2008 Houston Astros season

2008 Houston Astros
2008 Houston Astros
Division	Central Division
Ballpark	Minute Maid Park
City	Houston
Record	86–75 (.534)
Owners	Drayton McLane, Jr.
Managers	Cecil Cooper
Television	FSN Houston; KTXH (My 20) ; Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies
Radio	KTRH ; Milo Hamilton, Brett Dolan, Dave Raymond; KLAT (Spanish)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference

The Houston Astros' 2008 season was the 47th season for the Houston Astros. The Astros attempted to return to the postseason, after missing the past two postseasons. This was the last season where the Astros finished the season above the .500 mark prior to the post season run in 2015.^[1]

Off Season

On October 29, all six eligible Astros players filed for free agency. The list includes catcher Brad Ausmus, infielder Mike Lamb, infielder Mark Loretta, outfielder Orlando Palmeiro, left-handed reliever Trever Miller and right-handed reliever Brian Moehler.

On October 30, the Astros signed catcher Brad Ausmus to a 1-year, $2 million contract.

On November 8, The Astros acquired outfielder Michael Bourn, third baseman Michael Costanzo, and right-handed reliever Geoff Geary from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for right-handed pitcher Brad Lidge and infielder Eric Bruntlett. The announcement was made by Astros General Manager Ed Wade.^[2]

On November 16, the Astros acquired right-handed reliever Óscar Villarreal from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for center fielder Josh Anderson. On the same day, the Astros also signed outfielder Yordany Ramirez as a free agent.

On November 20, the Astros signed free agent utilityman Geoff Blum to a one-year deal including a club option for a second year.

On November 26, the Astros signed free agent Relief Pitcher Doug Brocail to a one-year deal.

On November 30, the Astros and free agent Kazuo Matsui agreed to a 3-year, $16.5 million deal. Matsui played second base for the NL Champion Colorado Rockies in the 2007 season.^[3]

On December 12, the Astros acquired shortstop Miguel Tejada from the Orioles for five players. The Astros traded outfielder Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers, Troy Patton and Dennis Sarfate and third baseman Mike Costanzo to Baltimore for Tejada. Adam Everett, the Astros shortstop at the time, had to deal with a double-whammy: not only did the Astros trade for Tejada, they also non-tendered Everett, leaving him without a team as of 11 p.m. CT.

On December 14, The Houston Astros' offseason of dealing continued on Friday when the club traded Chris Burke, Chad Qualls and Juan Gutiérrez to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for closer José Valverde.

In January, Brandon Backe, Ty Wigginton, and Dave Borkowski were signed to a one-year contract.

On February 20, Shawn Chacón signed a one-year deal.

On March 29, the Astros released Woody Williams.

On March 30, the contracts of OF José Cruz, Jr. and RHP Brian Moehler were purchased from Triple-A Round Rock.

Spring training

In spring training the Astros posted a 13–18 record culminating with a 9–4 win in the final spring training game at Minute Maid Park.

Regular season

March/April

After losing the first two games of the 2008 campaign, the Astros were trailing 5–6 the top of the 9th with 2 outs of game 3 against Trevor Hoffman, on April 2. The Astros put two on base when Hunter Pence hit a line drive off of Adrián González's glove into right to tie it up. Lance Berkman came up next and smashed a 3-run home run to deep center making it a 9–6 game. Valverde then closed out the Astros first '08 win.

Season standings

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	97	64	0.602	—	55–26	42–38
Milwaukee Brewers	90	72	0.556	7½	49–32	41–40
Houston Astros	86	75	0.534	11	47–33	39–42
St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	0.531	11½	46–35	40–41
Cincinnati Reds	74	88	0.457	23½	43–38	31–50
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	95	0.414	30½	39–42	28–53

