Albert Pujols

3B - Melvin Mora

C - Yadier Molina

LF - Brady Clark

2B - Chone Figgins

RF - Carl Crawford

C - Yadier Molina

Projected vs. LHP

SS - Cesar Izturis

CF - Mark Kotsay

1B - Albert Pujols

3B - Melvin Mora

C - Yadier Molina

LF - Brady Clark

2B - Chone Figgins

RF - Carl Crawford

Bench

CF/OF - Chris Duffy

SS - Jhonny Peralta

2B/SS - Dustin Pedroia

3B - David Newhan

C - Gerald Laird

Normally Carl Crawford plays left field, but because of Minute Maid Park's dimensions, i decided it'd be smarter to put the faster, stronger arm out in the bigger part of the field between right and left field.

Starting Rotation

1 - Jake Peavy

2 - Chad Billingsley

3 - Bradon Webb

4 - Joaquin Benoit

5 - Joe Kennedy

Bullpen

RHP - Adam Wainwright

RHP - Frank Castillo

RHP - Joel Hanrahan

LHP - J.C. Romero

RHP - Derrick Turnbow

RHP - Ramiro Mendoza

RHP - Jason Isringhausen

Pos. Rankings

Pitching - 15th

Batting - 13th

Fielding - 13th

Speed - 1st

Stat Leaders (thru 04/16)

AVG - Albert Pujols - .367

HR - Albert Pujols - 13

RBI - Albert Pujols - 22

R - Albert Pujols - 18

SB - Chone Figgins - 7

W - Three Tied - 3

SV - Jason Isringhausen - 7

IP - Jake Peavy - 33.0

ERA - Jake Peavy - 0.27 (Amongst Starters)

K - Chad Billingsley - 32

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[align=center]Tuesday, April 5th, 2006

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Rich Harden (0-0, 0.00) vs. Jake Peavy (0-0, 0.00)[/align]

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WP: Jake Peavy (9IP, 2Hs, 6Ks, 0.00)

LP: Rich Harden (7.1IP, 7Hs, 5Rs, 2Ks, 3HRs, 6.14)

Player of the Game: Jake Peavy

Pitching: 9IP, 2H, 6Ks

Batting: 1/3, 1RBI, 1HR

Scoring Plays

Bottom of the First:

-Jorge Cantu doubles to right center, C. Figgins scores

Bottom of the Third:

-Albert Pujols homers to deep left, M. Kotsay scores

Bottom of the Fifth:

-Jake Peavy homers to deep left

Bottom of the Sixth:

-Jorge Cantu homers to deep right

Game Notes

-Chone Figgins lead off Astros with a double, the first hit of the year

-Jorge Cantu knocks in the first run, Chone Figgins, with a double

-Jake Peavy gets the first strike out of the year in the third

-Albert Pujols hits the first homerun of the year in the third

-Jake Peavy retired 11 straight until an Alex Rodriguez triple in the forth

-Jake Peavy hit his first career homerun in the fifth

-Jake Peavy retired 10 straight until Shawn Green singles in the eigth

-Rafael Furcal -> Jorge Cantu -> Albert Pujols connect for the first double play of the year

-Chris Duffy steals the first base of the year, third, in the eigth

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[align=center]Wednesday, April 6th, 2006

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A.J. Burnett(0-0, 0.00) vs. Brandon Webb (0-0, 0.00)[/align]

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WP: S. Mitre (3IP, 5H, 1K, 0.00)

LP: Adam Wainwright (1H, 1R, 2K, 1HR)

Player of the Game: ------

Scoring Plays

Top of the First:

Jason Kendall homers to deep left

Bottom of the Third:

Albert Pujols homers to deep left

Top of the Fifth:

A.J. Burnett grounds out to 2B, DeAngelo Jimenez scores

Bottom of the Sixth

Jorge Cantu homers to deep left

Top of the 14th:

Shawn Green homers to deep left

Game Notes:

-Jason Kendall led off the game with a homerun

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Friday, April 8th, 2006

Cincinnati Reds (0-3) @ Houston Astros (1-1)

Ramon Ortiz (0-0, 0.00) vs. Joe Kennedy (0-0, 0.00)

Again, I'll clean all this up when I'm not on my laptop

Reds: [4][9][0]

Astros: [11][13][0]

WP: Joe Kennedy (8IP, 10Hs, 4Rs, 3Ks, 1HR)

