St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
The St. Louis Cardinals have limped to the finish a bit after soaring to a large divisional lead, but they have seemed to get back on track against the Houston Astros, who have waived the white flag on the season. Despite their struggles, the Cardinals (89-63) can clinch the division,...
Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves hitting could not have gone cold at a more inopportune time as they have fallen well off the wild-card pace and are starting to look towards their fourth straight postseason-less year. At the Braves (71-68) begin to come to terms with the fact that they are playing...
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Houston Astros
The St. Louis Cardinals are looking to capture the best record in the National League and with Chris Carpenter pitching on Thursday against the Houston Astros, they stand a decent shot to at least tie the feat. Carpenter (14-3, 2.16) has had a Cy Young award-type season. Whether he...
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Houston Astros
A month ago everyone figured that the division race most likely to go right down to the wire would be the NL Central. No team had firmly taken control with three different teams holding first place at various times, and a fourth which came within a game of first. Four weeks later,...
Florida Marlins vs. Houston Astros
Someone was able to cool off the Florida Marlins—sort of. At 10 games out of the NL Central lead and nine games back in the wild-card, the Houston Astros (58-62) may just be playing out the string at this point, but they can relish the role of spoiler as they did with a 6-3 home...
Florida Marlins vs. Houston Astros
The Houston Astros were finally able to cool off the Florida Marlins, if only for a day. The teams tangle again in South Florida as the Astros look for a four-game series tie and the Marlins look for the series victory. The Florida Marlins (60-54) had been as hot as the August heat...
Houston Astros vs. Milwaukee Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers and the Houston Astros figured into the race for the NL Central just a few weeks ago, but with the attention being lavished on the race between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, who are tied for first, the Brewers and Astros are quickly becoming the...
Houston Astros vs. San Francisco Giants
Going for the series victory in Houston, the San Francisco Giants will put a familiar face on the mound that has been missing since the early portion of the season. Joe Martinez (1-0, 6.75) last took the mound for the San Francisco Giants (59-48) during the first week of the season...
San Francisco Giants vs. Houston Astros
One of the hottest pitchers will take the mound on Monday for one of the hotter teams in baseball as the San Francisco Giants take to the road to face the Houston Astros for the first of the three games. No team was as hot as the Philadelphia Phillies in recent weeks, but the San...
Houston Astros vs. St. Louis Cardinals
Perhaps playing the St. Louis Cardinals will help the Houston Astros break out of their slump. If not, they can say start saying goodbye to their season. Last week the Astros (51-51) showed that they had come back and were ready to compete. They pulled just a game behind the first...