Record vs. opponents

2008 National League record v t e Source: [1]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	3–5	2–4	2–4	15–3	2–7	4–2	8–10	2–5	3–3	3–4	4–3	10–8	11–7	3–4	4–2	6–9
Atlanta	5–3	–	0–6	3–3	4–3	10–8	3–3	4–2	3–6	11–7	4–14	2–5	5–1	2–5	2–5	6–12	8–7
Chicago	4–2	6–0	–	8–7	5–1	4–3	8–9	5–2	9–7	4–2	3–4	14–4	5–2	4–3	9–6	3–3	6–9
Cincinnati	4–2	3–3	7–8	–	1–5	6–2	3–12	1–7	10–8	3–4	3–5	6–9	4–3	5–1	5–10	4–3	9–6
Colorado	3–15	3–4	1–5	5–1	–	5–3	3–3	8–10	4–3	3–6	0–5	5–2	9–9	11–7	3–4	4–3	7–8
Florida	7–2	8–10	3–4	2–6	3–5	–	4–2	3–4	5–1	8–10	10–8	3–2	4–2	3–3	2–5	14–3	5–10
Houston	2–4	3–3	9–8	12–3	3–3	2–4	–	4–3	7–8	5–2	3–4	8–8	3–3	7–1	7–8	4–2	7–11
Los Angeles	10–8	2–4	2–5	7–1	10–8	4–3	3–4	–	4–2	3–4	4–4	5–2	11–7	9–9	2–4	3–3	5–10
Milwaukee	5–2	6–3	7–9	8–10	3–4	1–5	8–7	2–4	–	2–4	1–5	14–1	4–3	6–0	10–5	6–2	7–8
New York	3–3	7–11	2–4	4–3	6–3	10–8	2–5	4–3	4–2	–	11–7	4–3	2–5	5–1	4–3	12–6	9–6
Philadelphia	4–3	14–4	4–3	5–3	5–0	8–10	4–3	4–4	5–1	7–11	–	4–2	4–2	3–3	5–4	12–6	4–11
Pittsburgh	3–4	5–2	4–14	9–6	2–5	2–3	8–8	2–5	1–14	3–4	2–4	–	3–4	4–2	10–7	3–4	6–9
San Diego	8–10	1–5	2–5	3–4	9–9	2–4	3–3	7–11	3–4	5–2	2–4	4–3	–	5–13	1–6	5–1	3–15
San Francisco	7–11	5–2	3–4	1–5	7–11	3–3	1–7	9–9	0–6	1–5	3–3	2–4	13–5	–	4–3	7–0	6–12
St. Louis	4–3	5–2	6–9	10–5	4–3	5–2	8–7	4–2	5–10	3–4	4–5	7–10	6–1	3–4	–	5–1	7–8
Washington	2–4	12–6	3–3	3–4	3–4	3–14	2–4	3–3	2–6	6–12	6–12	4–3	1–5	0–7	1–5	–	8–10

Roster

2008 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

59 J. R. House

Manager

15 Cecil Cooper

Coaches

6 Mark Bailey (bullpen)
12 Sean Berry (hitting)
4 Jackie Moore (bench)
25 José Cruz (first base)
75 Dewey Robinson (pitching)
16 Ed Romero (third base)

Game log

Home Game
Away Game
† = Interleague Game
All games, dates and times are subject to change

2008 Game Log

March

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Wrapup
1	March 31	@ Padres	0–4	Peavy (1–0)	Oswalt (0–1)		44,965	0–1	[2]

