The Crawfish Boxes

What happened today in team history? 1973 - Houston spanks the Padres On the back of Lee May’s three home runs and Ken Forsch’s complete game, the Houston Astros put up a 12-2 win over the San Diego Padres. May’s three homers drove in five runs while Tommy Helms’ grand slam drove in another four. 1992 - Astros sweep the Dodgers Astros pitchers Butch Henry and Doug Jones … [Read more...] about Today in Astros history – June 21

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images An ugly win is still a win. The Astros weren’t exactly in top form on Friday night against the Angels. Yes, they started the game with back-to-back solo home runs from Jeremy Peña and Isaac Paredes before a single out was recorded. That was a promising start. Then nothing else until extra innings. For most of the evening, the lineup didn’t … [Read more...] about Astros Win 3-2 In Extras Against Angels

Victor Caratini (17) hits a three run home run during the eighth inning against the Athletics | Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images Hunter Brown against former Astro Yusei Kikuchi … [Read more...] about Game 76 Thread. June 20, 2025, 8:37 CT. Astros @ Angels

Starting pitcher Colton Gordon shows emotion during the 5th inning of the Guardians game. | David Richard-Imagn Images The four pitchers in the 6 man rotation who have replaced injured pitchers The Astros’ rotation has been ravaged by injuries: Arrighetti, Wesneski, and Blanco all unavailable. And this is on top of uncertainty surrounding Garcia, Javier, McCullers, … [Read more...] about Looking at the Astros Replacement Pitchers

Jeremy Peña | Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images Jeremy Peña continues his unexpected race for AL MVP. Welcome to the Weekend Boil! Houston Astros News Astros’ offense: Position by position (Chipalatta) Need a late boost? Astros know they can call on Caratini Astros split a series the hard way against the A’s. What we learned (HC) Cam Smith’s workload, an All-Star logjam and … [Read more...] about Astros Crawfish Boil: 20JUN25