2010 Houston Astros season

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2010 Houston Astros
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkMinute Maid Park
CityHouston, Texas
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place4th
OwnersDrayton McLane, Jr.
General managersEd Wade
ManagersBrad Mills
TelevisionFox Sports Houston
KTXH
Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies
RadioKTRH
Milo Hamilton, Brett Dolan, Dave Raymond
KLAT (Spanish)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2010 Houston Astros season was the 49th season in the history of the franchise. The team, managed by first-year manager Brad Mills, began their 11th season at Minute Maid Park and 46th as the Astros on April 5. After finishing 74–88 the year before in fifth place, the Astros finished 76–86 in fourth place in 2010. This was the best before the Astros moved to American League in 2013.

The Astros struggled in April. After starting the season 0–8, they finished April 8–14, despite a 3.92 ERA from their pitching staff. They lost the last four in April, as well as the first four in May for a second 8-game losing streak. They finished May with a 9–20 mark to give the Astros a 17–34 record over the first two months. The Astros rebounded to win 8 of their first 10 games in June, but struggled in Interleague play, going 2–10 against the AL in June to finish 14–14 in June.

The Astros lone representative to the All-star Game was Michael Bourn, who was batting .255 with 28 stolen bases. The Astros traded away Roy Oswalt and Lance Berkman in late July for a total of 5 prospects, and ultimately the Astros went 13–11 in July. The Astros would go 34–27 after trading away Oswalt and Berkman. The Astros won the final four games of July and the first three of August for a season-high 7-game winning streak, capped by a season-high 18–4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Astros would have their best month of the year in August by going 17–12, including a four-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies, the first time the Phillies were swept in Citizens Bank Park.[1] The Astros would experience their third consecutive winning month in September, going 14–13, however the poor months of April and May kept them out of contention down the stretch. They finished the season in Chicago to face the Cubs, losing 2 of 3, but still finishing 4th ahead of the Cubs.

Jeff Keppinger led the Astros in batting average with a .288 clip, while Hunter Pence led them in home runs (25) and RBIs (91). Brett Myers led the Astros in wins (14), ERA (3.14), and strikeouts (180) in a career year, where he went 6 innings in his first 32 starts. Michael Bourn his 2nd consecutive Gold Glove Award to go along with his All-Star selection.

Regular season

April

The Astros began 2010 playing the San Francisco Giants at home, but lost 5–2 on Opening Day to Tim Lincecum, who pitched 7 shutout innings and earning the win for the Giants.[2] The Astros would drop the second one as well 4–0 to Barry Zito, who pitched six shutout innings,[3] and got swept at home the next game 10–4 after giving up 2 runs in the eighth and 4 in the ninth.[4] They lost to J. A. Happ, who pitched five shutout innings and would be traded in July to the Astros, and the Philadelphia Phillies 8–0 in the first game.[5] The Astros had a 5–4 lead going into the 7th inning in the second game, but gave up 3 runs in the 7th and 2 in the 9th and lost 9–6.[6] In the final game of the series, the Phillies's Roy Halladay pitched a complete game allowing only one run to win 2–1, to sweep the Astros and give them a six-game losing streak.[7] Going on the road for the first time this season, the Astros visited Busch Stadium to face the St. Louis Cardinals for a three-game series. The Astros lost 5–0 in game one of the series, as Adam Wainwright pitched 8 shutout innings to get the win.[8] In the second game, the Astros scored 1 in the first and the Cardinals scored 2 in the first. Those would be the only runs scored in the game, as the Cardinals won 2–1.[9] The Astros were in danger of being swept by the Cardinals, until the Astros won 5–1 on the back of Bud Norris's 5 innings, allowing only 1 unearned run.[10] This win snapped an 8-game losing streak to begin the season, in which they failed to score in 3 of the games and scored 1 run or less 5 times. The Astros went to Wrigley Field in Chicago to face the Chicago Cubs and dropped the first one 7–2, giving up 6 runs in the bottom of the 7th.[11] The Astros won 4–3 in the next game, with Roy Oswalt throwing 7 shutout innings.[12] In the next game, the Astros won a 10-inning game in the series finale 3–2, rallying for 1 run each in the 8th, 9th, and 10th innings, with the winning run scoring on a Pedro Feliz sacrifice fly, to win their first series of the season.[13]

