Mariners @ Astros, August 11, 2018

[HudsonHawk]

Legends Weekend...

Come on boys...score early and often

[HudsonHawk]

So after all this bullshit the last few night, I quit fucking around.  It's Woodford Reserve.  I have a 1 liter bottle.  Get it done. 

[Astros Fan in Big D]

So after all this bullshit the last few night, I quit fucking around.  It's Woodford Reserve.  I have a 1 liter bottle.  Get it done.

Excellent.

No half measures.

[HudsonHawk]

T1:

Haniger...3-0...3-1...3-2...walks
Span strikes out swinging

Stassi getting some mitt repair...now gets a new one...

Segura grounds into 5-4-3 double play

No score

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Not the most graceful turn but nice result.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Tough pitch to Correa for strike 3.

[HudsonHawk]

B1:

Kemp flies out F8
Bregman...full count...walks
Correa...0-2...strikes out looking...pretty sas at bat
Gattis...0-2...1-2...2-2...3-2...flies out F9

No score

[BudGirl]

I think I would have put tucker in of, marwin at 2nd, yuli at 1st.

I would also try this batting order:
Kemp
Reddick
Correa
Gurriel
Gattis
Bregman
Gonzalez
Tucker
Stassi

I think Tucker is going to do better this time around.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

I think I would have put tucker in of, marwin at 2nd, yuli at 1st.

I would also try this batting order:
Kemp
Reddick
Correa
Gurriel
Gattis
Bregman
Gonzalez
Tucker
Stassi

I think Tucker is going to do better this time around.

I don't think Bregman gets that far down the lineup.   They'll want to get him maximum number of ABs.

Hope you're right about Tucker.

[austro]

I think Tucker is going to do better this time around.

You've been prescient before. I hope you are this time, too.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

BG did you hear Bagwell's argument for Ausmus in the HoF?

[BudGirl]

I don't think Bregman gets that far down the lineup.   They'll want to get him maximum number of ABs.

Hope you're right about Tucker.

You could flip him and gattis.

[BudGirl]

BG did you hear Bagwell's argument for Ausmus in the HoF?

No, he's not sitting next to me at the game.

[BudGirl]

You've been prescient before. I hope you are this time, too.

Me too.

[HudsonHawk]

BG did you hear Bagwell's argument for Ausmus in the HoF?

"The best thing you could say about Ausumus's hitting is that he could catch"

[HudsonHawk]

T2:

Cruz strikes out swinging
Seager grounds out 3U
Herrmann strikes out looking

No score

[BudGirl]

"The best thing you could say about Ausumus's hitting is that he could catch"

He would have fit into this team with all the GIDPs .

[Astros Fan in Big D]

No, he's not sitting next to me at the game.

Nice stealth brag. You'll bring luck no doubt.

He said anyone who could bat 8th for 16 straight years should be in ther HoF.

[BudGirl]

So, I got a bobblehead today and decided I would give it to a kid at the game today.  There seems to be four little brothers at the game.  There are two of them that really seem to be talking baseball, they are in the lead for the bobblehead.  I'll be sure to let you know who wins my secret contest.

[HudsonHawk]

Astros at 2B and 3B...one out...

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Josh goes automatic for the people.

2nd/3rd, 1 out.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Maybe let that 2nd one go,  Tyler.

If it breaks back so be it

[HudsonHawk]

White with a 2-run single!

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Nice job,  Tyler White!

[Texifornia]

T.W. has had enough of Fresno.

[BudGirl]

T.W. has had enough of Fresno.

Or he didn't like me benching him.

[HudsonHawk]

B2:

Marwin...0-2...strikes out swinging
Gurriel singles to LF
Reddick with a rule book double...Gurriel  to 3B
White...infield back...0-2...1-2...singles to RF...Gurriel scores, Reddick scores
Stassi...0-2...strikes out swinging
Kemp flies out F9

2-0 Astros

[Astros Fan in Big D]

T.W. has had enough of Fresno.

Of the sluggers (i.e. non-TK) from Fresno,  he's contributed to most.

I think he's also had the most prior MLB experience.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Or he didn't like me benching him.

You're a master of psychology.

