Weekend Lost?

Does anyone else have this feeling? Despite the Astros losing the last two games of their series against the Brewers, and thereby the opportunity to win a third series in a row, I don’t feel all that perturbed. Yes, these games count as much as the ones in September, but losing by a combined three runs to a team that has a good deal of early season momentum seems not so bad. What I’m trying to get at is this may be good ol’ karma righting the baseball world. Phil Garner’s club had won eight of ten, and five straight before the last two games of this series. Within that win streak were the following occurrences- a Morgan Ensberg game winning hit, twofive run eighth inning rallies in as many games, a grand slam in the top of the ninth inning by Craig Biggio on Friday and Lance Berkman hovering around the Mendoza line. Call it what you will, but much of the Astros recent good fortune as far as winning baseball games has been due to pretty decent luck. I’m not trying to rain on our collective parades, half way through with the longest road trip of the year, and there’s more tallies in the “W” column than in the “L”.

Things are starting to even out, however. Morgan has been hitting consistently, upping his average today to .293. Could be better, some say. Given his recent history, could be much worse too. Still his performance exists as a positive. On the flip side(s) Wandy gave up six earned in six innings on Saturday, after recording three quality starts in his first three times out on the mound. He took his first lump of the year, bottom line. After pitching an entire week without giving up so much as a run, Brad Lidge came in to the game on Friday, and proceeded to get shelled. Call it,The meltdown on Lake Michigan. This humble blogger wrote extensively on why the Astros should not give up on him just yet. I won’t back down on my opinions concerning trade possibilities, but this is another troubling situation that will not resolve itself on its’ own.

If the Astros win tomorrow’s makeup game at Philadelphia, the team will have taken three out of the past four series that they have played in. Putting the team at 10-8 over their first stretch of games means that the season is one ninth through. While it may be an arbitrary number to cite, extrapolate their current record, and…..90-72. It may be unrealistic to think that this team can win ninety games, but it’s just something that’s interesting to note. Lots of things can change. Consistency has never been the calling card of this team, but winning has.

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