LP: Ramon Ortiz (6.1IP, 8Hs, 6Rs, 2Ks, 3HRs)

SV: N/A

Player of the Game: Yadier Molina

After giving up four runs in the top of the eighth, Joe Kennedy and the rest of the Cardinals would want more insurance to win then just their closer warming up in the bullpen. Winning by two, the Astros Brady Clark manages to hit a single to reach base. Then the struggling Carl Crawford ground ruled double to straight away center, putting Clark at third. Setting up for the intentional walk to Rafael Furcal, and putting the young gun Yadier Molina at the plate. And Bam. On the second pitch, Yadier Molina just unloads on a high fastball and slams it out of Minute Maid, putting the Astros up 10-4, and insuring their victory over the Cin City Reds. Yadier was 2 for 4 on the day.

Scoring Plays

Bottom of the First:

A. Pujols singles to left, C. Figgins scores

Bottom of the Third:

J. Cantu homers to deeeep left, A. Pujols scores

Bottom of the Fifth:

M. Kotsay homers to deep right

Bottom of the Sixth:

R. Furcal homers to deep right, J. Cantu scores

Top of the Eigth:

J. Edmonds doubles to left center, F. Catalanotto and C. Biggio score

J. Posada homers to deep left, J. Edmonds scores

Bottom of the Eight:

Y. Molina hits a grand slam to deeeep left, B. Clark, C. Crawford, and R. Furcal score

C. Figgins homers to deeeeep right

Game Notes-

Chone Figgins leads off the Astros with a double

Joe Kennedy escapes a bases loaded jam by striking out G. Blum in the top of the forth

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Saturday, April 9th, 2006

Cincinnati Reds (0-4) @ Houston Astros (2-1)

Casey Fossum (0-0, 0.00) vs. Joaquin Benoit (0-0, 0.00)

Again, I'll clean all this up when I'm not on my laptop

Reds: [1][7][0]

Astros: [10][13][0]

WP: Joaquin Benoit (7IP, 7Hs, 1Rs, 3Ks, 1HR)

LP: Casey Fossum (4IP, 9Hs, 6Rs, 1K, 4HRs)

SV: N/A

Player of the Game: Brady Clark

Before tonight's game, he was struggling, hitting a .192 with only 2 hits. But during tonight's game he went 3 for 4, hitting 3 homeruns and 4RBIs, putting his average up to .294. He picked up his first homerun and RBI of the season in this stellar game.

Besides him, Yadier Molina and Chone Figgins both hit two homers and combined for 6/9.

Scoring Plays

Bottom of the First:

A. Pujols singles to left, C. Figgins scores from 2nd

B. Clark homers to deep left, A. Pujols scores

Bottom of the Second:

Y. Molina homers to left

Bottom of the Third:

B. Clark homers to deep left

Top of the Forth:

C. Biggio homers to deep left

Bottom of the Forth:

C. Figgins homers to deep left

Bottom of the Sixth:

Y. Molina homers off the right foul pole

C. Figgins homers to deep right

M. Kotsay homers to deep right

Bottom of the Seventh:

B. Clark homers to deep left

Game Notes

-Frank Catalanotto led off the game with a single

-Chone Figgins led off the Astros with a single

-C. Figgins and M. Kotsay's homers were back-to-back

-Chone Figgins robbed of third homer to deep right in the bottom of the eigth

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Sunday, April 10th, 2006

Cincinnati Reds (0-5) @ Houston Astros (3-1)

Pedro Martinez (0-1, 1.42) vs. Chad Billingsley (0-0, 0.00)

Again, I'll clean all this up when I'm not on my laptop

12 Innings

Reds: [4][6][0]

Astros: [1][10][0]

WP: Eric Dessens (2IP, 3Hs, 1Rs)

LP: Rabiro Mendoza (0.0IP, 4Hs, 4Rs)

SV: N/A

Player of the Game: Chad Billingsley

Pitched 8 innings, allowed only two hits, and struck out 10. Pedro and Chad combined for 17 Ks.

Scoring Plays

Top of the 12th:

C. Biggio singles, F. Catalanotto scores

J. Posada triples to center, C. Biggio and J. Edmonds score

K. Greene grounds out to 2B, J. Posada scores

Bottom of the 12th:

B. Clark singles to right, A. Pujols scores, C. Duffy to third

Game Notes

Frank Catalanotto opens the game with a single

Chad Billingsley strikes out five in the first two innings

Jorge Cantu dislocates finger in the top of the fifth on a diving play

Post Game News

Jorge Cantu is injured with a dislocated finger for 8 days.

