Author Topic: Braves @ Astros May 10, 2017 (Read 7250 times)

Mr. Happy · « **on:** May 10, 2017, 12:08:56 pm »

Your lineups for today's matinee tilt:

Braves

CFEnder Inciarte (L)
2BB. Phillips (R)
1BFreddie Freeman (L)
LFMatt Kemp (R)
DHNick Markakis (L)
3BAdonis Garcia (R)
CKurt Suzuki (R)
SSDansby Swanson (R)
RFE. Bonifacio (S)

ATL: Jaime Garcia (L) (1-1, 3.99)

Astros

RF George Springer (R)
DH Carlos Beltran (S)
2B Jose Altuve (R)
SS Carlos Correa (R)
C Evan Gattis (R)
1B Y. Gurriel (R)
LF Marwin Gonzalez (S)
3B Alex Bregman (R)
CF Jake Marisnick (R)

HOU: Joe Musgrove (R) (1-3, 5.40)

MRaup · « **Reply #1 on:** May 10, 2017, 01:12:05 pm »

Good lord, Eschenfelder never shuts up.

MRaup · « **Reply #2 on:** May 10, 2017, 01:13:33 pm »

Great start for Musgrove. Quickly up 0-2, then walks the leadoff hitter.

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #3 on:** May 10, 2017, 01:15:25 pm »

We haven't seen the marksmanlike control Musgrove apparently featured annually in the minors.

MRaup · « **Reply #4 on:** May 10, 2017, 01:18:45 pm »

Phillips just missed a MEAAAAAAAAAAAATBALL, fouled it off.

MRaup · « **Reply #5 on:** May 10, 2017, 01:20:05 pm »

Phillips on pitch 11 swings over a slider and Inciarte, who had been running on the previous 6 pitches, was obviously gassed. He was going and was very out at 2nd.

MusicMan · « **Reply #6 on:** May 10, 2017, 01:21:00 pm »

You can't run (6 straight pitches) on Captain Caveman.

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MRaup · « **Reply #7 on:** May 10, 2017, 01:21:34 pm »

Inciarte walks.
Phillips swings and misses at a 3-2 slider and Inciarte is out by a lot attempting to steal.
Lurch Freeman swings and misses for strike 3.

Musgrove throws 139 pitches in the first, but looks pretty in the end.

Mid 1

juliogotay · « **Reply #8 on:** May 10, 2017, 01:27:39 pm »

Quote from: MRaup on May 10, 2017, 01:12:05 pm

Good lord, Eschenfelder never shuts up.

Stream-of-consciousness announcing.

MRaup · « **Reply #9 on:** May 10, 2017, 01:30:23 pm »

Bottom One

Jaime Garcia on the hill.
Springer fouls off the first two pitches he sees, including a fat fastball up in the zone. (sidenote: I really don't like Eschenfelder) Works the count full. Scalds one right at third baseman. Easy throw across gets him.
Beltran swings over a slider at the knees, ponche.
Altuve hits a 58 hopper to Phillips, 4-3 he's out.

Lackluster first inning from the Good Guys.

End 1.

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #10 on:** May 10, 2017, 01:38:05 pm »

I'm blacked out of any games involving Atlanta (as well as, mysteriously, Cincinnati), so am listening to these games and thus missing the Eschenfelder effect. But I think Ford and Sparks are always better than the TV crew. An advantage to streaming is you can combine radio feed with broadcast.

And another walk from Musgrove.

MRaup · « **Reply #11 on:** May 10, 2017, 01:39:51 pm »

Top 2

Kemp grounds out to Bregman on pitch 9 of the AB. Musgrove will hit his pitch limit in the 3rd inning at this pace.
Markakis walks on a full count. 37 fucking pitches for 5 batters so far. Musgrove is rapidly approaching Fiers levels of aggravation for me today.
Adoucheis Garcia on only 4 pitches grounds in to a 4-6-3 doubleplay. Slick turn by Altuve, with the long distance side toss to Correa as he skipped across the bag.

Mid 2.

petner · « **Reply #12 on:** May 10, 2017, 01:44:44 pm »

Quote from: Knoxbanedoodle on May 10, 2017, 01:38:05 pm

An advantage to streaming is you can combine radio feed with broadcast.

And another walk from Musgrove.

Is that an option on the At Bat app, or do you need to be streaming through an actual computer to take advantage?

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #13 on:** May 10, 2017, 01:47:22 pm »

I'm not sure; I never watch on AtBat. But it works for the computer or any streaming service like Roku, AppleTV, etc.

MRaup · « **Reply #14 on:** May 10, 2017, 01:47:31 pm »

Bottom 2

Correa grounds back to Garcia, 1-3.
Gattis takes a fucking meatball right down the pipe for strike one. Immediately flails at ball one off the outside corner. Having a good at bat, fouled off several pitches and taken a few. 2-2, and of course he swings at a bouncing slider. K.
Gurriel grounds to Phillips, who makes a nice diving play, gets up, and throws him out 4-3.

