The Crawfish Boxes Jun 2, 2023
Framber outduels Ohtani and pitches Astros to 6-2 victory over Angels
Photo by Carmen Mandato/ Framber shone on the mound for the Astros throwing seven scoreless innings with seven strikeouts. On Friday night, we enjoyed a pitching duel for the ages between Framber Valdez and Shohei Ohtani. The Astros’ starting pitcher delivered a masterful performance to give the Astros a 6-2 win against the Angels to got their second victory in the four-game series. Framber absolutely outpitched Ohtani and kept his brilliant hot streak. After allowing only eight hits and one run over his last 15 innings, the southpaw threw seven scoreless tonight,...
OC Register Jun 2, 2023
Angels, Shohei Ohtani come up short in duel with Astros ace Framber Valdez
Ohtani gives up five runs, four of them on a pair of two-run homers, and the Angels don’t score in seven innings against Valdez in a 6-2 loss.
The Crawfish Boxes Jun 1, 2023
Los Angeles Angels Visit Houston Astros — Series Preview
Photo by Bob Levey/ Series number 19 sees Houston welcome the traveling Ohtani’s to Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros welcome the Los Angeles Angels for a four-game series starting tonight at 7:10 PM CT. Tonight at 7:10 PM CT, Framber Valdez and the Houston Astros take on the invading California Los Angeles Ohtani’s of Anaheim. This is the second of four series between the two clubs. Houston took the first one, two-games-to-one from May 8 through 10. The two will play a pair of additional three-game series later in the season, July 14 through 16 in LA, and August...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune May 27, 2023
Peña homers in return to Astros lineup, Houston beats struggling Oakland 6-3
Astros' shortstop Jeremy Peña hit a two-run home run in his first at-bat since getting a planned day off, backing another solid outing from Framber Valdez as Houston sent the Oakland Athletics to their 10th consecutive loss with a 6-3 win Saturday.
The Crawfish Boxes May 27, 2023
Clutch 3-Run Breggie Double Gets Astros by Oakland 6-3
Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports Framber Valdez goes six innings allowing only one run. Power brownout: When the demand for electricity exceeds the power provider’s ability to deliver, resulting in intermittent power outages. Monday, the Astros scored twelve runs. Then they failed to score for two straight games. Friday night, the Astros managed five runs but with almost no hard contact against a pitching staff with not only the worst ERA in baseball, but more than a run and half worse than the next worst staff. Today....A two run outburst in the first and a four run...
The Crawfish Boxes May 27, 2023
Game 51 Thread, May 27, 2023, 3:07 CT. Astros @ As
Robert Edwards-USA TODAY Sports Framber Valdez likely to make the As his next victim Framber Valdez goes against former Astro Austin Pruitt, likely in an opener role. Here are the lineups and media access information.
The Crawfish Boxes May 23, 2023
Astros Crawfish Boil: May 23, 2023
Photo by Stacy Revere/ Welcome to the Tuesday Boil Welcome to the Tuesday Boil! Houston Astros Boil Brewers’ Colin Rea, back from minors, aims to slow Astros (deadspin.com) Houston Astros injury update: Michael Brantley’s status (houstonchronicle.com) Yordan Alvarez leads Astros to blowout win over NL Central-leading Brewers for Houston’s eighth in a row (cbssports.com) Dusty Baker on offense, Alvarez | 05/22/2023 | Houston Astros (mlb.com) Astros’ J.P. France enters the world of MLB adjustments (houstonchronicle.com) Why Framber Valdez can sustain hot start in...
The Crawfish Boxes May 22, 2023
Astros Crawfish Boil: May 22, 2023
Photo by Carmen Mandato/ Houston looks to make it eight straight in Brewertown. Here’s the Monday Boil! Houston Astros News Could Houston Astros Pursue Available All-Star First Baseman? (si.com) Corbin Burnes, Brewers try to halt Astros’ 7-game win streak (deadspin.com) Astros insider: Framber Valdez goes from ‘crazy’ warmup to controlled complete game (houstonchronicle.com) Framber Valdez dominates in Astros’ tight win over Athletics (Reuters.com) Valdez reacts to complete game | 05/21/2023 | Houston Astros (mlb.com) Athletics dominated by Valdez, swept by...