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Monday, April 11th, 2006

Houston Astros (3-2) @ New York Mets (5-1)

Jake Peavy (1-0, 0.00, 6Ks) vs. Freddy Garcia (1-0, 2.08, 7Ks)

Again, I'll clean all this up when I'm not on my laptop

Astros: [6][12][1]

Mets: [0][3][1]

WP: Jake Peavy (9IP, 3Hs, 6Ks)

LP: Freddy Garcia (5.1IP, 10Hs, 6Rs)

SV: N/A

Player of the Game: Rafael Furcal

Hit two homeruns for 3 RBIs, hopefully setting him out of his slump.

Scoring Plays

Top of the Second:

R. Furcal homers to deep right center

Top of the Forth:

A. Pujols homers to deep left

R. Furcal homers to deep right, Y. Molina scores

Top of the Fifth:

A. Pujols singles to center, M. Kotsay scores

Top of the Sixth:

Y. Molina homers to deep left

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An Astros rundown of the past week...

Well this past week of action has been exciting for the Astros and their fans. Astros fans went crazy when they learned of the first draft pick being 25 year old Albert Pujols, who has put up consistant numbers every year. Only to be followed by the young stud Jake Peavy, who has already pitched two complete game shutouts for the Astros this year.

After the draft the Astros traded away pitcher Scott Olsen for catcher Yadier Molina, in which Yadier has shocked everyone with his batting talent this year, including his own team.

The Astros are currently 4-2, both of their loses coming to them in extra innings, which in turn is putting some pressure on the bullpen. Both loses also came when the Astros were looking to sweep their opponents, including the rival St. Louis Cardinals.

Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Reds was exciting for pitching fans everywhere, as Pedro Martinez fought the young Chad Billingsley in a classic duel of pitching mechanics. Both going 8 innings and combined for 17Ks, Billingsley having 10Ks alone. Despite Billingsley's amazing performance, he was pulled prematurely due to control problems in the top of the eigth, and coming up to bat at the bottom of the inning. Neither starting pitcher gave up a run, and Chad only allowed two hits off of him. We look forward to his next start where he will hopefully pick up his first win.

Jorge Cantu's dislocated finger may have been a set back for the Astros during their Sunday game when they struggled to get a run against the Reds Pedro Martinez and their bullpen, but in New York they proved they can be just as dangerous without him. Jorge Cantu is expected to be back by this time next week, just in time to face the Reds once again.

Any questions please forward them to.... well... this thread. Thanks for reading...

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Wednesday, April 13th, 2006

Houston Astros (4-2) @ New York Mets (5-2)

Brandon Webb (1-0, 2.00, 4Ks) vs. Jon Lieber (1-0, 4.50, 5Ks)

Again, I'll clean all this up when I'm not on my laptop

Astros: [0][4][0]

Mets: [2][8][0]

WP: Jon Lieber (9IP, 4Hs, 7Ks)

LP: Brandon Webb (7IP, 7Hs, 2Rs, 3Ks)

SV: N/A

Player of the Game: -------

Scoring Plays

Bottom of the First:

Carlos Lee sacrifice flies to deep center, J. Gathright scores

Bottom of the Second:

C. Guzman singles to center, L. Nix scores

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Thursday, April 14th, 2006

Houston Astros (4-3) @ New York Mets (6-2)

Joe Kennedy (1-0, 4.50, 3Ks) vs. Cliff Lee (0-1, 15.43, 1K)

Again, I'll clean all this up when I'm not on my laptop

Astros: [2][5][0]

Mets: [1][4][0]

WP: Joe Kennedy (7IP, 2Hs, 4Ks)

LP: Cliff Lee (6IP, 4Hs, 1Rs, 1K, 1HR)

SV: Jason Isringhausen (1IP, 1H, 1R, 1HR, 3Ks)

Player of the Game: Chone Figgins

As well as hitting the 2nd homerun of the game, he also made a diving catch that saved a run for the Astros.