Quote from: MRaup on May 10, 2017, 01:39:51 pm

Top 2

Kemp grounds out to Bregman on pitch 9 of the AB. Musgrove will hit his pitch limit in the 3rd inning at this pace.
Markakis walks on a full count. 37 fucking pitches for 5 batters so far. Musgrove is rapidly approaching Fiers levels of aggravation for me today.
Adoucheis Garcia on only 4 pitches grounds in to a 4-6-3 doubleplay. Slick turn by Altuve, with the long distance side toss to Correa as he skipped across the bag.

Mid 2.

MRaup · « **Reply #15 on:** May 10, 2017, 01:49:56 pm »

I'm off PBP for a few innings.

Waldo · « **Reply #16 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:05:27 pm »

Posted this in TZ but will put it here for posterity. I found the in-market streaming on Astros.com/MLB.com. Go to astros.com, mouse over "Video" in the top nav bar, then click "Watch Live In-Market". You'll then be prompted to login. Chrome put me through a login loop for some reason, but IE works.

MRaup · « **Reply #17 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:12:58 pm »

I am officially sick of Joe Musgrove this season.

MusicMan · « **Reply #18 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:13:12 pm »

Springer doubles home Marisnick with 2 out; Freeman ties it to lead off the 4th with a solo homer.

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MRaup · « **Reply #19 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:15:18 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on May 10, 2017, 02:13:12 pm

Springer doubles home Marisnick with 2 out; Freeman ties it to lead off the 4th with a solo homer.

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Musgrove protected that 1 run lead for 2 whole pitches.

MRaup · « **Reply #20 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:16:53 pm »

Fuck you, Joe.

Two FAT fucking pitches.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #21 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:17:38 pm »

Major League pitches don't get any easier to hit than that one.

Bench · « **Reply #22 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:20:40 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on May 10, 2017, 02:17:38 pm

Major League pitches don't get any easier to hit than that one.

Blum "You can't teach that!"

Jacksonian · « **Reply #23 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:22:19 pm »

Quote from: MRaup on May 10, 2017, 02:16:53 pm

Fuck you, Joe.

Two FAT fucking pitches.

He hangs too many pitches out over the plate.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #24 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:24:37 pm »

After Correa draws a leadoff walk, Gattis hacks the first pitch into an easy 6U-3 double play. Allsome.

MRaup · « **Reply #25 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:29:47 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on May 10, 2017, 02:24:37 pm

After Correa draws a leadoff walk, Gattis hacks the first pitch into an easy 6U-3 double play. Allsome.

Gattis takes the fat ones and swings at the bad ones.

MRaup · « **Reply #26 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:30:37 pm »

Annnnnnnnnnd Bregman misses a fat one and hits a popup to end the inning.

MRaup · « **Reply #27 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:43:03 pm »

STOP HITTING IN TO FUCKING DOUBLE PLAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #28 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:49:13 pm »

Still can't believe he made two errors last night.

Bench · « **Reply #29 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:49:21 pm »

Move Correa out of the cleanup spot.

MRaup · « **Reply #30 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:49:29 pm »

Correa says fuck you very much to Marty Foster after a terrible strike 2 call and rips a slider down the LF line for a 2 RBI double.

MrKnuckleball · « **Reply #31 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:50:05 pm »

Quote from: Bench on May 10, 2017, 02:49:21 pm

Move Correa out of the cleanup spot.

Oops, he's thinking otherwise.

Bench · « **Reply #32 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:50:07 pm »

Quote from: Bench on May 10, 2017, 02:49:21 pm

Move Correa out of the cleanup spot.

(Context: He just hit a two out two-run double to take the lead. He's been quite good lately).

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #33 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:51:19 pm »

Quote from: Bench on May 10, 2017, 02:50:07 pm

(Context: He just hit a two out two-run double to take the lead. He's been quite good lately).

Not everyone appreciates your biting sarcasm.

MusicMan · « **Reply #34 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:52:35 pm »

Quote from: Bench on May 10, 2017, 02:50:07 pm

(Context: He just hit a two out two-run double to take the lead. He's been quite good lately).

Quit pumping the fucking sunshine.

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Bench · « **Reply #35 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:52:48 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on May 10, 2017, 02:51:19 pm

Not everyone appreciates your biting sarcasm.

I expected there would be an reaction that my sarcastic comment would fall behind but I guess I screwed up the timing.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #36 on:** May 10, 2017, 02:53:24 pm »

Yuli G!!

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #37 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:00:12 pm »

Did Ford and Sparks just have a discussion about someone named "Big Punt"?

Jacksonian · « **Reply #38 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:00:44 pm »

As messy as he was this game, 6 innings and only 2 runs is a pretty good day for Musgrove.

MRaup · « **Reply #39 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:01:24 pm »

I would very much like to sample whatever drugs the guys writing and directing the Astros Root Sports commercials are on.

BizidyDizidy · « **Reply #40 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:03:53 pm »

Quote from: Jacksonian on May 10, 2017, 03:00:44 pm

As messy as he was this game, 6 innings and only 2 runs is a pretty good day for Musgrove.

