Astros 2013 Season Game Thread

[burgh_fan66]

Astros 2013 Season Game Thread


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[tr3ymill3r]

I was actually going to create one of these yesterday, but I didn't know how to upload the pics of the players like you did above me. Today is game 2 of the season and it pairs Yu Darvish against Lucas Harrell. I think the Astros surprise teams around the league, simply because they don't know these guys strengths and weaknesses at the major league level. Let's see if we can win the first series of the new year.

[burgh_fan66]

I was actually going to create one of these yesterday, but I didn't know how to upload the pics of the players like you did above me. Today is game 2 of the season and it pairs Yu Darvish against Lucas Harrell. I think the Astros surprise teams around the league, simply because they don't know these guys strengths and weaknesses at the major league level. Let's see if we can win the first series of the new year.

I go around at the beginning of the season and create yearly game threads for the less active forums. If you want to do them on a series or monthly basis feel free. In the meantime let me know if those are the right starting players. I will not update it thoughout the season though (I just simply don't have the time).

[astrosmaniac]

ankeil will be platoon with barnes in RF. Barnes VS LHP and Ankeil vs RHP

[tr3ymill3r]

Too be honest, none of us or even Bo Porter know who is going to start, much less know the names right now. As of right now I think there are only 4 or 5 of us left talking about Astros baseball. Sad, and if anyone of the others are reading this and decide they want to post once they start winning again in a few years or even later this season, just don't. If you won't ride with your team when they are at the bottom, don't just on us once we're on top.

[astrosmaniac]

i ride with them all the time. i just dont ever post here cause no one else does. whats the point of talking to myself/one or two other people

[htownlegend]

Long time Astros fan.. I'm supporting the team and would be more than happy to talk about the club

[wtbaseball]

Too be honest, none of us or even Bo Porter know who is going to start, much less know the names right now. As of right now I think there are only 4 or 5 of us left talking about Astros baseball. Sad, and if anyone of the others are reading this and decide they want to post once they start winning again in a few years or even later this season, just don't. If you won't ride with your team when they are at the bottom, don't just on us once we're on top.

Im an Astros fan but to be honest this forum has been dead so i just come by and see whats going on every once in a while, but lets start something up. I think Bo Porter needs to talk to these guys and help them to put the ball into play. You cant strike out in double digits every game and expect to have success, they need to make the defense make some plays and if u put the bat on the ball it may fall in and turn into wins.

[htownlegend]

Too be honest, none of us or even Bo Porter know who is going to start, much less know the names right now. As of right now I think there are only 4 or 5 of us left talking about Astros baseball. Sad, and if anyone of the others are reading this and decide they want to post once they start winning again in a few years or even later this season, just don't. If you won't ride with your team when they are at the bottom, don't just on us once we're on top.

Im an Astros fan but to be honest this forum has been dead so i just come by and see whats going on every once in a while, but lets start something up. I think Bo Porter needs to talk to these guys and help them to put the ball into play. You cant strike out in double digits every game and expect to have success, they need to make the defense make some plays and if u put the bat on the ball it may fall in and turn into wins.

I agree, you can't have young bats developing bad habits so early in the season. You need to teach the young kids to be patient and much more selective at the plate. Then again, maybe they're all trying to make a big impact early and everyone's out there swinging away..

[htownlegend]

Good to see Porter sit Martinez for swinging at the first pitch. I think I'm starting to like this guy

[wtbaseball]

Good to see Porter sit Martinez for swinging at the first pitch. I think I'm starting to like this guy

I watched every game thus far and i have watched our guys take fastballs down the middle and then swing at curveballs or sliders in the dirt now thats unacceptable. I understand the take till you get a strike or take the first pitch approach but for a team striking out a lot that makes no sense. I do respect Porter for sticking to his guns but maybe let the young kids have some freedom out there to swing away at the good pitches instead of falling behind in counts.