April

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Wrapup
2	April 1	@ Padres	1–2	Young (1–0)	Backe (0–1)	Hoffman (1)	20,825	0–2	[3]
3	April 2	@ Padres	9–6	Valverde (1–0)	Hoffman (0–1)		18,714	1–2	[4]
4	April 3	@ Padres	2–3	E. González (1–0)	Villareal (0–1)	Hoffman (2)	24,432	1–3	[5]
5	April 4	@ Cubs	4–3	Wright (1–0)	Lieber (0–1)	Valverde (1)	37,812	2–3	[6]
6	April 5	@ Cubs	7–9	Hart (1–0)	Oswalt (0–2)	Wood (2)	40,707	2–4	[7]
7	April 6	@ Cubs	2–3	Zambrano (1–0)	Villarreal (0–2)	Wood (3)	40,929	2–5	[8]
8	April 7	Cardinals	5–3	Valverde (2–0)	McClellan (0–1)		43,483	3–5	[9]
9	April 8	Cardinals	3–5	Reyes (1–0)	Geary (0–1)	Isringhausen (4)	30,184	3–6	[10]
10	April 9	Cardinals	4–6	Looper (2–0)	Sampson (0–1)	Isringhausen (5)	29,187	3–7	[11]
11	April 11	Marlins	6–10	Nolasco (1–0)	Oswalt (0–3)		34,191	3–8	[12]
12	April 12	Marlins	5–0	Backe (1–1)	Miller (0–2)		34,336	4–8	[13]
13	April 13	Marlins	5–1	Rodríguez (1–0)	Badenhop (0–1)		29,766	5–8	[14]
14	April 15	@ Phillies	3–4	Seánez (1–1)	Valverde (2–1)		34,609	5–9	[15]
15	April 16	@ Phillies	2–1	Oswalt (1–3)	Kendrick (1–2)	Brocail (1)	31,644	6–9	[16]
16	April 17	@ Phillies	2–10	Myers (2–1)	Backe (1–2)		33,526	6–10	[17]
17	April 18	Rockies	11–5	Morales (1–1)	Sampson (0–2)		34,272	6–11	[18]
18	April 19	Rockies	2–3	Cook (2–1)	Villarreal (0–3)	Corpas (4)	34,540	6–12	[19]
19	April 20	Rockies	6–4	Wright (2–0)	Fuentes (0–1)	Valverde (2)	35,286	7–12	[20]
20	April 21	Padres	10–3	Oswalt (2–3)	Germano (0–2)		28,600	8–12	[21]
21	April 22	Padres	11–7	Valverde (3–1)	Bell (0–2)		33,434	9–12	[22]
22	April 23	@ Reds	9–3	Sampson (1–2)	Arroyo (0–3)		16,017	10–12	[23]
23	April 24	@ Reds	5–3	Cassel (1–0)	Cueto (3)	Valverde (3)	17,403	11–12	[24]
24	April 25	@ Cardinals	3–2	Wright (2–0)	Isringhausen (1–2)	Valverde (4)	41,193	12–12	[25]
25	April 26	@ Cardinals	3–4	Wainwright (3–1)	Borkowski (0–1)		43,040	12–13	[26]
26	April 27	@ Cardinals	1–5	Lohse (3–0)	Backe (1–3)	McClellan (1)	44,222	12–14	[27]
27	April 28	@ D-backs	3–5	Haren (4–1)	Sampson (1–3)	Lyon (8)	19,868	12–15	[28]
28	April 29	@ D-backs	6–4	Brocail (1–0)	González (1–2)	Valverde (5)	20,241	13–15	[29]
29	April 30	@ D-backs	7–8	Medders (1–0)	Borkowski (0–2)	Lyon (9)	21,519	13–16	[30]

