HOUSTON ASTROS (22-35, 11.5 GB, 6th in NL Central, tied for last in NL with Arizona, tied for third-worst record in MLB with Arizona)
Colorado-Houston Season Record: 1-1
The last time we saw these two teams face off, the Rockies had just come off a two-game sweep at the hands of the Cubs, and the Astros had dropped five straight to the Giants and Dodgers. The Astros took the first game after Esmil Rogers allowed four unearned runs in the eighth, mostly due to a botched defensive play by Clint Barmes. Luckily, the Rockies celebrated Ubaldo Jimenez Day the next day and turned things around. Jimenez went seven innings and lowered his ERA to 0.99. Troy Tulowitzki blasted three-run homer in the first inning to do most of the scoring for the Rockies.
Houston's Last Two Series: 3-1 series victory over the Nationals; 2-1 series victory over the Cubs. The Astros lost the first game to the Nats (it was the one when Oswalt was ejected by the umpire) and then rolled off four straight wins.
Monday-Thursday: Four-game series @ Coors Field
Monday, 7 June 2010 @ 6:40pm MT
Tuesday, 8 June 2010 @ 6:40pm MT
Wednesday, 9 June 2010 @ 6:40pm MT
Thursday, 10 June 2010 @ 1:10pm MT
Lineup and more after the jump
Expected Lineup
Player | Pos | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ISO | BABIP | wOBA |
Michael Bourn | OF | 0.279 | 0.364 | 0.348 | 0.712 | 0.069 | 0.348 | 0.331 |
Jeff Keppinger | 2B | 0.302 | 0.350 | 0.401 | 0.751 | 0.099 | 0.315 | 0.332 |
Lance Berkman | 1B | 0.266 | 0.372 | 0.442 | 0.814 | 0.175 | 0.304 | 0.361 |
Carlos Lee | OF | 0.217 | 0.257 | 0.377 | 0.634 | 0.160 | 0.215 | 0.273 |
Hunter Pence | OF | 0.277 | 0.317 | 0.451 | 0.768 | 0.175 | 0.277 | 0.334 |
Pedro Feliz | 3B | 0.230 | 0.255 | 0.317 | 0.572 | 0.087 | 0.237 | 0.248 |
Tommy Manzella | SS | 0.194 | 0.253 | 0.243 | 0.496 | 0.049 | 0.265 | 0.224 |
Humberto Quintero | C | 0.234 | 0.267 | 0.333 | 0.601 | 0.099 | 0.293 | 0.264 |
Bench
Player | Pos | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ISO | BABIP | wOBA |
Geoff Blum | 1B/3B | 0.237 | 0.295 | 0.289 | 0.584 | 0.052 | 0.277 | 0.264 |
Jason Michaels | OF | 0.191 | 0.224 | 0.340 | 0.565 | 0.149 | 0.184 | 0.249 |
Kevin Cash | C | 0.189 | 0.250 | 0.297 | 0.547 | 0.108 | 0.231 | 0.249 |
Cory Sullivan | OF | 0.180 | 0.268 | 0.240 | 0.508 | 0.060 | 0.237 | 0.239 |
Closer
Injuries