2026 Astros

[rupert3]

Different day different team.  Lose 10-1 enough said.

[WOSdrummer99]

On 6/9/2026 at 11:33 AM, rupert3 said:

Besides they shut down my feed sooo no watchee.

New link in mailbox

[myrecordwashorrible]

This Alvarez guy, is he human?

[rupert3]

Alvarez was the first Astro since 1994 when Jeff Bagwell didi it, to hit 2 home runs in the same inning number 23 and 24. 6 RBIs in the first inning,  Astros batted around in the first with 9 runs.  Once again the Bullpen made it scary with 8 unanswered runs until Matthews' dinger late made it 10-8 and Hader closed it out.

[baddog]

Alvarez with a 3 hit night. What a gem.

[rupert3]

I didn't get to watch last night or today but the Stros came back last night to win 4-2 and won today 4-2 to take series from Detroit.  Now Cleveland coming to town for 3.

Keep it up.

[baddog]

Astro won 9-3. Peña with a 2 HR game. Altuve with a 3 run shot. Cam Smith made another highlight catch.

[rupert3]

What a difference a day makes.  Everone shined last night but kinda dull dim tonight behind 8-1 bottom 7

[rupert3]

Final 8-1 only 4 hits

[baddog]

14 hours ago, rupert3 said:

Final 8-1 only 4 hits

I watched the whole game…..hoping. Arighetti has had several games like that. HR on the 1st batter is never good. 

[rupert3]

Series win 2-1 Alvarez number 25  Teng win Hader 2 Ks and Pop up to close.

[baddog]

5 hours ago, rupert3 said:

Series win 2-1 Alvarez number 25  Teng win Hader 2 Ks and Pop up to close.

Sure is nice to be able to close out a close one.

[rupert3]

Not sure but I beleive that's 4 series in a row, not sure and only 2.5 games back. 

[baddog]

I think we’ll be in good shape by all star break. Finally got some pitching working for us, except for that Arighetti outing.

[AggiesAreWe]

22 minutes ago, rupert3 said:

Not sure but I beleive that's 4 series in a row, not sure and only 2.5 games back. 

3 games back of division leader Seattle. 2.5 back of wildcard spot.

[BEARCPA]

21 hours ago, baddog said:

I watched the whole game…..hoping. Arighetti has had several games like that. HR on the 1st batter is never good. 

The curse lives on. My wife and I have been to at least one Astros game a year starting in 2019 (except 2020 of course) and they have lost every single one. Brought our 2 year old daughter to her first game on Saturday, but she was not enough to break our family's bad juju smh.

[AggiesAreWe]

41 minutes ago, BEARCPA said:

The curse lives on. My wife and I have been to at least one Astros game a year starting in 2019 (except 2020 of course) and they have lost every single one. Brought our 2 year old daughter to her first game on Saturday, but she was not enough to break our family's bad juju smh.

One game ain't going to kill us.

Now, if you ever become a season ticket holder, then we have a problem. Might have to give them to me.

[baddog]

Astros 4-2 in the 7th against the ex-Astros.

[myrecordwashorrible]

Interesting analysis in the studio show after the game. Described as not a huge win, but after giving up the lead the Stros avoided a big loss. 

Nice to see Pena's "cramp" yesterday was likely really a cramp.  Never trust a MLB team discussing player Health. 

[baddog]

34 minutes ago, myrecordwashorrible said:

Interesting analysis in the studio show after the game. Described as not a huge win, but after giving up the lead the Stros avoided a big loss. 

Nice to see Pena's "cramp" yesterday was likely really a cramp.  Never trust a MLB team discussing player Health. 

Family matters called me away from the end of the game. It was 4-4 in the 8th when I stopped watching. I must have missed some good hitting. Any win is a good win for me.

We figured Peña’s injury was season ending. Lol

[AggiesAreWe]

Houston is halfway thru the season. (81 games). They are 38-43 (.469), 5 games under .500. Astros were season high of 11 games under .500 on May 20 (20-31). Since then Houston has gone 18-12 (.600)

Astros are currently 3.5 back of division leader Seattle and 2 games back of final wildcard spot.

In the 81 games played, Houston has used 79 different lineups due to injuries. They have played an MLB high of 49 players.

Offensively: Astros are currently 16th (7th in AL) in hitting with a team batting average of .244. OBA of .318, SLG at .414 and OPS of .732. All those rank in top 10 of MLB. After the first 40 games of season, Astros were hitting around .265 and were top 3 in every offensive category. Last 40 games the offense has dropped to middle of the pack.

Pitching: Houston is 27th in MLB (13th in AL) in team ERA at 4.81. OBA is .243 and WHIP is 1.41. In the first 50 games of season Houston's team ERA was around 6.4. Over the last 30 they have cut over 1.5 runs off the ERA. 

Houston pitching is definitely getting better and that is a very good sign for the rest of the season.

Astros have 17 more games till All-Star break. If they can manage to get to .500 or better by that time, I really think Houston will have a great shot at making playoffs considering how the rest of the division is playing and how most of the AL is playing.

The trend is a positive one.