Scoring Plays

Top of the Forth:

A. Pujols homers to deep right center

Top of the Eigth:

C. Figgins homers to deep right

Bottom of the Ninth:

S. Casey homers to deep right

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Friday, April 15th, 2006

Houston Astros (5-3) @ Cincinnati Reds (1-7)

Joaquin Benoit (1-0, 1.29, 3Ks) vs. Ramon Ortiz (0-1, 8.53, 2Ks)

Again, I'll clean all this up when I'm not on my laptop

Astros: [1][7][1]

Reds: [2][8][1]

WP: Eric Dessens (1IP, 1Hs, 1BB)

LP: J.C. Romero (.2IP, 1Hs, 1Rs, 1IBB)

SV: N/A

Player of the Game: Rafael Furcal

Hit two homeruns for 3 RBIs, hopefully setting him out of his slump.

Scoring Plays

Top of the Fifth:

C. Figgins singles to right, D. Newhan scores

Bottom of the Sixth:

C. Biggio singles to right, X. Nady scores, F. Catalanotto to 2B

Bottom of the Ninth:

F. Menechino singles to center, G. Blum scores

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Saturday, April 16th, 2006

Houston Astros (5-4) @ Cincinnati Reds (2-7)

Chad Billingsley (0-0, 0.00, 10Ks) vs. Casey Fossum (0-1, 13.50, 1Ks)

Again, I'll clean all this up when I'm not on my laptop

Astros: [3][7][0]

Reds: [0][6][0]

WP: Chad Billingsley, 1-0 (8IP, 5Hs, 9Ks)

LP: Casey Fossum, 0-2 (7.1IP, 7Hs, 3Rs, 2Ks)

SV: Jason Isringhausen, 2 (1IP, 1H, 2Ks)

Player of the Game: Albert Pujols

Hit two homeruns to bring in all three of the Astros runs.

Scoring Plays

Top of the First:

A. Pujols homers to deep right, M. Kotsay scores

Top of the Sixth:

A. Pujols homers to deep right

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Sunday, April 17th, 2006

Houston Astros (6-4) @ Cincinnati Reds (2-8)

Jake Peavy (2-0, 0.00, 12Ks) vs. Pedro Martinez (0-1, 0.61, 12Ks)

Astros: [5][7][0]

Reds: [0][4][0]

WP:Jake Peavy (9IP, 4Hs, 8Ks)

LP: Pedro Martinez (8IP, 7Hs, 5Rs, 2Ks, 3HR)

SV:

Player of the Game: Albert Pujols

Two homers... nuff said

Scoring Plays

Top of the First:

B. Clark triples to deep center, M. Kotsay scores

Top of the Fifth:

J. Peavy grounds out to 2B, C. Figgins scores

Top of the Sixth:

A. Pujols homers to deep left

Top of the Seventh:

C. Crawford homers to deep right

Top of the Eighth:

A. Pujols homers to deep center

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Pre-Game News

Jorge Cantu officially comes out of his injury status to return to the role at third base for the Houston Astros. David Newhan will return to his bench role.

Monday, April 18th, 2006

Atlanta Braves (6-6) @ Houston Astros (7-4)

Jeff Suppan (1-1, 2.77, 11Ks) vs. Brandon Webb (0-1, 2.25, 7Ks)

Braves: [1][10][1]

Astros: [8][11][2]

WP: Brandon Webb (8IP, 8Hs, 0ER, 10Ks)

LP: Jeff Suppan (5IP, 8Hs, 7Rs, 2Ks, 4HR)

SV:

Player of the Game: Albert Pujols

Went 3/4 with two homers and 3 RBIs... well deserved.

Scoring Plays

Bottom of the Second:

R. Furcal homers to deep right, C. Crawford scores

Bottom of the Third:

A. Pujols singles to center, C. Figgins scores

Bottom of the Fifth:

A. Pujols homers to deeeeeeeep left, over the train tracks

J. Cantu homers to deeeeeeeep right

B. Clark homers to deeeeeeeeeep left

Bottom of the Sixth:

B. Webb bunts out to 3B, R. Furcal scores, B. Webb reaches to second on throwing error

Bottom of the Seventh:

A. Pujols homers to deeeeeeeep left

Top of the Eighth:

R. Winn singles to center, D. DeJesus scores

Game Notes:

-B. Webb escapes a bases loaded jam by striking out two batters and then making one fly out to deep center

-Pujols & Cantu's & Clark's homers in the fifth were back-to-back-to-back

-Jorge Cantu's homerun was his first since coming off his injury

-Third game straight Pujols has hit two homeruns in.

