They continued their struggle in interleague play, getting swept by the New York Yankees. (Houston is now 1-6 on the season playing against the Junior Circuit, having dropped a three-game series to the Texas Rangers 1-3 earlier this season).
Sundays' loss to the Bronx Bombers was a 13-0 shutout. For the three-game series, New York outscored Houston a horrific 23-5. This averages out to a score of 7.6 to 1.6.
Right now, if you were to ask what ails the Astros, the simplest answer would be yes.
Pitching that, when it's on, it's on. And when it's off it's really, really off. Sometimes Astros pitchers don't seem to distinguish between batting practice and the actual game itself.
A grocery store mogul owner in Drayton McLane who, for a baseball owner, is turing out to be a good grocery store mogul. Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle describes McLane as an owner who makes one bad decision after another. Houston's minor league is generally considered one of the most depleted in the MLB, and I cringe to think of what sack of dime-store goods Houston would get stuck with if they ever decided to have a fire sale and trade away guys like Lance Berkman.
And, of course, those incredibly-ugly uniforms. A return to the orange and blue and the space-exploration look, STAT!
Is this part of the roller coaster ride of the season? Will the Astros, just weeks ago knocking on the door of first place in the NL Central, now are 33-37 and are half a game out of last place and 12 games out of first.