The Astros would head back home for 9 games, starting with 3 against the Florida Marlins. The Astros won the first game 7–5, scoring 3 in the bottom of the 8th to break a 4–4 tie.[14] In the next game, the Astros won 5–4, on a Geoff Blum 2-RBI triple to rally the Astros from a 4–3 deficit.[15] In the next game, the Marlins won 5–1 after putting up 3 runs in the 1st, snapping the Astros's 4-game winning streak.[16] The Astros would then face the Pittsburgh Pirates at home, and won the first game 4–3.[17] In the next game, a Lance Berkman line drive would hit the pitcher Chris Jakubauskas in the head.[18] Fortunately, he would be fine, after being hospitalized. The Astros would win that game 5–2.[19] In the final game of the series, the Astros put up 10 runs and won 10–3, despite Pittsburgh outhitting the Astros 14–10, to secure the Astros first series sweep of the season, and their third consecutive series win.[20] The Astros outscored the Pirates 19–8 on the backs of great pitching by Roy Oswalt, Wandy Rodríguez, and Brett Myers, who combined to give up only 5 earned runs over 20.1 innings pitched over the course of the series. After the last game, the Astros had won 7 out of their last 8 games and were 8–10, in 3rd place in the NL Central, and only 3 games back from the Cardinals. Unfortunately for the Astros, this hot streak would end soon. In the next game against the Cincinnati Reds, the Astros lost 6–2.[21] In the next game, the Astros rallied for 3 in the 9th but still lost 6–4.[22] In the series finale, the Astros lost 4–2, being swept for the third time in seven series this season.[23] Going to Turner Field to face the Atlanta Braves, and lost 4–2 again to conclude April with an 8–14 mark, and a four-game losing streak.[24]

May

The Astros would continue to struggle into May, losing 10–1 to the Braves.[25] In the series finale, the Braves finished the sweep by winning 7–1, giving the Astros their sixth loss in a row.[26] Going back home, the Astros lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks 9–1, failing to score more than one run for the third consecutive game.[27] In the second game, the Diamondbacks won 1–0 from 6.2 shutout innings from Ian Kennedy.[28] This gave the Astros an eight-game losing streak, during which they had been outscored 45–13. In game three, the Astros walked-off in the bottom of the 9th off a 2-run home run from Carlos Lee, giving the Astros a 4–2 win.[29] In the last game, the Astros lost 6–3 after falling 5–0 back after the Diamondbacks finished hitting in the fourth inning.[30] In the first game against the San Diego Padres, Mat Latos pitched eight shutout innings allowing only two hits as the Astros lost 7–0, and only recording 3 hits.[31] The second game was a pitcher's duel, with the Astros losing 2–1, and the starters, Jon Garland for the Padres and Felipe Paulino for the Astros, combined to allow one earned run in 14 innings between them.[32] The Astros avoided the sweep with a 4–3 win in 11 innings, on a Hunter Pence walk-off hit to drive in Berkman.[33] The Astros went to St. Louis to play the Cardinals and won the first game 6–3, thanks in part to a 4-run 7th inning.[34] The Astros won for the third straight game 9–6 in the next game with another big inning, the one a 5-run 4th inning.[35] The Astros got their third game in a row in which they scored four or more in an inning, winning 4–1 with Pence getting a 3-run home run.[36] After the sweep, the Astros went to AT&T Park to face the Giants with a four-game winning streak, but lost 9–3 in the opener.[37] The second game was a rematch of opening day pitchers Lincecum and Oswalt, with Lincecum winning 2–1 off of a 2-run home run off the bat of Juan Uribe.[38] The Giants won another close game 4–3 against the Astros to seal the three-game sweep.[39]

The Astros went to Dodger Stadium to play the Los Angeles Dodgers, losing the first game 6–2.[40] Bud Norris would get hit with six earned runs in the next game, as the Astros lost 7–3 to conclude the short two-game series, with the Astros getting swept for the second consecutive series.[41] The Astros came back home to face the Colorado Rockies for another two-game series, and won the first game 7–3, with a 4-run 8th involving a Jeff Keppinger 3-run double.[42] In the next game, the Astros only got three hits for the second time this month, with Ubaldo Jiménez starting and going seven innings, as the Rockies won 4–0 for the series split.[43] The Astros kicked off Interleague Play against the Tampa Bay Rays, winning 2–1 despite a complete game thrown by Rays starter Matt Garza.[44] The Rays would win game two of the series 4–2, though, to tie the series at one each.[45] In contrast to the first two games, which were low-scoring, the series finale was a high-scorer, with the Rays winning 10–6.[46] The Astros went to Miller Park to play the Milwaukee Brewers, losing 6–1 against former Astro Randy Wolf.[47] The Astros got a great start from Oswalt, who pitched eight shutout innings, and won 5–0.[48] The Astros lost the series finale 4–3 in 10 innings, with Rickie Weeks drawing a walk-off walk against Matt Lindstrom to win the game, after Lindstrom gave up the game-tying run in the bottom of the 9th.[49] The Astros traveled to Great American Ball Park to face the Reds, losing 15–6 against Sam LeCure, who was making his Major League debut.[50] The Reds continued to score runs next game, scoring 12 runs as the Reds won 12–2.[51] In the next game, Paulino did what Wandy Rodríguez and Brian Moehler, who started the first two games, failed to do: shut down the Reds batters. Paulino pitched eight shutout innings but did not get the win as the Astros did not score until a Berkman 2-RBI double in the top of the 10th, as the Astros won 2–0.[52] To finish May, the Astros lost 14–4 to the Washington Nationals back home, with Oswalt being ejected in the 3rd inning, though Gustavo Chacín hit his first career home run for his first career hit.[53] The Astros finished May with a 9–20 mark, and a 17–34 mark on the season overall.