[htownlegend]

Good to see Porter sit Martinez for swinging at the first pitch. I think I'm starting to like this guy

I watched every game thus far and i have watched our guys take fastballs down the middle and then swing at curveballs or sliders in the dirt now thats unacceptable. I understand the take till you get a strike or take the first pitch approach but for a team striking out a lot that makes no sense. I do respect Porter for sticking to his guns but maybe let the young kids have some freedom out there to swing away at the good pitches instead of falling behind in counts.

I get what your saying, I think he's just trying to break them from getting up there and flailing at every pitch and he had to start somewhere. Now, if Martinez would've made something out of that AB he might've had an argument. He didn't, so Bo made an example out of him..

[Yankees 1903]

Lucas Harrell held the Mariners to one run in seven innings Wednesday to win a second straight start.

Harrell has been effective in four of his five starts, but all he has to show for it is a 2-2 record, a 4.08 ERA and a 1.57 WHIP.

Andy Pettitte allowed three runs over six innings as the Yankees lost to the Rays on Wednesday.

Pettitte made a few mistakes, but he also struck out 10 batters in the outing. The loss was his first of the season, but he's still sporting a 2.22 ERA and 1.13 WHIP through four starts. The ageless wonder should have an easier time Monday with the hapless Astros.

Astros manager Bo Porter said Friday that Philip Humber will remain in the starting rotation.

Humber had a 2.89 ERA through his first three starts, but he has been knocked around for 15 runs in five innings over his last two starts, bringing his ERA up to 7.99 for the year. It's not like the Astros have many great alternatives, so they'll stick with him for now

Kuroda (3-1), who made his fifth start of the season, gave up a two-run home run to Edwin Encarnacion in the second and a solo shot to Brett Lawrie in the third for his only damage of the night. The right-hander was charged with three runs and six hits in six innings of work in a 5-3 victory. He also struck out three and walked one on 103 pitches, 65 for strikes.

Kuroda has a 2.79 ERA and a 1.03 WHIP. He is scheduled to start Tuesday at home against the Astros. The 38-year-old has not faced the Astros since 2011. He is 3-0 with a 1.61 in seven career starts against Houston.

Erik Bedard was knocked around for five runs in three-plus innings Friday in a loss to the Red Sox.

Bedard's return to Boston was an ugly one. He gave up eight hits, seven of which were for extra bases. This included three solo home runs. The southpaw has allowed 13 runs in 7 1/3 innings over his last three starts and now owns an ugly 7.98 ERA for the year.

David Phelps will take Ivan Nova's spot in the Yankees' starting rotation.

As expected, Phelps will be promoted from the bullpen and could get an extended look as a starter with Nova on the disabled list. Phelps has a 5.29 ERA in six relief appearances this season.