May

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
30	May 2	Brewers	7–4	Oswalt (3–3)	Villanueva (1–3)	Valverde (6)	39,715	14–16
31	May 3	Brewers	6–2	Backe (2–3)	Parra (1–2)		35,002	15–16
32	May 4	Brewers	8 – 6 ⁽¹²⁾	Byrdak (1–0)	Stetter (1–1)		38,301	16–16
33	May 6	Nationals	6–5	Brocail (2–0)	Ayala (1–2)	Valverde (7)	30,335	17–16
34	May 7	Nationals	4–3	Valverde (4–1)	Hanrahan (0–2)		30,432	18–16
35	May 8	Nationals	8–3	Lannan (3–3)	Backe (2–4)		33,433	18–17
36	May 9	@ Dodgers	7–1	Moehler (1–0)	Lowe (2–3)		52,658	19–17
37	May 10	@ Dodgers	5–0	Sampson (2–3)	Billingsley (2–5)		45,212	20–17
38	May 11	@ Dodgers	8–5	Geary (1–1)	Broxton (1–1)	Valverde (8)	40,217	21–17
39	May 12	@ Giants	7–3	Oswalt (4–3)	Chulk (0–1)	Valderde (9)	30,165	22–17
40	May 13	@ Giants	4–2	Cain (2–3)	Backe (2–5)	Wilson (12)	30,858	22–18
41	May 14	@ Giants	6–3	Villarreal (1–3)	Taschner (2–1)	Valverde (10)	33,070	23–18
42	May 15	@ Giants	8–7	Byrdak (2–0)	Chulk (0–2)	Valverde (11)	33,771	24–18
43	May 16	@ Rangers †	16–8	Wright (2–1)	Wright (3–1)		32,117	24–19
44	May 17	@ Rangers†	6–2	Padilla (6–2)	Oswalt (4–4)		38,534	24–20
45	May 18	@ Rangers†	5–4	Backe (2–5)	Gabbard (1–1)	Valverde (11)	33,561	25–20
46	May 19	Cubs	7–2	Lilly (5–4)	Moehler (1–1)		32,458	25–21
47	May 20	Cubs	4–2	Sampson (3–3)	Dempster (5–2)	Valverde (13)	33,339	26–21
48	May 21	Cubs	5–3	Chacón (1–0)	Gallagher (1–1)		33,251	27–21
49	May 22	Phillies	7–5	Durbin (1–1)	Wright (3–2)	Lidge (12)	29,263	27–22
50	May 23	Phillies	4–3	Backe (3–5)	Eaton (0–3)	Valverde (12)	41,152	28–22
51	May 24	Phillies	4–3	Moehler (2–1)	Myers (2–6)	Brocail (2)	42,660	29–22
52	May 25	Phillies	6–15	Seánez (3–3)	Nieve (0–1)		43,079	29–23
53	May 27	@ Cardinals	8–2	Chacón (1–0)	Looper (6–4)		41,104	30–23
54	May 28	@ Cardinals	1–6	Wainwright (5–2)	Rodríguez (1–1)		41,114	30–24
55	May 29	@ Cardinals	2–3	Lohse (5–2)	Oswalt (4–5)	Franklin (4)	41,786	30–25
56	May 30	@ Brewers	5–1	Parra (3–2)	Backe (4–6)		32,039	30–26
57	May 31	@ Brewers	4–1	Sheets (6–1)	Moehler (2–2)	Torres (5)	42,913	30–27

June

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
58	June 1	@ Brewers	10–1	Bush (2–5)	Chacón (2–1)		44,613	30–28
59	June 3	@ Pirates	2–0	Rodríguez (2–1)	Dumatrait (2–3)	Valverde (16)	13,183	31–28
60	June 4	@ Pirates	5–2	Duke (3–4)	Oswalt (4–6)	Capps (12)	9,392	31–29
61	June 5	@ Pirates	4–3	Maholm (4–5)	Backe (4–7)	Capps (13)	10,728	31–30
62	June 6	Cardinals	6–1	Moehler (3–2)	Looper (7–5)		38,596	32–30
63	June 7	Cardinals	8–4	Wainwright (6–3)	Chacón (2–2)		39,811	32–31
64	June 8	Cardinals	5–4	Lohse (7–2)	Rodríguez (2–2)	Franklin (8)	39,923	32–32
65	June 10	Brewers	6–1	Oswalt (5–6)	McClung (3–3)		35,058	33–32
66	June 11	Brewers	10–6	Parra (5–2)	Backe (4–8)		33,806	33–33
67	June 12	Brewers	9–6	Sheets (7–1)	Moehler (3–3)		35,709	33–34
68	June 13	Yankees†	2–1	Veras (1–0)	Brocail (2–1)	Farnsworth (1)	43,095	33–35
69	June 14	Yankees†	8–4	Mussina (10–4)	Rodríguez (2–3)		43,409	33–36
70	June 15	Yankees†	13–0	Wang (8–2)	Oswalt (5–7)		43,165	33–37
71	June 17	@ Orioles†	6–5	Johnson (2–2)	Brocail (2–2)	Sherrill (23)	21,535	33–38
72	June 18	@ Orioles†	2 – 1 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Bradford (3–2)	Valverde (4–2)		21,112	33–39
73	June 19	@ Orioles†	7–5	Burres (6–5)	Chacón (2–3)	Sherrill (24)	31,480	33–40
74	June 20	@ Rays†	4–3	Oswalt (6–7)	Garza (5–4)	Valverde (17)	14,741	34–40
75	June 21	@ Rays†	4–3	Wheeler (2–3)	Brocail (2–3)		29,953	34–41
76	June 22	@ Rays†	3–2	Backe (5–8)	Kazmir (6–3)	Valverde (18)	19,778	35–41
77	June 24	Rangers†	4–3	Moehler (4–3)	Hurley (0–1)	Valverde (19)	40,052	36–41
78	June 25	Rangers†	3–2	Mendoza (1–2)	Oswalt (6–8)	Wilson (16)	32,567	36–42
79	June 26	Rangers†	7–2	Rodríguez (3–3)	Millwood (5–4)		36,506	37–42
80	June 27	Red Sox†	6–1	Matsuzaka (9–1)	Hernández (0–1)	Papelbon (24)	42,327	37–43
81	June 28	Red Sox†	11–10	Brocail (3–3)	Delcarmen (0–2)	Valverde (20)	43,073	38–43
82	June 29	Red Sox†	3–2	Brocail (4–3)	Aardsma (2–2)	Valverde (21)	42,066	39–43
83	June 30	Dodgers	4–1	Oswalt (7–8)	Stults (2–1)	Valverde (22)	28,827	40–44

