| Breaking News |  | Sunday, May 16th, 2010: Tejada Makes 300 Mark
It was a historic day for Houston's fine shortstop Miguel Tejada. He slammed home run number 300 in the Astros 9-5 loss to the San Diego Padres at Minute Maid Park.
He told reporters after the game, that he was disappointed in losing the game. "It's great to get that many homers, but I don't play for homers -- I play to win. That's the name of the game."
In his milestone-making game Tejada went 1 for 3, scored 1 run and collected 4 RBI. That home run put him in a select group of ballplayers.
Lifetime Tejada has compiled a .285 batting average and collected 2111 hits, 300 home runs and 1213 RBIs.
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 | Monday, April 19th, 2010: Polanco Slams 5 Hits for Chicago (N)
It's not something you read about in the sports pages every day -- a 5-for-5 day. It may only come around once in a career -- a lot of players never have one -- but Placido Polanco got one today. He scattered hits all over Wrigley Field to pace Chicago (N) to a 10-4 victory over Houston.
The Houston skipper told reporters in the press room, "Tip your hat to him. He hit some good pitches. According to the scouting report, Polanco hit several that he is not supposed to hit."
P. Polanco singled in the 1st, singled in the 2nd, hit an RBI double in the 4th, singled in the 6th and hit a solo-shot off S. Perez in the 8th.
This season Polanco has hit at a .393 clip with 6 RBIs, 2 home runs and 9 runs scored.
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 | Thursday, April 8th, 2010: Guerrero 5-6 Against Milwaukee
Next time the Brewers might think twice about pitching to Vladimir Guerrero. Today at Minute Maid Park the Houston right fielder really burned Milwaukee pitching, going 5-for-6 in the Astros 14-3 triumph.
"When he's seeing the ball well," his skipper told reporters, "he can probably stroke a base hit blindfolded."
V. Guerrero grounded out in the 1st, doubled in the 3rd, doubled in the 4th, singled in the 6th, doubled in the 7th and singled in the 9th.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Wandy Rodriguez | strained back muscle | 1-2 weeks | Not on DL | | P Chris Sampson | herniated disc (back) | 7 weeks | 15 day(s) left |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 23-26, .469 PCT | | Position in Division | 4th, 6.5 GB | | Record at home | 12-11, .522 PCT | | Record on the road | 11-15, .423 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 4-3, .571 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 6-8, .429 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 6-5, .545 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 17-21, .447 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 4-6, .400 PCT | | Record in April | 9-11, .450 PCT | | Record in May | 14-15, .483 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .281 - 2nd in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .333 - 10th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .410 - 9th in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .743 - 11th in NL | | Runs Scored | 251 - 8th in NL | | Hits | 491 - 4th in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 137 - tied for 12th in NL | | Home Runs | 41 - 11th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 127 - 15th in NL | | Strikeouts | 310 - 3rd in NL | | Stolen Bases | 45 - tied for 8th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.67 - 9th in NL | | Starters' ERA | 4.69 - 8th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.64 - 8th in NL | | Runs allowed | 248 - 7th in NL | | Hits allowed | 420 - 2nd in NL | | Opponents AVG | .250 - 2nd in NL | | BABIP | .277 - 1st in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 61 - 13th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 173 - 9th in NL | | Strikeouts | 324 - 15th in NL |
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