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 91 71 0.562 49–32 42–39
St. Louis Cardinals 86 76 0.531 5 52–29 34–47
Milwaukee Brewers 77 85 0.475 14 40–41 37–44
Houston Astros 76 86 0.469 15 42–39 34–47
Chicago Cubs 75 87 0.463 16 35–46 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 57 105 0.352 34 40–41 17–64

National League Wild Card

Division leaders W L Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies 97 65 0.599
San Francisco Giants 92 70 0.568
Cincinnati Reds 91 71 0.562
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
W L Pct. GB
Atlanta Braves 91 71 0.562
San Diego Padres 90 72 0.556 1
St. Louis Cardinals 86 76 0.531 5
Colorado Rockies 83 79 0.512 8
Florida Marlins 80 82 0.494 11
Los Angeles Dodgers 80 82 0.494 11
New York Mets 79 83 0.488 12
Milwaukee Brewers 77 85 0.475 14
Houston Astros 76 86 0.469 15
Chicago Cubs 75 87 0.463 16
Washington Nationals 69 93 0.426 22
Arizona Diamondbacks 65 97 0.401 26
Pittsburgh Pirates 57 105 0.352 34

Record vs. opponents


Source: [54]
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona 3–4 1–6 2–5 9–9 3–3 4–3 5–13 3–4 5–1 2–4 2–4 8–10 5–13 4–5 3–4 6–9
Atlanta 4–3 4–2 3–2 2–4 11–7 5–1 5–3 5–2 11–7 8–10 6–3 4–2 4–3 2–6 8–10 9–6
Chicago 6–1 2–4 4–12 2–3 4–2 7–11 3–4 9–6 3–4 4–2 5–10 3–5 2–5 9–6 4–2 8–10
Cincinnati 5–2 2–3 12–4 2–5 5–2 10–5 5–4 11–3 4–2 2–5 10–6 2–4 3–4 6–12 4–3 8–7
Colorado 9–9 4–2 3–2 5–2 3–4 2–4 7–11 5–4 3–3 1–6 3–4 12–6 9–9 3–4 5–3 9–6
Florida 3–3 7–11 2–4 2–5 4–3 3–3 4–2 4–4 12–6 5–13 6–2 3–6 2–5 3–2 13–5 7–8
Houston 3–4 1–5 11–7 5–10 4–2 3–3 2–4 8–7 3–4 4–3 11–4 2–5 2–7 10–5 4–4 3–12
Los Angeles 13–5 3–5 4–3 4–5 11–7 2–4 4–2 4–2 3–4 2–4 4–3 8–10 8–10 3–4 3–3 4–11
Milwaukee 4–3 2–5 6–9 3–11 4–5 4–4 7–8 2–4 5–2 1–5 13–5 3–4 2–5 8–7 4–2 9–6
New York 1–5 7–11 4–3 2–4 3–3 6–12 4–3 4–3 2–5 9–9 6–1 3–3 3–4 3–3 9–9 13–5
Philadelphia 4–2 10–8 2–4 5–2 6–1 13–5 3–4 4–2 5–1 9–9 2–4 5–2 3–3 4–4 12–6 10–8
Pittsburgh 4–2 3–6 10–5 6–10 4–3 2–6 4–11 3–4 5–13 1–6 4–2 0–6 2–4 6–9 1–5 2–13
San Diego 10–8 2–4 5–3 4–2 6–12 6–3 5–2 10–8 4–3 3–3 2–5 6–0 12–6 3–4 3–3 9–6
San Francisco 13–5 3–4 5–2 4–3 9–9 5–2 7–2 10–8 5–2 4–3 3–3 4–2 6–12 3–3 4–2 7–8
St. Louis 5–4 6–2 6–9 12–6 4–3 2–3 5–10 4–3 7–8 3–3 4–4 9–6 4–3 3–3 3–3 9–6
Washington 4–3 10–8 2–4 3–4 3–5 5–13 4–4 3–3 2–4 9–9 6–12 5–1 3–3 2–4 3–3 5–13


