Climbing Tal's Hill » Cubs http://climbingtalshill.com A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Astros drop into cellar with ninth straight loss http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/07/06/astros-drop-into-cellar-with-ninth-straight-loss/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/07/06/astros-drop-into-cellar-with-ninth-straight-loss/#comments Sat, 07 Jul 2012 03:31:11 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=4136 Norichika Aoki and Ryan Braun hit back-to-back homers in the top of the first inning as the Milwaukee Brewers sent the Astros to their ninth straight defeat. Scott Moore got Houston on the scoreboard in the bottom of the inning with a solo blast but that was all the offense the Astros could muster.   [...]

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]]> Norichika Aoki and Ryan Braun hit back-to-back homers in the top of the first inning as the Milwaukee Brewers sent the Astros to their ninth straight defeat. Scott Moore got Houston on the scoreboard in the bottom of the inning with a solo blast but that was all the offense the Astros could muster.

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/07/06/astros-drop-into-cellar-with-ninth-straight-loss/feed/ 0 Astros fall to Cubs 3-2 http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/06/30/astros-fall-to-cubs-3-2/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/06/30/astros-fall-to-cubs-3-2/#comments Sat, 30 Jun 2012 23:22:52 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=4095 As has been the case in recent games the Astros pitching was good today, but the hitting… not so much. J.A. Happ kept the Cubs off the scoreboard through the first four innings and the Astros staked him to a slim 2-0 lead. Timely hitting was apparently not part of the plan for the Astros, [...]

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]]> As has been the case in recent games the Astros pitching was good today, but the hitting… not so much. J.A. Happ kept the Cubs off the scoreboard through the first four innings and the Astros staked him to a slim 2-0 lead. Timely hitting was apparently not part of the plan for the Astros, but poor baserunning was. They wasted several scoring opportunities early in the game, hitting into three double-plays in the first five innings.

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/06/30/astros-fall-to-cubs-3-2/feed/ 0 American League wins first Interleague weekend http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/05/21/american-league-wins-first-interleague-weekend/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/05/21/american-league-wins-first-interleague-weekend/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 10:55:43 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=3830 This season’s first weekend of interleague play is history and the American League came out on top again. National League teams fared better on Sunday, winning eight of the fourteen contests, but finished the weekend with only 18 wins against 24 losses. Six of the N.L. teams managed to win the series against their A.L. [...]

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]]> This season’s first weekend of interleague play is history and the American League came out on top again. National League teams fared better on Sunday, winning eight of the fourteen contests, but finished the weekend with only 18 wins against 24 losses. Six of the N.L. teams managed to win the series against their A.L. foes by a two games to one margin. Six American League teams were able to equal that feat while the White Sox and Mariners completed three-game sweeps.

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