Denied salary arbitration, the pitching legend is fielding contract offers from other clubs while mulling retirement. 1988 - Mike Scott blanks the Dodgers, 10-0, to pull within 1-1/2 games of the division lead. Craig Biggio and Orlando Palmeiro bash homers while Brandon Duckworth gets his first win as an Astro.
With a two-run double to right in the second, Biggio becomes the 13th major leaguer to reach 600 doubles in his career. 1994 - Mitch Williams walks the bases full then surrenders two 12th-inning runs in the season opener against Montreal. 205 hitter who bats. 1973 - In a foreshadowing of coming years, J. First mlb player to enter the meikyukai crossword. Richard's first major league shutout is against the Dodgers. 1999 - Houston signs four players to minor league deals but all will see action with the Astros. Lance Berkman, Jeff Bagwell, Chris Truby, Moises Alou, Tim Bogar and Julio Lugo play long ball to build an 11-2 lead but no lead is safe at Enron Field. 1991 - Potential buyers of the Astros, Ben Love and six others, approach Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers to own a share of the team. The Phillies insert former Astro Roy Oswalt in left field after Ryan Howard is ejected in the 14th. Harry Spilman gets the key hit, a two-run single in the four-run fourth. Houston and Los Angeles go extras again that afternoon.
2003 - In an anticipated salary move, Houston trades closer Billy Wagner to the Philadelphia Phillies for righthanded pitchers Brandon Duckworth, Taylor Buchholz and Ezequiel Astacio. Rick Williams gets the win in his major league debut. Astros ownership had threatened to leave Houston as the NFL Oilers are doing, if the stadium was not okayed. In between, the Twins down the Yankees, 4-1. Glenn Davis breaks the stalemate with a blast off Youmans into the left field seats for a 1-0, ten-inning triumph. First mlb player to enter meikyukai. Alomar's two sons, Roberto and Sandy, Jr., would one day become All-Stars like their pop. Schmidt's blast, if unimpeded, was estimated to travel 600 feet. Brad Lidge gets his first major league save. Mays is named Most Valuable Player. 56a Canon competitor. Rookie Dave Smith, a San Diego product, pitches the final four innings for the win, ending the 6-1/2 hour marathon.
Astro teammates Jose Lima and Billy Wagner tie for fourth in the voting. Brian Jordan is the star of Game Three, driving in all five Atlanta runs with a three-run homer and the game-winning double. 1965 - 18-year-old catcher Bob Watson signs as a free agent. Reynolds also has four hits. 500 mark as a franchise, standing 3, 507-3, 507 overall and 10-4 on the season with a 13-12 slugfest over Milwaukee. 2017 - First baseman Jeff Bagwell is voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame with 86. Bagwell becomes just the third Astro to reach that milestone.
One drives in the game's first run. Clemens winds up giving the Astros a season to remember. Barry Larkin's error lets Houston tie it in the ninth. On the same day, they acquire a minor-league third baseman, Jeff Bagwell, from Boston for reliever Larry Andersen. Vada Pinson later gets a clean double. Joe ties with his brother Phil for the league lead in victories with 21. The righthander would see just ten games with Houston.
The Dodgers sweep the twinbill, 9-3 and 9-7, but complain about Houston's stiffling heat afterwards. 2022 - WORLD CHAMPIONS AGAIN! Nitkowski picks up the victory. Matt Dominguez and Carlos Corporan also contribute three hits apiece. 2005 - Craig Biggio blasts a dramatic three-run homer off ex-Astro Billy Wagner with two outs in the ninth to stun the Phillies, 8-6. Roy Oswalt loses an early 4-0 lead but the Astros tie it in the eighth on Jason Lane's double. Picked in the expansion draft from San Francisco, Jones, a two-time All-Star, pitches only spot duty in his remaining three big league seasons.
Tommy Lasorda beat the rush, getting tossed three innings earlier. 368 average (all club records at the time) in 400 at bats. Joe Nuxhall fans Johnny Weekly to seal Johnson's fate as the hard-luck loser. 2004 - Off-seasons can be hazardous to your health, part two. The ball lands in section 738D, row 6, seat 1. 1998 - Down 6-0 in Los Angeles after the first inning, Houston rallies for five in the eighth to tie the game then tallies twice more in the tenth for an 8-6 comeback win.