                                                                                                              
Rk                     Pos   Age     G    PA  AB  R   H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB  SO   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS OPS+  TB
1     C      Jason Castro*    26    21    84  79  9  21  7  0  1   4  1  0  5  19 .266 .310 .392 .702   94  31
2    1B       Carlos Pena*    35    25    97  83 13  17  5  0  2   6  0  0 14  26 .205 .320 .337 .657   83  28
3    2B        Jose Altuve    23    25   112 101 10  33  5  1  1  12  2  1  9  14 .327 .375 .426 .801  123  43
4    SS   Marwin Gonzalez#    24    20    68  60 10  18  4  0  3   7  3  1  4  14 .300 .344 .517 .860  135  31
5    3B     Matt Dominguez    23    23    90  84  8  22  6  0  0   8  0  0  4  10 .262 .311 .333 .644   80  28
6    LF       Chris Carter    26    24   100  88 12  19  2  1  5  12  0  0 11  43 .216 .300 .432 .732  101  38
7    CF     Justin Maxwell    29    20    83  77  8  18  5  2  1   6  2  1  5  22 .234 .289 .390 .679   87  30
8    RF       Rick Ankiel*    33    19    50  49  5  10  3  0  5  11  0  0  1  29 .204 .220 .571 .791  110  28
9    DH       Ronny Cedeno    30    12    37  36  5  12  2  0  1   8  0  0  0   6 .333 .324 .472 .797  118  17
Rk                     Pos   Age     G    PA  AB  R   H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB  SO   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS OPS+  TB
10   UT      J.D. Martinez    25    15    48  45  5  11  3  0  2   7  1  0  2  11 .244 .271 .444 .715   95  20
11   OF     Brandon Barnes    27    16    38  32  6  12  1  0  1   2  2  1  5   7 .375 .474 .500 .974  172  16
12   CI     Brett Wallace*    26     7    26  24  1   1  0  0  0   0  0  0  2  17 .042 .115 .042 .157  -54   1
13   UT      Brandon Laird    25     7    25  23  2   5  2  0  2   5  0  0  2  10 .217 .280 .565 .845  127  13
14    C   Carlos Corporan#    29     7    24  20  2   5  0  0  0   1  0  0  2   6 .250 .375 .250 .625   79   5
15   UT Fernando Martinez*    24     7    24  23  1   5  0  0  1   2  0  0  1   8 .217 .250 .348 .598   64   8
16   CF   Robbie Grossman#    23     5    23  22  1   2  2  0  0   1  0  0  1   6 .091 .130 .182 .312  -14   4
Rk                     Pos   Age     G    PA  AB  R   H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB  SO   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS OPS+  TB
               Team Totals  26.9    25   929 846 98 211 47  4 25  92 11  4 68 248 .249 .308 .403 .711   96 341
                         Rank in 15 AL teams   5  8   8  4  8     10  9  6 12   1   10   12    7        10   7

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Rk                     Pos        Age  W  L  W-L%   ERA  G GS GF CG SHO SV    IP   H   R  ER HR BB IBB  SO ERA+  WHIP  H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1    SP         Bud Norris         28  3  3  .500  4.20  6  6  0  0   0  0  30.0  36  19  14  2 13   0  22   97 1.633 10.8  0.6  3.9  6.6  1.69
2    SP      Lucas Harrell         28  2  2  .500  4.08  5  5  0  0   0  0  28.2  30  13  13  5 15   1  20  100 1.570  9.4  1.6  4.7  6.3  1.33
3    SP      Philip Humber         30  0  5  .000  7.99  5  5  0  0   0  0  23.2  35  21  21  3  8   0  13   51 1.817 13.3  1.1  3.0  4.9  1.63
4    SP       Brad Peacock         25  1  3  .250  8.44  5  5  0  0   0  0  21.1  26  20  20  6 13   0  19   49 1.828 11.0  2.5  5.5  8.0  1.46
5    SP       Erik Bedard*         34  0  2  .000  7.98  5  4  1  0   0  1  14.2  18  13  13  5  8   0  19   52 1.773 11.0  3.1  4.9 11.7  2.38
Rk                     Pos        Age  W  L  W-L%   ERA  G GS GF CG SHO SV    IP   H   R  ER HR BB IBB  SO ERA+  WHIP  H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6    CL         Jose Veras         32  0  1  .000  4.66 10  0 10  0   0  2   9.2  11   5   5  0  3   0  10   90 1.448 10.2  0.0  2.8  9.3  3.33
7    RP       Paul Clemens         25  1  0 1.000  4.32  5  0  2  0   0  0  16.2  14   8   8  5  3   0   8   95 1.020  7.6  2.7  1.6  4.3  2.67
8    RP      Hector Ambriz         29  0  1  .000  5.40 12  0  1  0   0  0  13.1  20  11   8  1  3   0   8   77 1.725 13.5  0.7  2.0  5.4  2.67
9    RP        Rhiner Cruz         26  0  1  .000  5.11 12  0  6  0   0  0  12.1  18   8   7  2  9   0   5   81 2.189 13.1  1.5  6.6  3.6  0.56
10   RP     Wesley Wright*         28  0        0  3.00 12  0  2  0   0  0  12.0  11   4   4  0  5   0   7  138 1.333  8.3  0.0  3.8  5.3  1.40
Rk                     Pos        Age  W  L  W-L%   ERA  G GS GF CG SHO SV    IP   H   R  ER HR BB IBB  SO ERA+  WHIP  H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11         Dallas Keuchel*         25  0        0  3.38  4  0  1  0   0  0  10.2  13   8   4  2  4   0   6  124 1.594 11.0  1.7  3.4  5.1  1.50
12            Jose Cisnero         24  0        0  1.17  3  0  2  0   0  0   7.2   5   1   1  0  1   0   5  360 0.783  5.9  0.0  1.2  5.9  5.00
13          Xavier Cedeno*         26  0        0 11.37  5  0  0  0   0  0   6.1  10  11   8  0  7   0   3   38 2.684 14.2  0.0  9.9  4.3  0.43
14        Travis Blackley*         30  0        0  6.00  4  0  0  0   0  0   6.0   6   4   4  2  3   0   5   71 1.500  9.0  3.0  4.5  7.5  1.67
15      Brett Oberholtzer*         23  0        0  9.00  1  0  0  0   0  0   2.0   3   2   2  2  0   0   0   53 1.500 13.5  9.0  0.0        0.0
16             Josh Fields         27  0        0  0.00  2  0  0  0   0  0   0.2   0   0   0  0  0   0        1 0.000  0.0  0.0  0.0       13.5
               Team Totals       27.9  7 18  .280  5.51 25 25 25  0   0  3 215.2 256 148 132 35 95   1 151   75 1.628 10.7  1.5  4.0  6.3  1.59
                  Rank in 15 AL teams 15        1             15  6   9 12    10  15  15  15 14     14                                       14

