The Astros picked up their first July win on July 3 and closed out the month with an 11-0 win over Baltimore on July 31. However, they only won four games in between resulting in a 6-18 record for the month, the worst in the major leagues. The Astro finished the month with a record of 36-70, five games behind the Miami Marlins in the “race” for the worst record in baseball and the first pick in the 2014 draft.<\/p>\n
Despite the overall poor performance, there were some bright spots. Three of the prospects obtained in earlier trades achieved some success in the majors. Pitcher, Jarred Cosart, one of the prospects in the Hunter Pence trade, was promoted in July and made 3 strong starts. (1-0, 0.86 ERA). Pitcher, Brett Oberholtzer, obtained in the Michael Bourn trade, made his first start on July 31 in the 11-0 win over Baltimore. Jonathan Villar, obtained in the Roy Oswalt trade, has become the regular shortstop since his promotion after the All-Star game, and has added some excitement with his defense and speed (5 stolen bases including a steal of home).\n<\/ul>\n
| Offense<\/td>\n | Astros<\/td>\n | MLB Rank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Runs per game<\/td>\n | \n 3.82<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 26th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Batting Average<\/td>\n | \n .236<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 29th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Slugging Pct.<\/td>\n | \n .377<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 29th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Strikeouts<\/td>\n | \n 995<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 30th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pitching<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Runs per game<\/td>\n | \n 5.28<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 30th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| ERA<\/td>\n | \n 4.89<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 30th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Defense<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fielding Pct.<\/td>\n | \n .961<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 26th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Double Plays<\/td>\n | \n 122<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1st<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/ul>\n
The Astros picked up their first July win on July 3 and closed out the month with an 11-0 win over Baltimore on July 31. However, they only won four games in between resulting in a 6-18 record for the month, the worst in the major leagues. The Astro finished the month with a record […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[2057,20501,631,20500,20499,9598,6559,1014,1771,3243,20233,827,10313,16567,3241,42,1364,19111,3242,717,3078],"class_list":["post-25364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-statistical-analysis","tag-all-star-game","tag-astro","tag-batting-average","tag-cosart","tag-defensive-categories","tag-defensive-team","tag-double-plays","tag-five-games","tag-four-games","tag-hunter-pence","tag-jose-veras","tag-majors","tag-maxwell","tag-miami-marlins","tag-michael-bourn","tag-mlb","tag-outfield","tag-poor-performance","tag-roy-oswalt","tag-shortstop","tag-starting-pitcher"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t |