Off To A 1-6 May!

Since April 27th, the Astros have gone 1-10. After absolutely embarrassing themselves with a 9-2 run, the Astros returned to the ways of losing.

First a sweep at the hands of the Reds. In that series, the Astros put up an astounding eight runs but allowed an even better sixteen runs in the three game series.

Feeling feisty, the team then decided to lose in bigger fashion to their old nemesis the Atlanta Braves. What followed was an amazing lack of run production while giving up plenty of runs. The Astros probably felt they competed to hard against the Reds so the were determined to lose in convincing style to the Braves. Even the first game was to close for comfort by losing 4-2. The team bounced back from that close call by losing 10-1 and 7-1 to make sure they left Atlanta without a win.

Feeling great about the losses, the Astros carried over the momentum from the Atlanta series and lost in convincing fashion to the Diamondbacks 9-1. Ros Oswalt then followed up the series opener with perhaps his worst performance of the season in losing 1-0. Fortunately his teammates were there to kick him down and put up zero runs. That's what great teammates do. When one player struggles, they rally to the cause and do the best they can to succeed.

Perhaps deflated by the LULAC protest on Cinco de Mayo, the Astros won the game 4-2 over the Diamondbacks.

Undeterred, the Astros rebounded from the win to drop the next two games. They lost the Diamondback finale and for good measure batted a 7-0 shut out to the visiting San Diego Padres.

In off the field news, Carlos Lee said he wants to play out the remainder of his contract and then retire. My guess is he feels he won't be able to duplicate the lack of effort in the future and wants to get out on the bottom of his game as his play declines with age.