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Rk                     Pos   Age     G    PA  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB  SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS OPS+  TB
1     C Francisco Cervelli    27    17    61  52  12  14  3  0  3   8  0  0  8   9 .269 .377 .500  .877  139  26
2    1B      Lyle Overbay*    36    22    78  75   7  18  3  1  3  11  0  0  3  13 .240 .269 .427  .696   87  32
3    2B     Robinson Cano*    30    24   107  98  17  31  8  0  7  17  1  0  9  17 .316 .374 .612  .986  165  60
4    SS      Eduardo Nunez    26    21    75  61   6  10  1  0  0   4  2  1  7  13 .164 .274 .180  .454   29  11
5    3B     Kevin Youkilis    34    17    72  64  10  17  4  0  2   7  0  0  4  18 .266 .347 .422  .769  110  27
6    LF       Vernon Wells    34    22    95  85  14  25  4  0  6  12  2  0  9  14 .294 .358 .553  .911  146  47
7    CF     Brett Gardner*    29    24   110  95  12  24  4  1  3  12  1  2 10  22 .253 .327 .411  .738  101  39
8    RF     Ichiro Suzuki*    39    22    85  77   5  19  2  0  1   5  1  1  6   9 .247 .298 .312  .609   68  24
9    DH     Travis Hafner*    36    20    71  59  13  18  3  1  6  14  1  0 11  16 .305 .423 .695 1.117  200  41
Rk                     Pos   Age     G    PA  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB  SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS OPS+  TB
10   IF         Jayson Nix    30    20    61  56   5  13  0  0  1   4  0  0  4  18 .232 .279 .286  .564   56  16
11   UT      Ben Francisco    31    12    33  29   3   3  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   8 .103 .212 .103  .316   -9   3
12    C      Chris Stewart    31    10    33  30   4   8  0  0  1   1  1  0  2   5 .267 .313 .367  .679   86  11
13   UT    Brennan Boesch*    28    13    30  30   4   7  1  1  2   3  0  0  0   4 .233 .233 .533  .767  102  16
Rk                     Pos   Age     G    PA  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB  SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS OPS+  TB
               Team Totals  31.9    24   911 811 112 207 33  4 35  98  9  4 76 166 .255 .325 .435  .760  107 353
                         Rank in 15 AL teams  11   5   9 13  8      1 12  6  7  11    7    5    2          3   4

