Gameday Thread, #104: 7/30 vs. Astros
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Miguel Batista comes back from burying his granny, and gets tossed in at the deep end, merely facing the active pitcher with most career wins and strikeouts. Welcome back, Miggy. Still, Clemens this year has been beaten more times than he's won, so he may not quite be the unstoppable force - or worth the insane half-year contract the Astros handed him. Of course it doesn't help that Houston are scoring less than three runs a game when the Rocket is on the mound, and so his four losses have involved a grand total of seven earned runs.
Batista's performance last time - notably the three-run first - deserves some slack, given the circumstances. Despite that, he's been going well over the past month or so: in six starts, he's 3-0, and his July ERA still sits at a decent 3.09. It seems less likely that he'll be traded away, and I suspect he may end up remaining our #2 down the stretch run towards the playoffs. So far, he has alternated great months (May: 2.66 ERA; July 3.09) and sucky ones (Apr: 6.33; June: 7.76), so maybe we should bench him for August, just to be safe...
An 11am start, Arizona time, so there will likely not be much postage from me - hence this very early (or very late, depending how you look at it!) thread creation. I will be enjoying the usual Sunday lie-in with Mrs. SnakePit, and we intend to watch the movie version of Phantom of the Opera, having seen it live earlier this week in Vegas. I'm a little more optimistic for the finale than I was for Saturday, but thoughts will perhaps be more deal- than game-oriented. Josh Byrnes puts the trade chances at "50-50. I don't think it's a certainty, but we have enough things out there to where it's a possibility." We shall see...
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Today's Lineup
- DaVanon, RF
- Byrnes, CF
- Gonzalez, L, LF
- Tracy, 3B
- Estrada, C
- Green, S, 1B
- Hudson, 2B
- Drew, SS
- Batista, P
by singaporedbacksfan on Jul 30, 2006 1:35 PM EDT reply actions
Tracy doubles in Gonzo
by singaporedbacksfan on Jul 30, 2006 2:14 PM EDT reply actions
Mike Lamb singles in Wily Taveras
by singaporedbacksfan on Jul 30, 2006 2:24 PM EDT reply actions
Adam Everett scores on a Balk
by singaporedbacksfan on Jul 30, 2006 3:15 PM EDT reply actions
Who among you is watching this on TV?
by victor frankenstein on Jul 30, 2006 3:16 PM EDT reply actions
Tracy feeling guilty about that third run
by victor frankenstein on Jul 30, 2006 3:22 PM EDT reply actions
-yawn-
by victor frankenstein on Jul 30, 2006 3:29 PM EDT reply actions
Byrnes misses Roger
by victor frankenstein on Jul 30, 2006 4:39 PM EDT reply actions
Green leads off
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 30, 2006 4:42 PM EDT reply actions
WTG Hudson!
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 30, 2006 4:44 PM EDT reply actions
Man, that's one wide curveball..
by victor frankenstein on Jul 30, 2006 4:46 PM EDT reply actions
I wonder who
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 30, 2006 4:46 PM EDT reply actions
Julio gets the call
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 30, 2006 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Conor Jacks
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 30, 2006 4:54 PM EDT reply actions
Just in time...
Nice comeback, lead.
by victor frankenstein on Jul 30, 2006 4:59 PM EDT reply actions
Horhey Hoolio
by victor frankenstein on Jul 30, 2006 5:01 PM EDT reply actions
Scott
by victor frankenstein on Jul 30, 2006 5:02 PM EDT reply actions
oh brother
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 30, 2006 5:04 PM EDT reply actions
One pitch
good guys win!
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 30, 2006 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I think we'll leave it at Amber
Replay
by victor frankenstein on Jul 30, 2006 5:07 PM EDT reply actions
Could this be
by flyingdutchman on Jul 30, 2006 6:11 PM EDT reply actions
Green
by andrewinnewyork on Jul 30, 2006 7:16 PM EDT reply actions

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