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Tuesday, April 19th, 2006

Atlanta Braves (6-7) @ Houston Astros (8-4)

Brad Halsey (1-1, 3.97, 10Ks) vs. Joe Kennedy (2-0, 2.40, 7Ks)

Braves: [1][6][0]

Astros: [2][8][0]

WP: Robiro Mendoza, 1-1 (1IP)

LP: Ricardo Rincon, 0-1 (1IP, 1Hs, 1Rs, 2Ks, 1HR)

SV:

Player of the Game: Albert Pujols

Hit the walk off homerun through a window in the building across the street to finish the sweep of the rivalry Atlanta Braves.

Scoring Plays

Top of the Sixth:

B. Broussard homers to deep left

Bottom of the Seventh:

Y. Molina homers to deep left

Bottom of the Ninth:

A. Pujols hits a homer to deeeeeep left

Game Notes

-Albert Pujols homer in the ninth was a walk off homerun

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The Mob Goes Wild...

Struggling all night, the Braves/Astros game last night would seem to be going into extra innings, and we all know how the Astros are doing in extra innings...

The mob was pumped up though, the adrenaline was electric throughout the stadium as everyone stood up for #5, Albert. Of course, that was short lived when he popped it up and everyone was hushed as it drifted downward to the ground and David Wright scouted it... only for it to fall in the camera's box, just feet away from an out.

Relief.

Then Celebration.

Albert took one swing of the bat on an inside fastball, a horrible mistake by Rincon, and god damn did Albert crush it. As soon as he made contact, everyone's arms were up, even across the street they were already celebrating. That ball was crushed, killed, destroyed, raped, oblivirated... and it still doesn't do any justice to explain how fast that ball screamed out of the stadium. It only seemed fitting that we go back to our childhood roots of dreaming of hitting a game winning homerun in our backyard, only for it to go through Mr. Johnson's window. Albert's ball went through a window as well.

The Mob Goes Wild.

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Wednesday, April 20th, 2006

Milwaukee Brewers (8-5) @ Houston Astros (9-4)

Miguel Batista (0-1, 8.38, 7Ks) vs. Joaquin Benoit (1-0, 1.29, 6Ks)

Brewers: [2][9][1]

Astros: [5][7][0]

WP: Joaquin Benoit, 2-0 (7IP, 7Hs, 2Rs, 5Ks, 1HR)

LP: Miguel Batista, 0-2 (6IP, 7Hs, 4Rs, 4Ks, 2HR)

SV: Jason Isringhausen, 3 (1IP, 1H, 2Ks)

Player of the Game: Joaquin Benoit

Benoit got his second win of the year, helping himself by laying down a perfect push bunt to score Carl Crawford in the Fifth to take the lead.

Scoring Plays

Top of the Second:

M. Scutaro triples to center, K. Mench scores

Bottom of the Second:

B. Clark homers to deep left

Top of the Third:

C. Izturis homers to deep left center

Bottom of the Third:

C. Figgins homers to deep right center

Bottom of the Fifth:

J. Benoit sacrifice bunts to third, C. Crawford scores

Bottom of the Sixth:

B. Clark sacrifice flies to center, A. Pujols scores

Bottom of the Seveth:

C. Crawford reaches home on a fielding error in deep center

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[align=center]Friday, April 22nd, 2006

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Jake Peavy (3-0, 0.00, 20Ks) vs. Al Leiter (1-0, 1.42, 8Ks)[/align]

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WP: Al Leiter (8.1IP, 6Hs, 1R, 5Ks, 1HR)

LP: Jake Peavy 3-1 (6IP, 10Hs, 1R, 5Ks)

SV: Ryan Dempster 5 (.2IP, 1H)

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Player of the Game: Albert Pujols

Continue hitting streak with a single in the first inning, went 3/4 and homered in the ninth.

Scoring Plays

Bottom of the First:

S. Green singles to center, J. Kendall scores

Bottom of the Eighth:

S. Green homers to deep right

Top of the Ninth:

A. Pujols homers to deep left

Game Notes

-Brady Clark will sit out today's game, Chris Duffy takes over.

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[align=center]Saturday, April 23rd, 2006

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Brandon Webb (1-1, 1.50, 17Ks) vs. Rich Harden (1-1, 4.03, 18Ks)[/align]

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WP: Ryan Dempster 1-1, (3.0IP, 2H)

LP: Jason Isringhausen 0-1, (1.1IP, 4H, 1R, 4Ks)

SV:

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Player of the Game: ----

Scoring Plays

Bottom of the 11th

-A. Rodriguez singles to center, C. Counsell scores

Game Notes

-Albert Pujols went 0/5 to bring his hitting streak to a hault.

