Houston Sportscast: Episode 8 - "Rockets fizzle in the Snowpocalypse"
HOUSTON SPORTS PODCAST
22 February 2021
HOUSTON SPORTS PODCAST
The Rockets had a weird week, the Astros are throwing baseballs, and the Texans didn't really do anything. We also survived the Ice Age.
*The opinions expressed in this podcast do not reflect the views of Gow Media.
05:07 – Snopocalypse stories
11:40 – Snowpocalypse drinking games
14:14 – Rockets recap
17:12 – Boogie Cousins released. Or maybe not?
18:16 – What's PJ Tucker's future
26:59 – Rockets and Astros donate help with disaster aid
29:35 – Astros are back! (in spring training)
30:34 – ESPN's top Astros prospects
34:08 – Very quick roster evaluation
43:17 – Astros final needs before the season starts
48:25 – Carson Wentz trade effect on Watson's trade value
54:20 – Watson for McCaffery + picks?
56:48 – UH Cougar update
58:00 – Reddit Headline(s) of the week
Zack Short hit a walk-off RBI single in the 11th inning after Christian Walker tied it with a sacrifice fly and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 5-4 on Saturday night.
Short hit a 1-1 pitch to right field off Hoby Milner after Robert Garcia (1-5) walked two to load the bases.
Texas took a 4-3 lead when Adolis García hit the first pitch from Bennett Sousa (3-0) for a single — scoring automatic runner Marcus Semien.
Kyle Higashioka hit a solo home run off Josh Hader with two outs in the ninth to tie it 3-3. It was the first blown save for Hader after 25 straight to begin the season.
Jose Altuve hit his 17th homer — a two-out solo shot in the first off Jacob deGrom to tie it 1-1 after the Rangers scored an unearned run on Framber Valdez’s wild pitch.
Yainer Diaz homered for the 14th time for a 2-1 lead in the fourth. Mauricio Dubón hit his sixth homer off Jacob Webb for a 3-1 lead in the seventh.
Semien hit his 11th homer to cut it to 3-2 in the eighth.
Valdez allowed an unearned run on four hits with 10 strikeouts and no walks in six innings. The Astros have won his last 12 starts with him getting the win in nine of them.
DeGrom allowed two runs on four hits and a walk in six innings with eight strikeouts.
The Rangers struck out 19 times — two short of the club record for an extra-inning game.
Short entered as a pinch runner in the ninth and was just 4 for 17 before his game winner.
Houston hasn’t lost a season series with division rival Texas since 2016.
Rangers RHP Nathan Eovaldi (6-3, 1.62 ERA) starts Sunday’s rubber game opposite Astros RHP Hunter Brown (9-3, 2.21).
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