The Crawfish Boxes

Thomas Shea-Imagn Images Framber Valdez somehow keeps it close but Astros lack firepower yet again. Although the Astros managed to finally win two consecutive games and win the series against a tough team from San Diego this weekend, nothing much has really changed. Last night seven Astros hits were enough for a 3-2 win. Tonight seven hits landed the Astros a 3-2 … [Read more...] about Astros Blow the Sweep, Fall to Padres 3-2

Christian Walker’s game-winning catch in the ninth inning of yesterday’s game with the Padres | Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Happy Easter! Yesterday was a good day. The Astros had their first consecutive win and reached .500 for the first time since the second series of the year. And in their two victories over previously MLB’s best, the Padres, they won with their … [Read more...] about Astros Game Preview. April 20, 2025. Padres @ Astros

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images See how the prospects performed last night. Another day of baseball in the books! See the results below. Check out the previous day recap here. AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (8-12) lost 9-3 (BOX SCORE) Ullola got the start for Sugar Land but struggled allowing 6 runs over 2.1 innings. The offense got on the board … [Read more...] about Astros Prospect Report: April 19th

What happened today in team history? 2005 - Biggio enters the Astros record books With back-to-back bombs from the Houston Astros Craig Biggio and Adam Everett in a 6-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers, Biggio becomes just the second Astros player in the franchises history to reach 1,000 career RBIs. Jeff Bagwell, who holds the Astros’ RBI record, is the only other player on … [Read more...] about Today in Astros history – April 20

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Time will tell if the Astros end up regretting Christian Walker’s contract in a similar way to José Abreu’s ill-fated contract. The parallels are hard to ignore, most notably that both are veteran first basemen well into their thirties when they signed with Houston. The aging curve affects all baseball players, sooner or later, as it did … [Read more...] about Christian Walker Awakens? Astros Down Padres 3-2