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Rk                   Pos        Age  W L  W-L%   ERA  G GS GF CG SHO SV    IP   H  R ER HR BB IBB  SO ERA+  WHIP  H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1    SP     CC Sabathia*         32  4 2  .667  3.35  6  6  0  0   0  0  43.0  42 18 16  6 10   1  36  121 1.209  8.8  1.3  2.1  7.5  3.60
2    SP    Hiroki Kuroda         38  3 1  .750  2.79  5  5  0  1   1  0  29.0  23  9  9  2  7   0  22  146 1.034  7.1  0.6  2.2  6.8  3.14
3    SP   Andy Pettitte*         41  3 1  .750  2.22  4  4  0  0   0  0  28.1  26  8  7  3  6   0  22  184 1.129  8.3  1.0  1.9  7.0  3.67
4    SP      Phil Hughes         27  0 2  .000  4.67  5  5  0  0   0  0  27.0  36 15 14  5  5   1  25   88 1.519 12.0  1.7  1.7  8.3  5.00
5    SP        Ivan Nova         26  1 1  .500  6.48  4  4  0  0   0  0  16.2  23 12 12  1  8   0  18   64 1.860 12.4  0.5  4.3  9.7  2.25
Rk                   Pos        Age  W L  W-L%   ERA  G GS GF CG SHO SV    IP   H  R ER HR BB IBB  SO ERA+  WHIP  H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6    CL   Mariano Rivera         43  0       0  1.80 10  0 10  0   0  9  10.0   9  2  2  1  1   0  10  232 1.000  8.1  0.9  0.9  9.0 10.00
7    RP     Shawn Kelley         29  1 0 1.000  6.52  7  0  3  0   0  0   9.2   9  7  7  4  4   0  14   64 1.345  8.4  3.7  3.7 13.0  3.50
8    RP  David Robertson         28  1 0 1.000  2.79 10  0  2  0   0  0   9.2   7  3  3  1  2   0   9  150 0.931  6.5  0.9  1.9  8.4  4.50
9    RP Joba Chamberlain         27  0       0  3.86 10  0  3  0   0  1   9.1  10  4  4  0  6   0   7  109 1.714  9.6  0.0  5.8  6.8  1.17
10   RP     Boone Logan*         28  1 1  .500  2.84  9  0  0  0   0  0   6.1   8  3  2  1  2   0   7  150 1.579 11.4  1.4  2.8  9.9  3.50
Rk                   Pos        Age  W L  W-L%   ERA  G GS GF CG SHO SV    IP   H  R ER HR BB IBB  SO ERA+  WHIP  H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11          David Phelps         26  1 1  .500  5.29  6  0  2  0   0  0  17.0  17 11 10  2  8   0  22   78 1.471  9.0  1.1  4.2 11.6  2.75
12           Adam Warren         25  0       0  1.08  3  0  2  0   0  0   8.1   7  1  1  0  1   0   5  390 0.960  7.6  0.0  1.1  5.4  5.00
13           Cody Eppley         27  0       0 21.60  2  0  1  0   0  0   1.2   4  4  4  0  0   0   1   23 2.400 21.6  0.0  0.0        5.4
             Team Totals       32.0 15 9  .625  3.79 24 24 23  1   1 10 216.0 221 97 91 26 60   2 198  109 1.301  9.2  1.1  2.5  8.3  3.30
                Rank in 15 AL teams  3      12              8  1   5  2     9  10  7  7  8      2                                        6

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[Yankees 1903]

Use our IGT, thats if anyone actually posts in here.

[houstonfan]

Lets go astros!!!