Houston Astros Baseball

Astros Offense Hard To Watch

Maybe it's because we were spoiled this month that this four game losing streak really stings. Just after the analysts and skeptics were starting to come around to a "good" Astros team we give them a reason to re-think themselves. The Astros have lost their last four games, collecting a TOTAL of 5 runs during those games. I don't care what kind of pitching staff you have, you can't win with that lack of offense.

So what's the problem? It would appear that the recent slow down of Lance Berkman is the primary cause of this slump. This makes me worried. Meanwhile the bats of Ty Wigginton and Hunter Pence have slowly heated up. It's kind of ironic, but Wigginton has been arguably our best hitter during this team slump, yet his spot never seems to come up with men on base. I can clearly remember several occasions where Wiggy has hit a lead off double, only to get stranded. If only he was hitting those gappers with men on.

On the plus side, Brian Moehler looked good again. The box score of The Milwaukee game is a little misleading. He pitcher than his line would indicate. Moehler made one mistake in his outing and that was a two strike low and inside changeup against slugger Prince Fielder.

"But The Brewers looked good" No, not really. They are getting better and not held down by the once close Gagne, but The Brewers don't seem like a longterm threat this year. Today was a game we most certainly could have won. Coop decided to test Jason Kendall's arm and lost, several times. The worst was Matsui caught stealing third with one out and Lance up. the next pitch Lance gets a hit and Matsui would have scored. We would have had one on and one out for Lee and Pence, we could have rallied.

Also worth mentioning, Micheal Bourn sat today after and 0-fer yesterday. Instead Erstad lead off and played CF. He did very well and may warrant some more time, especially against lefties.

Up next:
Astros look to not get swept by The Brewers as they send Chacon to face Dave bush. Bush is 4-1 with a 3.45 ERA against The Astros. Although, I have a feeling Coop will have a few words of inspiration and rally this team to a big win Sunday.

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