[HudsonHawk]

T3:

Healy doubles to LF
Gordon...full count...grounds out 4-3, Healy to 3B
Heredia...infield in...lines out to 2B
Haniger...taking strikes for balls...3-1 on four pitches in the zone...grounds out 4-3

2-0 Astros

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Heckuva job keeping that leadoff double on the bases.

[JimR]

CFM

[Astros Fan in Big D]

I like his points about Bregman.

Knows the strike zone,  simple/quick swing.

Plus he's got it between the ears in spades.

[HudsonHawk]

B3:

Bregman...who has 86'd the bleach job...possibly before the game, possibly after his last at bat...3-1 pitch...flies out F9
Correa...who maintains his "Joe Dirt" facial hair...3-1 pitch...flies out F9
Gattis grounds out 6-3 on the first pitch

2-0 Astros

[HudsonHawk]

Well fuck...we're tied

[Astros Fan in Big D]

All with 2 outs.

[BudGirl]

Reddick tried on that triple

[HudsonHawk]

Two out...nobody on...0-2 on the hitter...four pitches later two runs in and a runner on 3B

[JimR]

B3:

Bregman...who has 86'd the bleach job...possibly before the game, possibly after his last at bat...3-1 pitch...flies out F9
Correa...who maintains his "Joe Dirt" facial hair...3-1 pitch...flies out F9
Gattis grounds out 6-3 on the first pitch

2-0 Astros

Was brown last night

[HudsonHawk]

T4:

Span hit by a 2-strike pitch on the foot...didn't even move
Segura grounds into 1-6-3 double play...nice play by Correa on a non-deal  throw by Morton
Cruz...0-2...lines a single up the middle, almost taking Morton's head off...Yuli with a great effort to get a glove on it, but it was scorched
Seager doubles to RCF on the first pitch...Astros botch the relay throw and Cruz scores
Herrmann triples to RCF, Seager scores
Healy with a slow roller past a glued to spot White at 1B...Herrmann scores, Healy thrown out 9-6 trying to stretch it.

But the Astros shit the bed with 2 outs...trail 3-2 now.

[austro]

And then the next guy gets jammed and fists it down the 1B line for another RBI. Aaarrrgghhh.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

That was maddening.

[BudGirl]

Tyler seemed to trip on his run to that ball.  His defense does not impress me.

[HudsonHawk]

Tyler seemed to trip on his run to that ball.  His defense does not impress me.

He cannot move laterally. 

[Astros Fan in Big D]

He cannot move laterally.

He's pretty mobile for a statue.

[BudGirl]

He cannot move laterally. 

At all.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

First line drive from Yuli in forever and that happens.

Try it again next time up.

[HudsonHawk]

B4:

Marwin strikes out swinging
Gurriel...full count...hits a screaming line drive up the middle, Leblanc throws his glove up to protect his face and the ball hits it, bounces up in the air and right back into the glove
Reddick...full count...flies out F8

3-2 Mariners

[HudsonHawk]

T5:

Gordon pops out to shallow LF
Heredia taps back to the mound
Haniger...full up...strikes out swinging

3-2 Ms

[Astros Fan in Big D]

White wasn't biting on those outside pitches.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Stassi seems to have hit the wall a while ago.

[HudsonHawk]

B5:

White 3-0...walks
Stassi...0-2...1-2...strikes out swinging
Kemp grounds into FC, White o ut 3-6 at 2B
Bregman...full count...reaches for ball four and pops to shallow LF

3-2 still

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Good AB by AB.

Last pitch was well placed.

[HudsonHawk]

Every right handed hitter tries to yank everything to the Crawford Boxes.  Frustrating.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Every right handed hitter tries to yank everything to the Crawford Boxes.  Frustrating.

Remember the series at Chicago when the offense finally woke up?

They demolished the RCF power alley.

Do that,  please.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

How did Segura make contact with either of those last 2 pitchea?

[HudsonHawk]

T6:

Span singles to LF on the first pitch
Segura...0-2...flies out F8 on a pitch that almost bounces
Cruz with a shiftfuck single to 2B, Span to 2B
Seager...3-0...grounds into 4-6-3 double play

3-2 Ms

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Well timed 4-6-3 on a 3-0 pitch.

