The Astros, yet again, put an absolute beatdown on the Mariners late last night by a final score of 11-5. They also broke yet another team record. This team is something else. Notes:
Kemp: 2-4, Solo HR
Chirinos: 1-4, Solo HR
Fisher: 2-4, RBI, SB
Miley: 5 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
Full Box:
The Astros now have a double-digit lead on the division. Yeah, it's time to start clearing your schedules for October and start saving up money for playoff tickets.
We have TWO (2) articles from Astros County .com that were posted yesterday, so let's get you caught up to speed on those:
The first relates to the Astros Day 2 of the MLB Draft.
The second relates to the Astros and their insane amount of runs given up via the solo home run.
And now for things around the Web...
Framber is in and Martin is out of the Astros rotation.
Derek Fisher's offensive adjustments are very much paying off.
The Astros drafted another Stubbs.
The Yordan Alvarez call may be arriving sooner rather than later.
Speaking of Yordan, he hit another home run last night. Remember the Chandler Rome tweet at the top of this post? Funnily enough, this was also Round Rock's 100th HR of the year.
Some ELITE numbers have been put up by some of our MiLB Players of the Month for May.
The Yankees are the favorites to sign Keuchel, and how badly do the Astros want/need him?
Champion Energy has a new spokesman: it's Alex Bregman.
Scientists have discovered that ancient cats had teeth so strong that they could actually puncture a skull with a single chomp.
On This Day in Baseball History
In 1973, the Rangers passed up Hall of Famers Robin Yount and Dave Winfield to draft David Clyde with the #1 pick. Clyde was immediately pulled into a starting role for Texas and got shelled. He lasted six years in the majors with a 18-33 record.
In 1997, Alex Rodriguez became the first Mariner to hit for the cycle.
In 2002, the Coca-Cola Company Branch, Minute Maid, officially acquired the naming rights to the new Astros baseball field previously known as Enron Field.
In 2008, James Shields plunked Coco Crisp, which incited a major benches clearing brawl that led to the suspension of 8 players.
In 2015, the first switch pitcher in the modern era, Pat Venditte, made his major league debut.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