It was Fiers-esque in that regard.

Waldo · « **Reply #41 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:06:31 pm »

Gregerson coming in with a 2-run lead. Hope the scoreboard operator's fingers are ready.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #42 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:07:07 pm »

I told my parents in the third grade that I wanted to be a big league player. I guess they didn't support me enough.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #43 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:07:57 pm »

It would be nice if Luke didn't fuck this up.

MusicMan · « **Reply #44 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:08:22 pm »

Quote from: Jacksonian on May 10, 2017, 03:00:44 pm

As messy as he was this game, 6 innings and only 2 runs is a pretty good day for Musgrove.

More schlong-gorvelling homerism.

Any decent pitcher would have thrown 2 perfect games today.

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Waldo · « **Reply #45 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:08:57 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on May 10, 2017, 03:08:22 pm

More schlong-gorvelling homerism.

Any decent pitcher would have thrown 2 perfect games today.

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You're in fine form today.

MRaup · « **Reply #46 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:10:27 pm »

Quote from: Jacksonian on May 10, 2017, 03:00:44 pm

As messy as he was this game, 6 innings and only 2 runs is a pretty good day for Musgrove.

The journey was ugly, but the finish was nice.

Considering he'd thrown half a game's worth of pitches after 2 innings, it's incredible he made it 6.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #47 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:10:50 pm »

Quote from: Waldo on May 10, 2017, 03:08:57 pm

You're in fine form today.

He's been inspired by the Great Correa and his Golden Penis

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #48 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:11:10 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on May 10, 2017, 03:07:07 pm

I told my parents in the third grade that I wanted to be a big league player. I guess they didn't support me enough.

Same here. They thought it was funny and laughed.

MusicMan · « **Reply #49 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:12:50 pm »

Quote from: Waldo on May 10, 2017, 03:08:57 pm

You're in fine form today.

Don't ask me to ignore the fact that this "offense" has more freaking OUTS than runs.

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Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #50 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:14:04 pm »

So Gregerson didn't fuck up this time.

AstroNut · « **Reply #51 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:14:12 pm »

We would have better run production, considering our BA and OBP, if we didn't lead the world in hitting into double plays...but I'm still happy !

Waldo · « **Reply #52 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:15:06 pm »

Gregerson gets a strikeout and weak contact twice... I'll take it.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #53 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:20:03 pm »

If my last name was Motte, I'd pronounce it Maw-TEE.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #54 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:22:19 pm »

At Shea stadium you could smell piss just walking around on the concourse.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #55 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:22:43 pm »

More double play action for your viewing pleasure.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #56 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:24:53 pm »

Two doubles today for Correa to match his two errors yesterday.

MRaup · « **Reply #57 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:33:59 pm »

And here comes the dickstepping!

What the fuck was Marwin doing on that first one?

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #58 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:34:18 pm »

Marwin sorta botched that fly ball. Now a bunt single has the tying run on base with nobody out.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #59 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:34:32 pm »

nice bunt

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #60 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:37:01 pm »

Big ponche there by Harris

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #61 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:39:49 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on May 10, 2017, 03:37:01 pm

Big ponche there by Harris

there too

Waldo · « **Reply #62 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:40:19 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on May 10, 2017, 03:37:01 pm

Big ponche there by Harris

x2

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #63 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:42:25 pm »

Harris wanting no part of Freeman

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #64 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:43:58 pm »

Bases juiced for Kemp...

Bench · « **Reply #65 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:47:03 pm »

Quote from: Waldo on May 10, 2017, 03:40:19 pm

x2

x3!

Waldo · « **Reply #66 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:47:16 pm »

Damn fine work by Harris.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #67 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:47:16 pm »

Harris strikes out the side!

hostros7 · « **Reply #68 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:48:32 pm »

Will F'in Harris.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #69 on:** May 10, 2017, 03:49:56 pm »

Quote from: MRaup on May 10, 2017, 03:01:24 pm

I would very much like to sample whatever drugs the guys writing and directing the Astros Root Sports commercials are on.

They're re-cycled from last year.

hostros7 · « **Reply #70 on:** May 10, 2017, 04:00:57 pm »

The Astros take care of business with a tidy two game sweep. This weekend's series should be interesting.

Waldo · « **Reply #71 on:** May 10, 2017, 04:01:14 pm »

Ballgame.

MrKnuckleball · « **Reply #72 on:** May 10, 2017, 04:01:42 pm »

Giles wasn't dicking around today.

MusicMan · « **Reply #73 on:** May 10, 2017, 04:05:26 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on May 10, 2017, 03:10:50 pm

He's been inspired by the Great Correa and his Golden Penis

If Crane weren't hoarding all his ill-gotten money to stuff more presents under the family tree instead of paying the man what he's worth, Correa would be able to afford a diamond cock worthy of his skills on the field.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #74 on:** May 11, 2017, 05:06:16 pm »

4-1 on Wodensday.