1) I like home dogs.
2) Astros light up R.A. Dickey
3) Bud Norris pretty much keeps the Mets bats at bay.
Plus, I think Norris is the better pitcher in this match up, sure his numbers are a little high so far, but he's not a bad starter, I always liked his stuff, I am not big on R.A Dickey, never have been.
Houston is not going to win any pennants any time soon, but they aren't the trash team everybody thought they were, I like them in this spot, not huge, but they are a live home bow-wow.
Houston +106 1.5*
2) Astros light up R.A. Dickey
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. R.A. DICKEY | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Brian Bixler | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
| Travis Buck | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 2.000 | 2.667 |
| Jason Castro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 |
| Matt Downs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 2.000 | 2.500 |
| Chris Johnson | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .357 | .643 |
| Carlos Lee | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .381 | .381 | .667 | 1.048 |
| Jed Lowrie | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .333 | .500 | .833 |
| Jordan Schafer | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 |
| Chris Snyder | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 |
| Brett Wallace | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .364 | .364 | .636 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 73 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 6 | .356 | .360 | .603 | .963 |
Plus, I think Norris is the better pitcher in this match up, sure his numbers are a little high so far, but he's not a bad starter, I always liked his stuff, I am not big on R.A Dickey, never have been.
Houston is not going to win any pennants any time soon, but they aren't the trash team everybody thought they were, I like them in this spot, not huge, but they are a live home bow-wow.
Houston +106 1.5*