Game log

Legend
Astros Win Astros Loss Game Postponed
2010 Game Log
April (8–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 5 Giants 5–2 Lincecum (1–0) Oswalt (0–1) Wilson (1) 43,836 0–1
2 April 6 Giants 3–0 Zito (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1) Wilson (2) 24,237 0–2
3 April 7 Giants 10–4 Affeldt (1–0) Gervacio (0–1) 21,599 0–3
4 April 9 Phillies 8–0 Happ (1–0) Norris (0–1) 27,288 0–4
5 April 10 Phillies 9–6 Moyer (1–0) Lyon (0–1) 35,138 0–5
6 April 11 Phillies 2–1 Halladay (2–0) Oswalt (0–2) 28,619 0–6
7 April 12 @ Cardinals 5–0 Wainwright (2–0) Rodríguez (0–2) 46,918 0–7
8 April 14 @ Cardinals 2–1 Penny (1–0) Myers (0–1) Franklin (3) 35,883 0–8
9 April 15 @ Cardinals 5–1 Norris (1–1) Lohse (0–1) 35,371 1–8
10 April 16 @ Cubs 7–2 Silva (1–0) Paulino (0–1) 37,291 1–9
11 April 17 @ Cubs 4–3 Oswalt (1–2) Gorzelanny (0–1) Lindstrom (1) 40,471 2–9
12 April 18 @ Cubs 3 – 2 (10) Byrdak (1–0) Marshall (0–1) Lindstrom (2) 39,506 3–9
13 April 20 Marlins 7–5 Lyon (1–1) Wood (0–1) Lindstrom (3) 24,135 4–9
14 April 21 Marlins 5–4 López (1–0) Badenhop (0–2) Lindstrom (4) 22,607 5–9
15 April 22 Marlins 5–1 Sánchez (1–1) Paulino (0–2) 21,802 5–10
16 April 24 Pirates 4–3 Oswalt (2–2) Maholm (1–2) Lindstrom (5) 30,018 6–10
17 April 24 Pirates 5–2 Rodríguez (1–2) Jakubauskas (0–1) Lindstrom (6) 30,562 7–10
18 April 25 Pirates 10–3 Myers (1–1) Morton (0–4) 27,210 8–10
19 April 27 Reds 6–2 Harang (1–3) Norris (1–2) 22,467 8–11
20 April 28 Reds 6–4 Leake (2–0) Paulino (0–3) 21,035 8–12
21 April 29 Reds 4–2 Arroyo (1–2) Oswalt (2–3) Cordero (8) 21,493 8–13
22 April 30 @ Braves 4–2 Hanson (2–2) Myers (1–2) Wagner (2) 30,082 8–14
May (9–20)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
23 May 1 @ Braves 10–1 Hudson (2–1) Rodríguez (1–3) 27,035 8–15
24 May 2 @ Braves 7–1 Lowe (4–2) Norris (1–3) 25,665 8–16
25 May 3 Diamondbacks 9–1 Valdez (1–0) Paulino (0–4) 20,370 8–17
26 May 4 Diamondbacks 1–0 Kennedy (2–1) Oswalt (2–4) Qualls (5) 22,661 8–18
27 May 5 Diamondbacks 4–2 Lindstrom (1–0) Gutiérrez (0–4) 21,030 9–18
28 May 6 Diamondbacks 6–3 Haren (4–1) Rodríguez (1–4) 21,019 9–19
29 May 7 Padres 7–0 Latos (2-3) Norris (1–4) 25,586 9–20
30 May 8 Padres 2–1 Garland (4-2) Paulino (0–5) Bell (8) 27,038 9–21
31 May 9 Padres 4 – 3 (11) Lyon (2–1) Webb (0-1) Capps (13) 23,526 10–21
32 May 11 @ Cardinals 6–3 Myers (2–2) Penny (3–3) Lindstrom (7) 35,875 11–21
33 May 12 @ Cardinals 9–6 Rodríguez (2–4) Lohse (0–3) Lindstrom (8) 36,342 12–21
34 May 13 @ Cardinals 4–1 Norris (2–4) Carpenter (4–1) Lindstrom (9) 39,026 13–21
35 May 14 @ Giants 8–2 Wellemeyer (2–3) Paulino (0–6) 38,650 13–22
36 May 15 @ Giants 2–1 Lincecum (5–0) Oswalt (2–5) Wilson (8) 40,060 13–23
37 May 16 @ Giants 4–3 Zito (6–1) Myers (2–3) Wilson (9) 40,582 13–24
38 May 17 @ Dodgers 6–2 Ely (2–1) Rodríguez (2–5) 35,282 13–25
39 May 18 @ Dodgers 7–3 Kuroda (5–1) Norris (2–5) 55,662 13–26
40 May 19 Rockies 7–3 Lyon (3–1) Rogers (0–2) 25,200 14–26
41 May 20 Rockies 4–0 Jiménez (8–1) Oswalt (2–6) 25,932 14–27