July

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
84	July 1	Dodgers	7 – 6 ⁽¹¹⁾	Park (4–2)	Wright (3–3)	Saito (13)	31,914	40–44
85	July 2	Dodgers	4–1	Kuroda (4–6)	Hernández (0–2)		34,058	40–45
86	July 3	Dodgers	5–2	Billingsley (8–7)	Backe (5–9)	Saito (14)	35,696	40–46
87	July 4	@ Braves	6–2	Hudson (9–6)	Moehler (4–4)		48,045	40–47
88	July 5	@ Braves	6–1	Sampson (4–3)	Reyes (3–7)		37,049	41–47
89	July 6	@ Braves	7 – 6 ⁽¹⁷⁾	Ring (2–1)	Byrdak (2–1)		24,169	41–48
90	July 7	@ Pirates	10–7	Bautista (2–2)	Hernández (0–3)	Marte (2)	13,323	41–49
91	July 8	@ Pirates	4–3	Grabow (5–2)	Brocail (4–4)	Marte (3)	17,867	41–50
92	July 9	@ Pirates	6–4	Moehler (5–4)	Burnett (0–1)	Valverde (23)	13,884	42–50
93	July 11	@ Nationals	10–0	Redding (7–3)	Paronto (0–1)	Shell (1)	33,653	42–51
94	July 12	@ Nationals	6–4	Rodríguez (4–3)	Balester (1–2)	Valverde (24)	30,682	43–51
95	July 13	@ Nationals	5–0	Backe (6–9)	Pérez (2–7)		31,463	44–51
96	July 18	Cubs	2–1	Geary (2–1)	Howry (3–3)		42,368	45–51
97	July 19	Cubs	4–1	Rodríguez (5–3)	Zambrano (10–4)	Valverde (25)	43,129	46–51
98	July 20	Cubs	9–0	Dempster (11–4)	Backe (6–10)		41,161	46–52
99	July 21	Pirates	9–2	Valverde (4–3)	Yates (4–2)		34,624	46–53
100	July 22	Pirates	8–2	Maholm (7–6)	Cassel (1–1)		33,996	46–54
101	July 23	Pirates	8–7	Osoria (4–3)	Geary (2–2)	Marte (5)	36,091	46–55
102	July 25	@ Brewers	3–1	Rodríguez (6–3)	Parra (9–3)	Valverde (26)	41,357	47–55
103	July 26	@ Brewers	6–4	Gagné (4–2)	Brocail (4–5)	Torres (20)	43,489	47–56
104	July 27	@ Brewers	11–6	Sampson (5–3)	Suppan (5–7)		31,565	48–56
105	July 28	Reds	5–4	Oswalt (8–8)	Cueto (7–10)	Valverde (27)	31,783	49–56
106	July 29	Reds	6–2	Moehler (6–4)	Arroyo (9–8)	Wright (1)	34,015	50–56
107	July 30	Reds	9–5	Vólquez (13–4)	Rodríguez (6–4)		30,272	50–57