[HudsonHawk]

B6:

Vincent in for the Mariners

Correa...0-2...1-2...strikes out swinging
Gattis flies out F8 on the first pitch
Marwin bunts up the 1B line and is out 3U
 
3-2 Mariners

[Texifornia]

WTF is it with this team at home?

[The Third Man]

I felt it was a bad omen yesterday when the broadcast crew were paying tribute to the 1979 Astros.

[Sambito Redux]

I felt it was a bad omen yesterday when the broadcast crew were paying tribute to the 1979 Astros.

The opposite of Dean Wormer though!

I Love those guys!!!!

[HudsonHawk]

T7:

Sipp in...

Herrmann flies out F8 on the first pitch
Healy strikes out looking
Gordon...0-2...1-2...2-2...singles up the middle

Sipp out...Smith in

Gordon steals 2B with a huge jump, Gurriel whiffs at the throw, and Gordon moves to 3B on the E4

Heredia pops out F6

3-2 M's at the stretch

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Tyler,  please hit the ball hard.

[BudGirl]

I hate that I have a not-favorite Astro.

[HudsonHawk]

B7:

Gurriel grounds out 6-3

Vincent out...Duke in

Reddick grounds out 3U

Duke out, Warren in

White...works the count full...grounds out 5-3

3-2 Mariners

[austro]

Tyler White is a slow human. He's lucky that we don't routinely have to escape predators anymore.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Another nice AB from White.

But it's an out of course.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Tyler White is a slow human. He's lucky that we don't routinely have to escape predators anymore.

He could probably outrun a glacier.

[BudGirl]

So Osuna enters the game and some man starts talking trash.  Quite often I don't like people.

[BudGirl]

He could probably outrun a glacier.

Only because it would melt first.

[Aussie Astro]

Tyler White is a slow human. He's lucky that we don't routinely have to escape predators anymore.

I guess he would opt for fight, not flight... he would handle a club pretty well.

[HudsonHawk]

T8:

Osuna in

Haniger flies out F9
Span strikes out swinging
Segura singles to LF on a pitch that almost bounces
Cruz...0-2...1-2...grounds out 5-3

3-2 still

[BudGirl]

Didn't Lance McCullers say not to do the wave? I wish they would stop.

And now they have because that was the third out.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Didn't Lance McCullers say not to do the wave? I wish they would stop.

And now they have because that was the third out.

Give the bobblehead to whichever kid didn't do the wave .

[BudGirl]

Give the bobblehead to whichever kid didn't do the wave .

They all left!

[TerryPuhl21]

Osuna has looked sharp in his 3 appearances.


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[BudGirl]

Just want to point out the Astros have not gotten a hit since the second inning.

[BudGirl]

Just want to point out the Astros have not scored since the second inning.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Stassi rips one to 3rd, way too hot to handle.

Or something like that.

Let's Go!

[BudGirl]

Yay Derek Fisher!   Ugh

[Astros Fan in Big D]

WTF Fisher.

[BudGirl]

He didn't watch that ball at all.

[BudGirl]

I'm so pissed at Fisher.

[TerryPuhl21]

We caught a break right there. That was a swing.


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[Astros Fan in Big D]

Let's go Gattis.

[HudsonHawk]

B8:

Colome in

Stassi rolls one up the 3B line...Seager lets it go and it hits the bag...infield single for Mad Max
Fisher pinch running for Stassi
Kemp takes strike one over his head in the other box...flies out F8 on a diving catch by Heredia...Fisher was running on the pitch, never looked or stopped and was almost  to 3B and is easily doubled off of 1B
Bregman singles to LF on the first pitch
Correa...0-2...1-2...2-2...3-2...checks his swing...not really, but ump says so...walk, Bregman to 2B
Gattis swings at a pitch in his eyes and hits a lazy fly ball to RF

2 hits and a walk, but can't score...M's lead 3-2

[TerryPuhl21]

Sorry, but I have to confess, I’m starting to get seriously distressed.


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[Astros Fan in Big D]

2 hits and a walk, but can't score...M's lead 3-2

First things first: 2 hits and a walk, but can't get a runner safely to 3rd.

[The Third Man]

Baserunning team of doom.

[HudsonHawk]

Sorry, but I have to confess, I’m starting to get seriously distressed.


