Author Topic: Royals at Astros May 6, 2019 (Read 2964 times)

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **on:** May 06, 2019, 06:40:42 pm »

Royals

Whit Merrifield (R) 2B
Adalberto Mondesi (S) SS
Alex Gordon (L) LF
Hunter Dozier (R) DH
Jorge Soler (R) RF
Ryan O'Hearn (L) 1B
Kelvin Gutierrez (R) 3B
Martin Maldonado (R) C
Billy Hamilton (S) CF

Jakob Junis RHP 3-2, 5.12 ERA, 34 SO

Astros

George Springer (R) DH
Jose Altuve (R) 2B
Alex Bregman (R) 3B
Michael Brantley (L) LF
Carlos Correa (R) SS
Josh Reddick (L) RF
Yuli Gurriel (R) 1B
Robinson Chirinos (R) C
Tony Kemp (L) CF

Gerrit Cole RHP 2-4, 3.95 ERA, 65 SO

hostros7 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 06, 2019, 07:32:48 pm »

Correa murdered that ball. It died against the wall above the gas pump.

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HudsonHawk · « **Reply #2 on:** May 06, 2019, 07:41:42 pm »

Chirinos standing on 2B watching the game. Hope it's a good view.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #3 on:** May 06, 2019, 07:54:53 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on May 06, 2019, 07:41:42 pm

Chirinos standing on 2B watching the game. Hope it's a good view.

He didn't advance on the contact play?

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #4 on:** May 06, 2019, 08:15:49 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on May 06, 2019, 07:54:53 pm

He didn't advance on the contact play?

Stood there and watched a close play at the plate.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #5 on:** May 06, 2019, 08:16:25 pm »

Bloop and a blast. (Dink off the bag and a blast doesn't have the same ring).

It's suddenly 3-2.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #6 on:** May 06, 2019, 08:29:16 pm »

That may be the worst AB by Altuve I've ever seen.

MusicMan · « **Reply #7 on:** May 06, 2019, 08:30:30 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on May 06, 2019, 08:29:16 pm

That may be the worst AB by Altuve I've ever seen.

I don’t even recognize him right now.

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austro · « **Reply #8 on:** May 06, 2019, 08:30:54 pm »

I'm getting tired of these bloops and dinks.

MusicMan · « **Reply #9 on:** May 06, 2019, 08:36:12 pm »

Wtf, Gerritt?

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Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #10 on:** May 06, 2019, 08:36:28 pm »

Good grief.

Murdered that meatball.

MusicMan · « **Reply #11 on:** May 06, 2019, 08:41:59 pm »

I haven’t seen an Astro out by that much at second since Biggio’s 3000th.

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Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #12 on:** May 06, 2019, 08:46:16 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on May 06, 2019, 08:41:59 pm

I haven’t seen an Astro out by that much at second since Biggio’s 3000th.

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The ball arrived in the picture before Bregman did.

homer · « **Reply #13 on:** May 06, 2019, 09:01:17 pm »

I called that one, but not opposite field.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #14 on:** May 06, 2019, 09:01:35 pm »

Chirinos with the 2 run Jack!

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #15 on:** May 06, 2019, 09:12:59 pm »

Hate to see Altuve so off. Now he's throwing his helmet after wiffing.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #16 on:** May 06, 2019, 09:42:51 pm »

Correa's got a howitzer.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #17 on:** May 06, 2019, 09:44:49 pm »

Harris gets one out, then gives up back to back singles, a ground out to short, then walks the bases loaded with 2 outs. Rondon in.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #18 on:** May 06, 2019, 09:49:04 pm »

All 3 outs were on fantastic throws.

Harris, Correa, and Altuve.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #19 on:** May 06, 2019, 09:51:28 pm »

Altuve with a nice play to get the out 4-3 and saves 2 runs.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #20 on:** May 06, 2019, 09:52:00 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on May 06, 2019, 09:49:04 pm

All 3 outs were on fantastic throws.

Harris, Correa, and Altuve.

Yes they were

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #21 on:** May 06, 2019, 10:06:55 pm »

Another one from Jose.

Wow.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #22 on:** May 06, 2019, 10:08:40 pm »

Brantley gets into the act to seal it!

JimR · « **Reply #23 on:** May 06, 2019, 10:10:08 pm »

Great defense wins this one.

WVastro · « **Reply #24 on:** May 07, 2019, 12:16:22 am »

Altuve has been here before but it’s easy to forget once he hits a hot spell. He’ll come around.

jbm · « **Reply #25 on:** May 07, 2019, 07:54:28 am »

I wonder if all the turmoil in Venezuela might be on his mind. It's just hard to explain.

TerryPuhl21 · « **Reply #26 on:** May 07, 2019, 11:12:55 am »

Quote from: WVastro on May 07, 2019, 12:16:22 am

Altuve has been here before but it’s easy to forget once he hits a hot spell. He’ll come around.

Has he been HERE before??I know he’s been in slumps but he’s putting up numbers right now that he didn’t even put up in his rookie season.

Let me state that I FULLY expect Jose to pull out of this. He’s too great a hitter not to. As such I’m not too worried as long as the team continues to win. Still, the numbers are interesting. His batting average right now is over 30 points below what his batting average was in his rookie season. His strikeouts are also up slightly. His career K rate is a shade over 12% and so far this season he is a tick over 19%. He’s hit into some bad luck and he’s chasing bad pitches which we have seen before. Personally, I think he’s pressing because he’s in perhaps the worst funk of his career. I know some have speculated about his health, but if you saw the two plays he made last night in the field, it is pretty obvious he is healthy. You don’t make those two plays if you are hurting, especially if it was the knee again.

I think he’s fine. Just stressed the hell out! Hopefully he starts to snap out of it tonight.

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WVastro · « **Reply #27 on:** May 07, 2019, 03:32:43 pm »

He’s been in a funk for about 10/35 games this season. Yes, it looks bad right now but I’m positive he’s had stretches like this in the past. I’m not worried even a little bit.

MRaup · « **Reply #28 on:** May 07, 2019, 03:49:10 pm »

Jose had an 0-16 stretch last season, which is far worse than anything that's happened this year so far.

austro · « **Reply #29 on:** May 07, 2019, 05:05:21 pm »

I'm choosing to look on the bright side: I figure that when the season is done, he'll be somewhere between .310 and .320, and he'll be close to 200 hits. Which means that sometime between now and then we're going to be treated to an MVP-caliber streak.