I thought for sure the Astros had that one. 3-0 lead with one out in the top of the 8th (nobody on base). And the Reds just put up a 5-spot with ease. That home plate umpire didn't do us any favors with that bad strike zone. i felt the one-out walk -- two of the pitches looked like strikes -- set the tone for that 5-run meltdown.

Lol I thought we were gonna win for sure but our bullpen blows

We've got better relievers in the minors. We have one minor league team going to the playoffs. It's really sad we can't get five more outs up 3-0 and nobody on base. We deserve to lose 115 games this year but I can't imagine serious changes being made this winter. I expect a total roster over haul. Just bring back Bud Norris and Jose Altuve -- that sweet double play he turned in the 6th inning was incredible. Just a shame Norris had a bad blister on his finger. He could have went 8 or 9 innings instead of 6.

Back to not scoring runs. Typical Astros. Teasing us with a few good games (nearly won three games in a row). But now they're back to losing 115 game this year. There was no chance they were going to win tonight after that fluke win yesterday at Pittsburgh.

4-0 Pirates now. I've seen enough of Jordan Lyles. I don't even want him back next year! He had one good game the entire year. His last start against the Mets. That's the only team the Astros had a winning record against. If only we could play the Mets every game.

Pirates won 6-2. Oh well, at least we didn't get shut out.

Andrew McCutchen regained the NL batting average lead, on pace to win the batting title this year.

saw this thread and lol'd at "cant do worse than 56-106" or w/e it was on the first page

edit: sorry, freebump

This post was edited by FLCKennedy on Sep 4 2012 09:31pm

LOL, we're going to lose 110 to 117 (likely 115). I was wrong.

a guy i played with in HS is one of the astros relievers Hector Ambriz. Think he just got brought up about a month ago maybe, he had tommy john last year, and was with the Indians i think before that. Just hoping he can keep the ball down and in the ball park though lol

Smh