42 May 21 Rays 2–1 Myers (3–3) Garza (5–2) Lindstrom (10) 27,601 15–27
43 May 22 Rays 4–2 Niemann (4–0) Rodríguez (2–6) Soriano (12) 33,778 15–28
44 May 23 Rays 10–6 Price (7–1) Moehler (0–1) Soriano (13) 28,801 15–29
45 May 25 @ Brewers 6–1 Wolf (4–4) Paulino (0–7) 27,363 15–30
46 May 26 @ Brewers 5–0 Oswalt (3–6) Narveson (4–2) 30,151 16–30
47 May 27 @ Brewers 4 – 3 (10) Axford (1–0) Lindstrom (1–1) 34,355 16–31
48 May 28 @ Reds 15–6 LeCure (1–0) Rodríguez (2–7) 30,813 16–32
49 May 29 @ Reds 12–2 Harang (4–5) Moehler (0–2) 36,918 16–33
50 May 30 @ Reds 2 – 0 (10) Lyon (4–1) Owings (3–1) Lindstrom (11) 36,038 17–33
51 May 31 Nationals 14–4 Atilano (5–1) Oswalt (3–7) 34,704 17–34
June (14–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
52 June 1 Nationals 8–7 López (2–0) Capps (0–2) 25,249 18–34
53 June 2 Nationals 5–1 Rodríguez (3–7) Lannan (2–3) 26,736 19–34
54 June 3 Nationals 6–4 Lindstrom (2–1) Capps (0–3) 21,814 20–34
55 June 4 Cubs 3–1 Paulino (1-7) Zambrano (1-4) Lindstrom (12) 28,784 21-34
56 June 5 Cubs 8–5 Dempster (4-5) Oswalt (3-8) Mármol (12) 34,241 21-35
57 June 6 Cubs 6–3 Myers (4-3) Wells (3-4) Lindstrom (13) 29,493 22-35
58 June 7 @ Rockies 5–1 Hammel (3-3) Rodríguez (3-8) Corpas (7) 28,251 22-36
59 June 8 @ Rockies 4–3 López (3-0) Belisle (1-2) Lindstrom (14) 26,201 23-36
60 June 9 @ Rockies 6–2 (10) Lyon (5-1) Belisle (1-3) 27,114 24-36
61 June 10 @ Rockies 5–4 Oswalt (4-8) Chacín (3-5) Lyon (1) 28,329 25-36
62 June 11 @ Yankees 4–3 Pettite (8-1) Myers (4-4) Rivera (15) 46,883 25-37
63 June 12 @ Yankees 9–3 Vasquez (6-5) Rodríguez (3-9) 46,159 25-38
64 June 13 @ Yankees 9–5 Hughes (9-1) Moehler (0-3) 46,832 25-39
65 June 15 @ Royals 15–7 Texeira (1-1) Paulino (1-8) 24,862 25-40
66 June 16 @ Royals 4–2 Oswalt (5-8) Chen (3-1) Lindstrom (15) 17,675 26-40
67 June 17 @ Royals 5–2 Marte (2-0) Myers (4-5) Soria (16) 16,255 26-41
68 June 18 Rangers 9–3 Feldman (5-6) Rodríguez (3-10) 33,951 26-42
69 June 19 Rangers 5–1 Lewis (7-4) Moehler (0-4) 41,060 26-43
70 June 20 Rangers 5–4 (10) Ray (2-0) Daigle (0-1) Feliz (19) 33,753 26-44
71 June 22 Giants 3–1 Lincecum (8-2) Oswalt (5-9) Wilson (20) 29,777 26-45
72 June 23 Giants 6–3 Myers (5-5) Zito (7-4) Lindstrom (16) 29,311 27-45
73 June 24 Giants 7–5 Rodríguez (4-10) Cain (6-6) Lindstrom (17) 26,662 28-45
74 June 25 @ Rangers 7–4 Moehler (1-4) Lewis (7-5) Lindstrom (18) 43,457 29-45
75 June 26 @ Rangers 7–2 Wilson (6-3) Banks (0-1) 28,951 29-46
76 June 27 @ Rangers 10–1 Hunter (4-0) Oswalt (5-10) 37,487 29-47
77 June 28 @ Brewers 9–5 Chacín (1-0) Coffey (2-2) 27,908 30-47
78 June 29 @ Brewers 7–5 Gallardo (8-3) Myers (5-6) Axford (8) 32,907 30-48
79 June 30 @ Brewers 5–1 Rodríguez (5-10) Bush (3-6) 30,114 31-48
July (13-11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
80 July 1 @ Padres 6–3 (10) Sampson (1-0) Gregerson (2-3) Lindstrom (19) 18,618 32-48
81 July 2 @ Padres 3–0 Latos (9-4) Lyon (5-2) Bell (22) 30,691 32-49