August

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
108	August 1	Mets	7–3	Brocail (5–5)	Heilman (1–5)		41,083	51–57
109	August 2	Mets	5–4	Valverde (5–3)	Heilman (1–6)		39,152	52–57
110	August 3	Mets	4–0	Wolf (7–10)	Pérez (7–7)		38,602	53–57
111	August 4	@ Cubs	2 – 0 ⁽⁸⁾	Moehler (7–4)	Dempster (12–5)	Hawkins (1)	40,867	54–57
112	August 5	@ Cubs	11–7	Howry (4–4)	Sampson (5–4)		40,416	54–58
113	August 6	@ Cubs	11–4	Marquis (7–7)	Backe (6–11)		41,107	54–59
114	August 7	@ Reds	7–4	Oswalt (9–8)	Fogg (2–4)		27,378	55–59
115	August 8	@ Reds	9 – 5 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Sampson (6–4)	Cordero (4–4)		25,652	56–59
116	August 9	@ Reds	3–1	Moehler (8–4)	Arroyo (10–9)	Valverde (28)	26,044	57–59
117	August 10	@ Reds	13–4	Rodríguez (7–4)	Harang (3–12)		30,789	58–59
118	August 11	Giants	3–1	Backe (7–11)	Sánchez (8–9)	Valverde (29)	28,220	59–59
118	August 12	Giants	12–4	Oswalt (10–8)	Walker (4–7)		29,451	60–59
120	August 13	Giants	6–2	Wolf (8–10)	Zito (6–15)		30,330	61–59
121	August 14	Giants	7–4	Hawkins (2–1)	Yabu (3–5)	Valverde (30)	33,612	62–59
122	August 15	Diamondbacks	12–2	Webb (18–4)	Rodríguez (7–5)		36,035	62–60
123	August 16	Diamondbacks	11–5	Petit (2–3)	Backe (7–12)		33,612	62–61
124	August 17	Diamondbacks	3–0	Oswalt (11–8)	Johnson (10–9)	Valverde (31)	42,619	63–61
125	August 18	@ Brewers	9–3	Sabathia (14–8)	Wolf (8–11)		41,991	63–62
126	August 19	@ Brewers	5–2	Moehler (9–4)	Sheets (11–7)	Valverde (32)	41,662	64–62
127	August 20	@ Brewers	5–2	Parra (10–6)	Rodríguez (7–6)	Torres (24)	41,419	64–63
128	August 22	@ Mets	5–2	Santana (12–7)	Oswalt (11–9)	Ayala (1)	52,008	64–64
129	August 23	@ Mets	8–3	Backe (8–12)	Maine (10–8)		51,766	65–64
130	August 24	@ Mets	6–4	Hawkins (3–1)	Feliciano (2–4)	Valverde (33)	49,758	66–64
131	August 25	@ Mets	9–1	Pelfrey (13–8)	Moehler (9–5)		41,419	66–65
132	August 26	Reds	2–1	Arroyo (12–10)	Geary (2–3)		30,395	66–66
133	August 27	Reds	4–1	Oswalt (12–9)	Fogg (2–7)	Valverde (34)	30,741	67–66
134	August 28	Reds	3–2	Backe (9–12)	Harang (4–14)	Valverde (35)	30,028	68–66
135	August 29	Cardinals	3–2	Brocail (6–5)	Springer (2–1)		33,347	69–66
136	August 30	Cardinals	8–5	Moehler (10–5)	Looper (12–11)	Valverde (36)	37,569	70–66
137	August 31	Cardinals	3–0	Rodríguez (8–6)	Wellemeyer (11–6)	Valverde (37)	35,638	71–66