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[align=center]Astros Look to Prevent the Sweep in St. Louis

Sunday, April 24th, 2006

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Joe Kennedy (2-0, 2.05, 14Ks) vs. A.J. Burnett (1-0, 4.26, 13Ks)[/align]

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WP: Joe Kennedy 3-0, (7IP, 8Hs, 2Rs, 5Ks)

LP: A.J. Burnett 1-1, (7IP, 9H, 5R, 4Ks, 2HR)

SV: Jason Isringhausen, 5 (1IP, 1K)

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Player of the Game: Brady Clark

Went 2/3 and hit a two run homer.

Scoring Plays

Top of the First:

-M. Kotsay doubles to left center, R. Furcal scores

Top of the Forth:

-B. Clark homers to deep right center, J. Cantu scores

Top of the Fifth:

-R. Furcal singles to left, C. Figgins scores

Top of the Sixth:

-Y. Molina homers to deep left

Bottom of the Sixth:

-P. Wilson singles to right center, C. Counsel scores

Bottom of the Seventh:

-J. LaRue singles to left, D. DeJesus scores

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Pre-Game News

In a three way trade between Houston, Milwaukee, and Minnesota, Houston looks to free up salary room and add defense.

Minnesota recieved thirdbasemen Jorge Cantu

Houston recieved thirdbasemen Melvin Mora & Short Stop Cesar Izturis

Milwaukee recieved thirdbasemen Joe Crede & Short Stop Rafael Furcal

[align=center]Thursday, April 21st, 2006

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Joaquin Benoit (2-0, 1.71, 11Ks) vs. Runelvys Hernandez (2-1, 0.90, 20Ks)[/align]

Astros: [2][6][1]

Pirates: [1][6][0]

WP: Adam Wainwright, 1-1 (.2IP, 1Hs)

LP: Edguardo Guardado, 0-1 (1IP, 2Hs, 1Rs, 2Ks, 1HR)

SV: Jason Isringhausen, 6 (1IP, 1H, 1IBB, 2Ks)

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Player of the Game: Mark Kotsay

Despite Mora and Pujols hitting the only two runs in, I'm giving the PotG award to Mark Kotsay, for his outstanding throw home to throw out a runner (forgot who) with if he was just a tad slower, it'd be a 2-2 game, or worse.

Scoring Plays

Bottom of the Fifth:

-A. Huff homers to deep right center

Top of the Seventh:

-M. Mora homers to deep left

Top of the Ninth:

-A. Pujols homers to deep left

Game Notes

-Yadier Molina ends Hernandez's no hitter at 14 ABs with a single to center

-Aubrey Huff ends Benoit's no hitter at 13 ABs with a homer to deep right center

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[align=center]Tuesday, April 26th, 2006

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Chad Billigsley (2-0, 0.78, 22Ks) vs. Randy Wolf (1-2, 7.20, 18Ks)[/align]

Astros: [6][13][1]

Pirates: [1][7][0]

WP: Chad Billingsley, 3-0 (9IP, 7Hs, 1R, 10Ks)

LP: Randy Wolf, 1-3 (5IP, 11Hs, 6Rs, 5Ks, 1HR)

SV:

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Chad Billingsley fans #10, the always dangerous Aubrey Huff[/align]

Players of the Game: Cesar Izturis & Chad Billingsley

Cesar reached safely 3/5 times to score twice thanks to Albert Pujols and hit his first homerun as an Astro.

Chad Billingsley's K-train continues to steam ahead as he picks up 10 Ks, he even hit in an RBI on a questionable single on the foul chalk. Allowed only seven hits and one run, no walks.

Scoring Plays

Top of the First:

-A. Pujols singles to right, C. Izturis scores

Top of the Second:

-C. Billingsley singles to left, C. Duffy scores

-A. Pujols single to left, C. Billingsley & C. Izturis scores

Bottom of the Second:

-H. Blanco singles to center, A. Huff scores

Top of the Forth:

-C. Izturis homers to deep left

-B. Clark singles to right, M. Kotsay scores

Game Notes

-Benched/Unbenched: Yadier Molina sits out for Gerald Laird, Melvin Mora sits out for Chris Duffy, Chone Figgins sits out for Dustin Pedroia

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