14 Aug 2009
The Milwaukee Brewers saw the dominance first-hand less than a week ago.
So they knew what all the fuss was about.
Houston Astros left-hander Wandy Rodriguez had been as good as any pitcher in baseball since June 21. He was 6-0 with a 1.35 earned-run average in nine starts since that day.
He continued to roll through lineups in July, earning the National League pitcher of the month honor with a 0.75 ERA in five starts.
On Sunday, R...
Houston Astros Vs. Milwaukee Brewers Events
| 2009 Apr 24 |
Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 5-2
HOUSTON (AP) Milwaukee manager Ken Macha considered removing starter Yovani Gallardo from the game Friday night. He just wasn't all that serious about it.
Gallardo pitched his first ca...
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| 2009 Apr 25 |
Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 9-8
Houston - A fourth consecutive victory and a second consecutive series was there for them.
Three times.
All the Milwaukee Brewers had to do was close out the Houston Astros, and wha...
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| 2009 Apr 26 |
Houston Astros defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 3-2
Houston - Unlike the middle game of this series, the finale was settled early and without the late-game dramatics that had people rushing back to their seats.
Also unlike the extra-inn...
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| 2009 May 19 |
Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 4-2
Houston - Allowing the Milwaukee Brewers to take a lead into the late innings has been a death knell for opponents.
Trevor Hoffman and Co. were at it again Tuesday night, tossing three...
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| 2009 May 20 |
Houston Astros defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 6-4
Houston - It takes a white-hot pitcher to cool down a white-hot team.
Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Wandy Rodriguez, all 5-foot-11 and 160 pounds of him.
Houston's little lefty ...
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| 2009 May 21 |
Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 4-3
Houston - Playing "small ball" can be hard work at times.
Eschewing their favorite weapon, the home run, the Milwaukee Brewers banged out 13 hits Thursday night, making just enough pay...
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| 2009 Aug 7 |
Houston Astros defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 6-3
Houston — Milwaukee Brewers manager Ken Macha worried all season that problems in his starting rotation eventually would bleed into his relief corps.
That fear has come true, and the s...
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| 2009 Aug 8 |
Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 12-5
Houston — Last season, no matter how seldom he played - and there were stretches when concerned parties came close to filing a missing-person report - Mike Rivera always seemed to come up...
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| 2009 Aug 14 |
Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 11-2
The Milwaukee Brewers saw the dominance first-hand less than a week ago.
So they knew what all the fuss was about.
Houston Astros left-hander Wandy Rodriguez had been as good as any...
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| 2009 Aug 15 |
Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 6-2
Three victories in a row.
Not exactly setting the world on fire, but after nearly two months, the Milwaukee Brewers finally could say they had a winning streak.
"It's been awhile, n...
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| 2009 Aug 16 |
Houston Astros defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 8-5
It's not how they wanted to leave home, but it could have been worse.
In the three days after the dismissal of pitching coach Bill Castro, the demotion of shortstop J.J. Hardy and the ...
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| 2009 Sep 18 |
Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 3-2
MILWAUKEE (AP) Casey McGehee doesn't chase the limelight, but his offense is making it difficult for the rookie to hide from the glare.
McGehee singled in the go-ahead run in the eight...
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| 2009 Sep 19 |
Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 7-2
MILWAUKEE (AP) Prince Fielder was happy to finally get Milwaukee's RBI record.
His sacrifice fly in the eighth inning allowed him to set the club mark for RBIs in a season and helped M...
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| 2010 May 25 |
Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 6-1
Brewers manager Ken Macha made it clear Tuesday that he is tired of talk about his job status and intent on focusing on getting his team headed in the right direction.
It was the first...
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| 2010 May 27 |
Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 4-3
With all the problems concerning performance and health for the Milwaukee Brewers, manager Ken Macha and pitching coach Rick Peterson have another obstacle.
They must try to win, which...
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| 2010 Jun 28 |
Houston Astros defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 9-5
There might not be much willingness to acknowledge it, but there is a definite competition going on within the Milwaukee Brewers' starting rotation.
And Manny Parra's outing Monday nig...
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| 2010 Jun 29 |
Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 7-5
Prince Fielder isn't driving in runs at his normal rate. He seems to be swinging at more bad pitches than a year ago. And he's struggling mightily with runners in scoring position.
But...
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| 2010 Jun 30 |
Houston Astros defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 5-1
Bobby Cox has been ejected from something like 9,000 games, which is exactly the reason why the Atlanta Braves won those 14 consecutive division championships.
His three Hall of Fame p...
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| 2010 Aug 1 |
Houston Astros defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 5-2
Houston — Over the previous three seasons, Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder established themselves as one of the most-feared slugging tandems in the majors. In 2009, they combined for 255 ru...
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| 2010 Aug 6 |
Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 6-5
The Milwaukee Brewers shrunk in the face of opportunity for the better part of eight innings.
For the most part they crumpled whenever a scoring chance presented itself against the Hou...
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| 2010 Aug 7 |
Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 5-2
It had been three months since "Hells Bells" had played at Miller Park. Three months since anyone even thought about turning that countdown banner beyond the Milwaukee Brewers' bullpen.
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| 2010 Aug 8 |
Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 11-6
Normally when things like this happen in baseball, there is no logical explanation.
When one team is completely dominated by another only to come back days later and exact payback, it ...
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| 2010 Sep 14 |
Houston Astros defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 3-2
Houston — One can concede Johnny Cueto, Cole Hamels, Carlos Zambrano, Ryan Dempster and Brett Myers. Those guys are pretty good.
Even Casey Coleman to an extent, considering there isn'...
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| 2010 Sep 15 |
Milwaukee Brewers defeat Houston Astros, 8-6
Houston — Chris Capuano isn't one to talk much about his future.
And it is tough to blame him considering not too long ago he had no clue what his future might hold after a second "Tom...
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