Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 29, 2006
Hit Again

Willy Taveras comes up with men on first and third in a tie game, and is hit by a pitch for the second time in the game. That loads the bases and drives Ohka from the game. Since they're in the seventh, if the Astros score here the hit streak likely ends for Taveras. It's two bad he was hit twice, giving him less chances to swing the bat. He's 0 for 2.

Update: The Astros leave the bases loaded and the score tied at three. The Brewers are coming up for the top of the eighth.

Update: The Astros take the lead in the bottom of the 8th as Huff singles in Biggio. With none out, the Astros need to get two more base runners to give Taveras another chance at a hit. Scott gets hit by a pitch to load the bases, so they need just one more player to reach base, and avoid a double play.

Update: Everett singles. The Astros just need to avoid a double play to assure a plate appearance by Taveras.

Update: Ausmus walks, forcing in the Astros 6th run. Now they just need to avoid the triple play!

Update: Jason Lane pinch hits and smacks a grand slam. That's seven straight batters to reach base for the Astros. Now Taveras gets his chance with a 10-3 lead. No pressure. :-)

Update: After getting ahead 2-0, Taveras swings and misses at three straight pitches. That likely ends the streak. Still, anything that reaches 30 is quite impressive, and the home town crowd gives him a nice standing ovation.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:07 PM | Hit Streaks | TrackBack (0)
Comments

it seems to me that ohka did not want to let willy t extend the streak on his day on the mound and did it by hitting willy not once but twice. it was apparent to me since willy was the only intended target during the game. my ball cap is off to willy for the streak and the astros for showing class after willy was hit! may they all have hitting streaks and win the division or the wild card.

Posted by: manuel flores at August 29, 2006 11:55 PM

Sorry, but I'm not impressed by a 30+ game hitting streak. Not even impressed by a 56 game hitting streak. Now, an 80+ game streak of reaching base safely...that impresses me. That's half a season!

Willie T's reaching-base-safely streak continues, so let's track that, shall we?

Btw, that guy with 56-game hitting streak, he was a class A prima donna. Which makes his streak even less impressive.

Posted by: Mark at August 30, 2006 10:52 AM

Funny thing, even after the streak, Taveras' OPS is a wretched .679, right in line with his equally miserable career number of .671. He probably shouldn't even be starting, much less wasting more PA's than anybody else on the team as the leadoff hitter.

The Astros should just hand the center field job to Burke, who's got a .808 OPS. But The Streak will keep Taveras in there every day until the end of the season.

Posted by: Casey Abell at August 30, 2006 11:30 AM
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