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This is it.  Two runs a game with this lineup is about all you can ask for.

[BudGirl]

B8:

Colome in

Stassi rolls one up the 3B line...Seager lets it go and it hits the bag...infield single for Mad Max
Fisher pinch running for Stassi
Kemp takes strike one over his head in the other box...flies out F8 on a diving catch by Heredia...Fisher was running on the pitch, never looked or stopped and was almost  to 3B and is easily doubled off of 1B
Bregman singles to LF on the first pitch
Correa...0-2...1-2...2-2...3-2...checks his swing...not really, but ump says so...walk, Bregman to 2B
Gattis swings at a pitch in his eyes and hits a lazy fly ball to RF

2 hits and a walk, but can't score...M's lead 3-2

I'm surprised Fisher didn't run all the way home.  He can run all the way to Fresno.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

This is it.  Two runs a game with this lineup is about all you can ask for.

Yes.

[HudsonHawk]

I'm surprised Fisher didn't run all the way home.  He can run all the way to Fresno.

Yeah, if you're not going to check the ball or pick up your 3B coach, why stop?

[BudGirl]

BTW, Oakland is up 4-0 already.

[austro]

Just want to point out the Astros have not scored since the second inning.

It was a good try, BG.

[BudGirl]

It was a good try, BG.

I was posting that when Fisher came in.

[BudGirl]

I'm curious if bagwell shared an opinion on fishers out?

[HudsonHawk]

T9:

Rondon in to pitch, Maldonado in to catch...

Seager flies out F7
Herrmann flies out F8
Healy doubles off the LCF wall
Gordon...0-2...1-2...2-2...grounds out 4-3

To the 9th...Astros chasing a run

[HudsonHawk]

I'm curious if bagwell shared an opinion on fishers out?

"At that point, just keep running"

[austro]

I'm curious if bagwell shared an opinion on fishers out?

He just thought it was bad luck. Personally, since he was watching the play as he rounded second base, I thought he should have stayed there so he could go back. But I'll readily admit that I'm quick to label him an idiot.

[Aussie Astro]

This is it.  Two runs a game with this lineup is about all you can ask for.

Sorry but I expect a little more, there is 6 of the WS lineup there with a few of our supposed top prospects.  They shouldn't be this pitiful.

[BudGirl]

He just thought it was bad luck. Personally, since he was watching the play as he rounded second base, I thought he should have stayed there so he could go back. But I'll readily admit that I'm quick to label him an idiot.

Bad luck my ass.  Bad baserunning.  This game should be tired tied.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

He just thought it was bad luck. Personally, since he was watching the play as he rounded second base, I thought he should have stayed there so he could go back. But I'll readily admit that I'm quick to label him an idiot.

Either find the ball or find your 3B coach.

The ball was on the way to 1st when he retouched 2nd.

[The Third Man]

Forget comparing the home and road performance of the team. Just look at Marwin Gonzalez. He was just sorry today. From *bunting* with two outs in a one run game to this strikeout now. Lousy.

[HudsonHawk]

B9:

AL save leader Diaz in for the M's...

Marwin...0-2...1-2...strikes out swinging
Gurriel...3-1...3-2...strikes out swinging at a pitch in the dirt
Reddick pops out F5 on the first pitch

And the Mariners keep kicking the Astros' ass.

[HudsonHawk]

Sorry but I expect a little more, there is 6 of the WS lineup there with a few of our supposed top prospects.  They shouldn't be this pitiful.

Might as well wish for a million dollars and a pony.  This lineup is just not very good.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Sorry but I expect a little more, there is 6 of the WS lineup there with a few of our supposed top prospects.  They shouldn't be this pitiful.

Correa is there but not anywhere near full speed at the plate.

Bregman is the only one of the top 4 spots there and producing.

Seattle is healthy and hitting mistakes.

Astros are not healthy and making mistakes.

[TerryPuhl21]

Sorry but I expect a little more, there is 6 of the WS lineup there with a few of our supposed top prospects.  They shouldn't be this pitiful.

I’m with you Aussie. I expect more from this lineup. I don’t expect Reddick to hit .315 again. I don’t expect Marwin to hit .300 and lead the team in RBI again, but dammit, I expect better than what we are getting.