The Crawfish Boxes May 21, 2023
Framber hurls complete-game shutout and seals Astros’ sweep vs A’s
Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Framber Valdez was spectacular to silence the Oakland A’s hitters and give the Astros their seventh straight win. On Sunday, Minute Maid Park witnessed once again what Framber Valdez is like when he’s on top of his game. The lefty star shut out the Oakland Athletics and went the distance as the Astros completed a three-game sweep with a 2-0 win to end the week in fashion. Valdez was absolutely stellar on Sunday’s action. In his nine innings, Framber allowed only four hits (three singles) and struck out seven hitters on 104 pitches...
The Crawfish Boxes May 20, 2023
Game 45 Thread. May 20, 2023, 3:10 CT. A’s @ Astros
Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports Hunter Brown goes for a series win and Astros sixth straight win. The Astros did enough to win last night against a very weak Oakland team. Tonight, Hunter Brown goes for the series win and set-up for a sweep by Framber Valdez tomorrow. Here are the lineups and media access information.
The Crawfish Boxes May 16, 2023
Astros Crawfish Boil: May 16, 2023
Photo by Carmen Mandato/ It’s the Tuesday Boil! It’s the Tuesday Boil! The 22-19 Astros look to build a winning streak against the Cubs tonight. In the meantime, here’s your Boil. Houston Astros News Astros’ Drew Gilbert rises up prospect rankings: How soon could he contribute? (Chron.com) Astros returning to H-Town following successful road trip (click2houston.com) Cubs’ Cody Bellinger crashes into wall vs. Astros, leaves game (news.yahoo.com) Astros’ Framber Valdez, ‘La Grasa,’ comes into his swaggy, sweet-smelling own (theathletic.com) How Astros...
The Crawfish Boxes May 15, 2023
Breggie Bomb Wins it For the Astros, 6-4
Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports Bullpen bails out rare weak start by Framber Valdez Framber Valdez has been a hard-luck pitcher this year. Despite a 2.38 ERA going into the game tonight, his record is only 3-4. So it’s a little ironic that, on the night when he finally got some run support, he could only go four innings, leaving the game with a 4-4 tie. Oh well. Alex Bregman broke his slump to add a two-run homer in the seventh to give the Astros the 6-4 win. The Astros got off to a hot start off Cubs starter Jameson Taillon. Mauricio Dubon led off with a single, and...
The Crawfish Boxes May 15, 2023
Game 41 Thread. May 15, 2023, 7:10 CT. Cubs @ Astros
David Banks-USA TODAY Sports Framber Valdez brings the Astrs’ best against the Cubs’ Jameson Taillon For more on this game and series, read Kevin’s excellent preview HERE. Here are the lineups and media access information.
The Crawfish Boxes May 10, 2023
Astros Crawfish Boil: May 10, 2023
Photo by Ronald Martinez/ Welcome to the midweek Boil. It’s Wednesday, and here’s the Boil. Is SB Nation as hyper-focused on Ohtani as the rest of the sports-reporting world? When I searched for a picture to attach to this article, and typed “Astros” in the engine, the first 57 pictures were Shohei Ohtani. So yeah. Houston Astros News How COVID year helped Astros rookie J.P. France reach the majors (chron.com) Framber Valdez, Astros outduel Shohei Ohtani, Astros (deadspin.com) List of former Houston Astros players trying to revive their careers overseas...
The Crawfish Boxes May 10, 2023
Framber Valdez Outduels Shohei Ohtani, Dominating the Angels en Route to an Astros 3-1 Win
Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports It was perhaps the best game of his career Framber Valdez was nearly perfect tonight. Yes, the Angels managed to get one run on a home run in the third inning by rookie Zach Neto. The rest of the Angels looked silly. It turns out that it was the Astros, not the Angels, who had the best pitcher tonight. Valdez gave up just three hits with no walks and struck out 12 in eight innings. His last batter was Mike Trout, who struck out for the second time. Valdez threw a phenomenal 75 strikes out of 99 pitches. All 11 punchouts from the best...
