Monday, September 28, 2009

Astros at Phillies: September 28th through October 1st

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 7:05

Records: Astros 72-83, 5th Place in NL Central (17½ games behind the Cardinals); Phillies 90-65, 1st Place in NL East (5 games ahead of the Braves)
Played with the Astros and the Phillies: Per Baseball Reference.com, 87 players have played for both the Astros (formerly the Colt 45's) and the Phillies, including - Bobby Abreu, Larry Andersen, Rocky Childress, Gene Freese, Kiko Garcia, Greg Gross, Larry Milbourne, Joe Morgan, Yorkis Perez, Robin Roberts, Curt Schilling, Dickie Thon, Mitch Williams and Glenn Wilson
Magic Number: 3
Let's Go Marlins!: The Braves open a 3-game series with the Florida Marlins before finishing out the season with four against the Washington Nationals. Any combination of three Phillies wins or three Braves losses guarantees the NL East pennant for the Phils.
Astros Probables: Yorman Bazardo, Wilton Lopez, Brian Moehler, Felipe Paulino

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