82 July 3 @ Padres 1–0 Adams (2-1) Chacín (1-1) Bell (23) 40,042 32-50
83 July 4 @ Padres 3–2 Bell (4-0) Lyon (5-3) 23,498 32-51
84 July 6 Pirates 6–2 Rodríguez (6-10) Lincoln (1-3) 23,210 33-51
85 July 7 Pirates 6–3 Daigle (1-1) McCutchen (1-4) Lindstrom (20) 23,123 34-51
86 July 8 Pirates 2–0 Oswalt (6-10) Ohlendorf (1-7) 24,416 35-51
87 July 9 Cardinals 8–0 Wainwright (13-5) Norris (2-6) 33,224 35-52
88 July 10 Cardinals 4–1 Myers (6-6) Suppan (0-5) Lindstrom (21) 37,518 36-52
89 July 11 Cardinals 4–2 Hawksworth (3-5) Rodríguez (6-11) Franklin (16) 32,975 36-53
90 July 16 @ Pirates 5–2 Myers (7-6) Duke (3-9) Lindstrom (22) 23,373 37-53
91 July 17 @ Pirates 12–6 López (2-1) Norris (2-7) 36,665 37-54
92 July 18 @ Pirates 9–0 Maholm (6-7) Oswalt (6-11) 16,638 37-55
93 July 19 @ Cubs 14–7 Rodríguez (1-3) Silva (9-4) 35,514 38-55
94 July 20 @ Cubs 11–5 Cashner (1-3) Lyon (5-4) 36,401 38-56
95 July 21 @ Cubs 4–3 (12) Lyon (6-4) Howry (1-3) Chacín (1) 38,533 39-56
96 July 23 Reds 6–4 Ondrusek (1-0) Byrdak (1-1) Cordero (27) 30,575 39-57
97 July 24 Reds 7–0 Cueto (10-2) Oswalt (6-12) 31,552 39-58
98 July 25 Reds 4–0 Rodríguez (8-11) Leake (7-2) 25,705 40-58
99 July 26 Cubs 5–2 Silva (10-4) Wright (0-1) Mármol (19) 25,037 40-59
100 July 27 Cubs 6–1 Myers (8-6) Cashner (1-4) 28,047 41-59
101 July 28 Cubs 8–1 Norris (3-7) Wells (5-8) 28,046 42-59
102 July 30 Brewers 5–0 Happ (2-0) Parra (3-8) 27,456 43-59
103 July 31 Brewers 6–0 Rodríguez (9-11) Bush (5-9) 38,824 44-59
August (17-12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
104 August 1 Brewers 5–2 Wright (1-1) Loe (1-2) Lyon (2) 27,964 45-59
105 August 2 @ Cardinals 9–4 Figueroa (3-1) MacDougal (1-1) 43,369 46-59
106 August 3 @ Cardinals 18–4 Norris (4-7) García (9-5) 41,958 47-59
107 August 4 @ Cardinals 8–4 Carpenter (12-3) Happ (2-1) 41,596 47-60
108 August 6 @ Brewers 6–5 Loe (2-2) Lindstrom (2-2) 33,952 47-61
109 August 7 @ Brewers 5–2 Wolf (8-9) Myers (8-7) Hoffman (6) 39,410 47-62
110 August 8 @ Brewers 11–6 Gallardo (11-5) Wright (1-2) 39,339 47-63
111 August 9 Braves 10–4 Byrdak (2-1) Farnsworth (3-1) 34,684 48-63
112 August 10 Braves 4–2 Venters (4-0) Lindstrom (2-3) Wagner (28) 34,155 48-64
113 August 11 Braves 8–2 (10) Wagner (6-2) Lyon (6-5) 31,352 48-65
114 August 13 Pirates 4–1 López (4-0) Meek (4-4) Lyon (3) 36,124 49-65
115 August 14 Pirates 3–2 Norris (5-7) Maholm (7-11) Lyon (4) 31,608 50-65
116 August 15 Pirates 8–2 Happ (3-1) Karstens (2-9) 34,372 51-65
117 August 16 Mets 3–1 Feliciano (3-6) Lindstrom (2-4) Takahashi (1) 22,688 51-66
118 August 17 Mets 4–3 Melancon (1-0) Santana (10-7) López (1) 26,279 52-66
119 August 18 Mets 3–2 (14) Dessens (3-1) Chacin (1-2) Acosta (1) 23,403 52-67
120 August 19 Mets 3–2 Norris (6-7) Misch (0-2) Lyon (5) 26,271 53-67
121 August 20 @ Marlins 9–0 Sánchez (10-8) Happ (3-2) 19,456 53-68
122 August 21 @ Marlins 6–3 Volstad (7-9) Rodríguez (9-12) 21,721 53-69
123 August 22 @ Marlins 2–1 López (5-0) Veras (2-1) Lyon (6) 18,886 54-69
124 August 23 @ Phillies 3–2 Myers (9-7) Madson (4-2) Lyon (7) 44,081 55-69
