And kudos to Wandy Rodriguez, Russ Ortiz and Roy Oswalt. They pitched sensational the past three ballgames. If the Astros get that kind of effort from all three the remainder of this season, we'll win the 2009 NL Central. The way they pitched was nothing short of spectacular.

Just need this offense to start scoring more runs. That's now twenty-one home games in which the Astros have scored three runs or less. That's just not going to get it done, as Bill Brown mentioned on the telecast last night.

The Astros home ERA is now an impressive 3.55.

Their pitching well at Minute Maid Park, just not hitting worth a crap.

I think it's time to tell Berkman to give up switch hitting, adjust the lineup and perhaps try to acquire a power-hitting third baseman. I think we can swing a deal with the Orioles and acquire Ty Wigginton. He started off the year hitting poorly, but he's hitting .471 in the month of June, including .571 in his past seven ballgames.