September

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
138	September 1	@ Cubs	3–0	Oswalt (13–9)	Marquis (9–8)	Valverde (38)	40,670	72–66
139	September 2	@ Cubs	9–7	Wright (8–6)	Wood (4–3)	Valverde (39)	39,846	73–66
140	September 3	@ Cubs	4–0	Wolf (9–11)	Dempster (15–6)		40,163	74–66
141	September 5	@ Rockies	5–3	Jiménez (10–12)	Moehler (10–6)	Fuentes (27)	26,163	74–67
142	September 6	@ Rockies	2–0	Oswalt (14–9)	Francis (4–9)		32,352	75–67
143	September 7	@ Rockies	7–5	Brocail (7–5)	Buchholz (6–5)	Valverde (40)	30,509	76–67
144	September 8	Pirates	3–2	Arias (1–0)	Snell (6–11)	Valverde (41)	26,526	77–67
145	September 9	Pirates	9–3	Wolf (10–11)	Ohlendorf (1–2)		30,034	78–67
146	September 10	Pirates	7–4	Moehler (11–6)	Bautista (4–4)	Valverde (42)	26,859	79–67
147	September 11	Pirates	6–0	Oswalt (15–9)	Duke (5–14)		31,101	80–67
–	September 12	Cubs	Postponed (Hurricane Ike) Rescheduled for September 14 @ Miller Park.
–	September 13	Cubs	Postponed (Hurricane Ike) Rescheduled for September 15 @ Miller Park.
–	September 14	Cubs	Postponed (Hurricane Ike) Cancelled due to the Astros being eliminated from the Playoff Contention.
148	September 14	Cubs*	5–0	Zambrano (14–5)	Wolf (10–12)		23,441	80–68
149	September 15	Cubs*	6–1	Lilly (15–9)	Moehler (11–7)		15,158	80–69
150	September 16	@ Marlins	5–1	Volstad (5–3)	Oswalt (15–10)		12,232	80–70
151	September 17	@ Marlins	2–14	Nolasco (15–7)	Backe (9–13)		14,124	80–71
152	September 18	@ Marlins	1-8	Olsen (8-10)	Arias (1-1)		14,219	80-72
153	September 19	@ Pirates	5-1	Wolf (11-12)	Snell (6-12)		26,301	81-72
154	September 20	@ Pirates	4-6	Davis (2-4)	Brian Moehler (11-8)	Capps (20)	36,621	81-73
155	September 21	@ Pirates	6-2	Oswalt (16-10)	Ohlendorf (1-4)		20,311	82-73
156	September 23	Reds	2-1	Volquez (17-6)	Rodríguez (8–7)	Cordero (34)	27,561	82-74
157	September 24	Reds	5-0	Wolf (12-12)	Ramírez (1–1)		26,103	83-74
158	September 25	Reds	8-7	Oswalt (17-10)	Cueto (9-14)	José Valverde (43)	31,204	84-74
159	September 26	Braves	5-4	José Valverde (6-3)	Tavárez (1-5)		33,477	85-74
160	September 27	Braves	5-11	Vladimir Núñez (1-2)	Backe (9-14)		37,491	85-75
161	September 28	Braves	3-1	Rodríguez (9-7)	Hampton (3-4)	José Valverde (44)	37,113	86-75

*At Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Brad Ausmus	81	216	47	.218	3	24
1B	Lance Berkman	159	554	173	.312	29	106
2B	Kazuo Matsui	96	375	110	.293	6	33
SS	Miguel Tejada	158	632	179	.283	13	66
3B	Ty Wigginton	111	386	110	.285	23	58
LF	Carlos Lee	115	436	137	.314	28	100
CF	Michael Bourn	138	467	107	.229	5	29
RF	Hunter Pence	157	595	160	.269	25	83

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
3B	Geoff Blum	114	325	78	.240	14	53
OF	Darin Erstad	140	322	89	.276	4	31
2B	Mark Loretta	101	261	73	.280	4	38

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Roy Oswalt	32	208.2	17	10	3.54	165
Brandon Backe	31	166.2	9	14	6.05	127
Brian Moehler	31	150	11	8	4.56	82
Wandy Rodriguez	25	137.1	9	7	3.54	131

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Round Rock Express	Pacific Coast League	Dave Clark
AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Texas League	Luis Pujols
A	Salem Avalanche	Carolina League	Jim Pankovits
A	Lexington Legends	South Atlantic League	Gregg Langbehn
A-Short Season	Tri-City ValleyCats	New York–Penn League	Pete Rancont
Rookie	Greeneville Astros	Appalachian League	Rodney Linares

References

External links

[1] ttp://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25327531/houston-astros-make-playoffs-for-first-time-since-2005

[2] The Official Site of The Houston Astros: Official Info: Astros acquire Bourn, Costanzo, Geary from Philadelphia

[3] 9news.com Wolf, Jeffrey November 30, 2007^{[permanent dead link]}

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