125 August 24 @ Phillies 4–2 (16) Fulchino (1-0) Herndon (1-3) 45,494 56-69
126 August 25 @ Phillies 3–2 Happ (4-2) Halladay (16-9) Lyon (8) 44,657 57-69
127 August 26 @ Phillies 5–1 Rodríguez (10-12) Kendrick (8-7) 44,958 58-69
128 August 27 @ Mets 2–1 Pelfrey (13-7) Figueroa (3-2) Takahashi (2) 30,178 58-70
129 August 28 @ Mets 4–1 Myers (10-7) Santana (10-9) Lyon (9) 33,024 59-70
130 August 29 @ Mets 5–1 Dickey (9-5) Norris (6-8) 32,779 59-71
131 August 30 Cardinals 3–0 Happ (5-2) Westbrook (7-10) 23,140 60-71
132 August 31 Cardinals 3–0 Rodríguez (11-12) Carpenter (14-5) Lyon (10) 29,307 61-71
September/October (15-15)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
133 September 1 Cardinals 5–2 Figueroa (4-2) Suppan (1-7) Lyon (11) 22,068 62-71
134 September 3 @ Diamondbacks 4–3 Heilman (5-5) López (5-1) Gutiérrez (7) 24,748 62-72
135 September 4 @ Diamondbacks 6–5 Melancon (2-0) Heilman (5-6) Lyon (12) 31,605 63-72
136 September 5 @ Diamondbacks 3–2 Happ (6-2) López (5-13) Lyon (13) 25,416 64-72
137 September 6 @ Cubs 5–4 Cashner (2-5) López (5-2) Mármol (28) 31,647 64-73
138 September 7 @ Cubs 7–3 Figueroa (5-2) Silva (10-6) 31,596 65-73
139 September 8 @ Cubs 4–0 Myers (11-7) Wells (6-13) 33,623 66-73
140 September 9 Dodgers 3–2 Norris (7-8) Lilly (8-10) Lyon (14) 28,081 67-73
141 September 10 Dodgers 4–2 (11) Dotel (3-3) Abad (0-1) 31,010 67-74
142 September 11 Dodgers 6–3 Jansen (1-0) Lyon (6-6) Kuo (9) 39,237 67-75
143 September 12 Dodgers 7–4 Chacín (2-2) Troncoso (1-3) Lyon (15) 30,240 68-75
144 September 13 Brewers 4–2 Myers (12-7) Kintzler (0-1) Lindstrom (23) 31,342 69-75
145 September 14 Brewers 3–2 Norris (8-8) Capuano (3-4) Lyon (16) 33,878 70-75
146 September 15 Brewers 8–6 (10) Axford (8-1) Lindstrom (2-5) 30,791 70-76
147 September 17 Reds 5–3 Fulchino (2-0) Chapman (1-1) Lyon (17) 30,218 71-76
148 September 18 Reds 11–1 Arroyo (16-10) Figueroa (5-3) 29,855 71-77
149 September 19 Reds 4–3 Myers (13-7) Wood (5-4) Lyon (18) 32,520 72-77
150 September 20 @ Nationals 8–2 Norris (9-8) Hernández (10-12) 10,999 73-77
151 September 21 @ Nationals 8–4 Clippard (10-6) Paulino (1-9) 11,893 73-78
152 September 22 @ Nationals 4–3 Clippard (11-6) Fulchino (2-1) Burnett (3) 12,213 73-79
153 September 23 @ Nationals 7–2 Detwiler (1-2) Figueroa (5-4) 14,633 73-80
154 September 24 @ Pirates 10–7 Myers (14-7) Leroux (0-1) Lyon (19) 22,279 74-80
155 September 25 @ Pirates 6–4 Duke (8-14) Norris (9-9) Hanrahan (6) 25,350 74-81
156 September 26 @ Pirates 9–3 Maholm (9-15) Happ (6-3) 23,208 74-82
157 September 28 @ Reds 3–2 Chapman (2-2) Byrdak (2-2) 30,151 74-83
158 September 29 @ Reds 2–0 Figueroa (6-4) Cueto (12-7) Lyon (20) 14,760 75-83
159 September 30 @ Reds 9–1 Arroyo (17-10) Myers (14-8) 17,558 75-84
160 October 1 Cubs 2–0 Coleman (4-2) Norris (9-10) Mármol (38) 33,869 75-85
161 October 2 Cubs 8–3 Zambrano (11-6) Happ (6-4) 36,098 75-86
162 October 3 Cubs 4–0 Figueroa (7-4) Dempster (15-12) 31,105 76-86