We should have gotten a bat at the deadline and we didn’t.


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[TerryPuhl21]

Might as well wish for a million dollars and a pony.  This lineup is just not very good.

True dat


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[HudsonHawk]

a bat at the deadline and we didn’t.

You got Correa back.  Be happy.

[The Spleen]

You got Correa back.  Be happy.

When he finishes his major league rehab assignment we'll be in good shape.

[BudGirl]

I'm never happy after a loss but this one has me pissed. And I mainly blame Fisher.

[Aussie Astro]

I'm never happy after a loss but this one has me pissed. And I mainly blame Fisher.

I don't think anyone is going to argue with you.

[HudsonHawk]

Fisher saying he saw the ball, but his heart wanted it to be down...so he went with his heart. 

Wow.

[HudsonHawk]

Preston Wilson hammering Fisher for not running hard back to 1B...even if you make a mistake...hustle is his advice. 

[BudGirl]

Fisher had no fundamentals on that.  Following his heart?  Seriously/?  He was a pinch runner, not a hero in a romance novel.

So, as I was leaving my seat, I saw a young kid and asked if he had gotten a bobble head. They said no and so I gave it to them since they stayed the whole game.  Turns out, his dad is Puerto Rican.  Seriously, that should be some good mojo for tomorrow, right?  At least they may have ended leaving happy.

[BudGirl]

Preston Wilson hammering Fisher for not running hard back to 1B...even if you make a mistake...hustle is his advice. 

I thought the Mariners were just standing there taunting him on his way back to first waiting, but then got tired and just finally tagged the base.  Kind of like in the movie major league when Hayes is stealing base and his slide doesn't make it.  That was what went through my head.

[MusicMan]

Fisher saying he saw the ball, but his heart wanted it to be down...so he went with his heart. 

Wow.

I hope Luhnow says his head wants him in Houston, but his heart says go back to Fresno.


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[TerryPuhl21]

Fisher saying he saw the ball, but his heart wanted it to be down...so he went with his heart. 

Wow.

REALLY?!?!? He actually said that?

Damn....


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[Astros Fan in Big D]

Fisher saying he saw the ball, but his heart wanted it to be down...so he went with his heart. 

Wow.

"I fucked up and it cost the team an important baserunner."

On loop,  for every version of the question he gets.

Instead he goes The Bachelor on us.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

When he finishes his major league rehab assignment we'll be in good shape.

That's exactly what he's doing and that's why Blum and Bagwell treated his ABs the way they did.   If he's healthy he'll hit,  but it won't be right away.

Last week was bonus.  Since then we've lost Springer and an injury call up who was producing in spots at the plate and playing gold glove caliber defense.

This is after losing a starting pitcher.

[Snuffy]

At one point during the game, I wish I could remember some details, he said something about - of all people - he needed adult supervision. 
Luved it!  Don't we all.
Did anyone else catch that?

Part 2: Hearing how the hitters analyzed the pitchers and helped each other with their own blind spots - being locked in on one particular thing and missing other things that were going on.  It felt as if he was coaching the listening fans on how better to appreciate baseball...

He joked about Biggio to likely cheat on the HR contest by getting extra cuts...

[DVauthrin]

"I fucked up and it cost the team an important baserunner."

On loop,  for every version of the question he gets.

Instead he goes The Bachelor on us.

It’s time to send Fisher to another organization.  “Going with his heart” cost the Astros a valuable out late in the game.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

https://twitter.com/StatsBySTATS/status/1028462885658406912?s=19

The Astros have now lost 8 straight home games against divisional opponents, tied for the 2nd-longest such streak in franchise history.

For the season, Houston is:
8-16 at home vs. AL West
24-5 on road vs. AL West
24-11 at home vs. all others
17-13 on road vs. all others

[juliogotay]

https://twitter.com/StatsBySTATS/status/1028462885658406912?s=19

good post.

[austro]

Fisher saying he saw the ball, but his heart wanted it to be down...so he went with his heart. 

Wow.

I'm not sure which is dumber: thinking that in the first place, or saying it out loud afterward.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

I'm not sure which is dumber: thinking that in the first place, or saying it out loud afterward.

The latter.

[VirtualBob]

The latter.

Yes. But it is close.