Roster

2010 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Fernando Abad 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Lance Berkman 85 298 39 73 16 1 13 49 .245 3
Geoff Blum 93 202 22 54 10 1 2 22 .267 0
Brian Bogusevic 19 28 5 5 3 0 3 1 .191 1
Jason Bourgeois 69 123 16 27 4 1 0 3 .220 12
Michael Bourn 141 535 84 142 25 6 2 38 .265 52
Tim Byrdak 64 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Kevin Cash 20 54 3 11 1 0 2 4 .204 0
Jason Castro 67 195 26 40 8 1 2 8 .205 0
Gustavo Chacín 44 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1.000 0
Matt Downs 11 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 .105 0
Brian Esposito 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Pedro Feliz 97 289 22 64 12 1 4 31 .221 1
Nelson Figueroa 18 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 .154 0
Jeff Fulchino 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
J. A. Happ 13 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Anderson Hernández 32 48 7 9 2 0 0 1 .188 2
Chris Johnson 94 341 40 105 22 2 11 52 .308 3
Jeff Keppinger 137 514 62 148 34 1 6 59 .288 4
Carlos Lee 157 605 67 149 29 1 24 89 .246 3
Tommy Manzella 83 258 17 58 7 0 1 21 .225 0
Kazuo Matsui 27 71 4 10 1 0 0 1 .141 1
Jason Michaels 106 186 23 47 14 1 8 26 .253 0
Brian Moehler 20 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 .100 0
Brett Myers 33 62 2 11 1 0 0 2 .177 0
Oswaldo Navarro 14 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 .050 0
Bud Norris 27 44 2 7 2 0 0 2 .159 0
Roy Oswalt 20 28 1 4 0 0 0 0 .143 0
Felipe Paulino 19 24 1 7 1 0 0 0 .292 0
Hunter Pence 156 614 93 173 29 3 25 91 .282 18
Humberto Quintero 88 265 13 62 10 0 4 20 .234 0
Wandy Rodríguez 34 63 4 12 2 0 0 4 .159 0
Ángel Sánchez 65 250 30 70 9 4 0 25 .280 0
Cory Sullivan 57 64 6 12 1 1 0 4 .188 0
J. R. Towles 17 47 3 9 3 0 1 8 .191 0
Brett Wallace 51 144 14 32 6 1 2 13 .222 0
Wesley Wright 14 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Team Totals 162 5452 611 1348 252 25 108 577 .247 100

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Fernando Abad 0 1 2.84 22 0 0 19.0 6 6 5 12
Josh Banks 0 1 13.50 1 1 0 4.0 6 6 4 1
Tim Byrdak 2 2 3.49 64 0 0 38.2 15 15 20 29
Kevin Cash 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0
Gustavo Chacín 2 2 4.70 44 0 1 38.1 22 20 20 31
Casey Daigle 1 1 11.32 13 0 0 10.1 13 13 6 6
Enerio del Rosario 0 0 20.25 2 0 0 1.1 3 3 0 1
Nelson Figueroa 5 3 3.22 18 10 0 67.0 28 24 25 58
Jeff Fulchino 2 1 5.51 50 0 0 47.1 30 29 22 46
Samuel Gervacio 0 1 12.27 6 0 0 3.2 6 5 5 3
J. A. Happ 5 4 3.75 13 13 0 72.0 33 30 35 61
Matt Lindstrom 2 5 4.39 58 0 23 53.1 26 26 20 43
Wilton López 5 2 2.96 68 0 1 67.0 23 22 5 50
Brandon Lyon 6 6 3.12 79 0 20 78.0 28 27 31 54
Gary Majewski 0 0 22.50 2 0 0 2.0 5 5 1 1
Mark Melancon 2 0 3.12 20 0 0 17.1 8 6 8 19
Brian Moehler 1 4 4.92 20 8 0 56.2 32 31 26 28
Brett Myers 14 8 3.14 33 33 0 223.2 88 78 66 180
Bud Norris 9 10 4.92 27 27 0 153.2 94 84 77 158
Roy Oswalt 6 12 3.42 20 20 0 129.0 52 49 34 120
Felipe Paulino 1 9 5.11 19 14 0 91.2 63 52 46 83
Wandy Rodríguez 11 12 3.60 32 32 0 195.0 95 78 68 178
Chris Sampson 1 0 5.93 35 0 0 30.1 22 20 8 16
Henry Villar 0 0 4.50 8 0 0 6.0 3 3 3 3
Wesley Wright 1 2 5.73 14 4 0 33.0 27 21 13 29
Team Totals 76 86 4.09 162 162 45 1439.1 729 654 548 1210

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Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Round Rock Express Pacific Coast League Marc Bombard
AA Corpus Christi Hooks Texas League Wes Clements
A Lancaster JetHawks California League Tom Lawless
A Lexington Legends South Atlantic League Rodney Linares
A-Short Season Tri-City ValleyCats New York–Penn League Jim Pankovits
Rookie Greeneville Astros Appalachian League Ed Romero
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Omar López

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tri-City

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