2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019

[chuck]

Martinez tossed.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Fuck Martinez.

[MRaup]

Martinez is an idiot.

[cougar]

Martinez should fuck off. At least they tossed him for his shitshow.

[HudsonHawk]

Good to know the play they just reviewed is not reviewable.

[94CougarGrad]

Oh oh oh! Run along, Martinez!

[HudsonHawk]

Nats officially protesting this game.

[T. J.]

IF THE PLAY IS NOT REVIEWABLE THEN WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON FOR FIVE MINUTES??!!

[MRaup]

This is the dumbest shit I've ever heard.

Fuck Martinez and the Nats.

[HudsonHawk]

Chirinos royally fucked

[Waldo]

Damn. Why blow up like that after your team hits a homer anyway?

And 10 minutes of headsets for a fucking unreviewable play.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Fuck.

The plate is 24 inches wide.

[HudsonHawk]

Reddick royally fucked.

[jbm]

I’m listening on the radio.  Who’s the guy they keep showing in the stands?

[chuck]

Fuck this cocksucker.

[NeilT]

Fuck.

The plate is 24 inches wide.

And 36 inches deep.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Reddick takes one up the bum for strike 1.

[94CougarGrad]

Nats officially protesting this game.

Not allowed to, according to the rules announcer guy. It's a judgment call.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Damn. Why blow up like that after your team hits a homer anyway?

And 10 minutes of headsets for a fucking unreviewable play.

'Cause he is a dumbass.

[chuck]

I’m listening on the radio.  Who’s the guy they keep showing in the stands?

GM.

[Waldo]

Reddick has knees on his shins apparently.

[austro]

I’m listening on the radio.  Who’s the guy they keep showing in the stands?

The bald guy? Rizzo, Nats GM.

[SoonerJim]

Nats officially protesting this game.

Why?

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Takes a special kind of idiot to get tossed from a WS game.

[MRaup]

I’m listening on the radio.  Who’s the guy they keep showing in the stands?

Rizzo, their GM.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Why?

They tried but they can't.

[94CougarGrad]

Why?

Due to the Turner out call. But apparently they are not allowed to protest a judgment call.

[austro]

And 10 minutes of headsets for a fucking unreviewable play.

It takes time to scour the rules for something, anything they could use.

[MRaup]

Jesus fucking christ. The blatant rooting for the nationals in the booth is incredible. Not even trying to report the game, just rah rahing the Nats.

[cougar]

And Buck acting like Martinez is going to have a stroke in the clubhouse. Guess what? He shouldn't have sat there and acted like a prima donna between half innings.

[austro]

Jesus fucking christ. The blatant rooting for the nationals in the booth is incredible. Not even trying to report the game, just rah rahing the Nats.

Nobody other than his family roots for Goliath.

[Nate in IA]

Bottom 7, Strasburg on the bump.. Martinez thrown out of the game..   Buck finally says that the call is not reviewable.

Chirinos - quick two strikes, ball, nice pitch for strike 3.    1 out.
Reddick - strike at the bottom of the zone,  gives it a ride to center   2 outs..
Springer - ball, ball low, strike, ball outside,  fly ball to right, 3 outs.

After 7, Astros 2, Nats 5

[HudsonHawk]

Astros looking as dejected as they can be.

[MRaup]

And the Astros bats respond as they have all night. Fucking meekly.

[austro]

Is Gus Fring in the new Star Wars movie?

[SoonerJim]

Astros looking as dejected as they can be.

They’ve had chances

[94CougarGrad]

And Buck acting like Martinez is going to have a stroke in the clubhouse. Guess what? He shouldn't have sat there and acted like a prima donna between half innings.

He should have kept his ass in the dugout. We know you thought it was a bs call, man. You already said that. Was it worth saying it again and getting tossed out of the WS?

[NeilT]

He should have kept his ass in the dugout. We know you thought it was a bs call, man. You already said that. Was it worth saying it again and getting tossed out of the WS?

I kinda liked it.

[Limey]

Martinez is in good company:  Bobby Fucking Cox

[SoonerJim]

He should have kept his ass in the dugout. We know you thought it was a bs call, man. You already said that. Was it worth saying it again and getting tossed out of the WS?

Motivation tool for game seven?

[94CougarGrad]

I kinda liked it.

Oh I rolled my eyes and laughed. But still. So juvenile.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Motivation tool for game seven?

Game 7 of the WS requires no motivation.

[HudsonHawk]

Motivation tool for game seven?

If winning the World Series isn't motivation enough, you're in the wrong business. 

[NeilT]

C’mon Elvis

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Devo warming up.

Yes you read that correctly.

[austro]

Devo warming up.

Yes you read that correctly.

AJ keeping his powder dry for tomorrow.

[HudsonHawk]

Alright boys...this is your life here...

[MRaup]

AJ keeping his powder dry for tomorrow.

Whew, Rondon will be available!

[Nate in IA]

Top 8,  Ryan Pressley pitching to

Kendrick - ball high, ball high, low strike, ball low, grounded to 3rd..  5 -3  1 out
Cabrera -  Curve floats inside,  curve elicits a swing and a miss, ball outside, ball outside, changeup high strike,  got him swinging at a curve.. 2 outs.
Zimmerman - Swings through the curve, strike 1, strike on the outside edge, sit down meat!   3 outs!

Heading to the bottom of the 8th chasing 3 runs...

After 8.5 Astros 2,  Nats 5
 

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Pressly found the zone eventually and then threw some filth.

[Limey]

6 outs to score 3 runs. 

[NeilT]

K-K-K-K-K-K-K

[AtascAstro]

AJ keeping his powder dry for tomorrow.

Or extra innings

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[Waldo]

Or extra innings

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[Astros Fan in Big D]

2 years ago today the Astros made up deficits of 4 and 3 runs.

[MRaup]

Of course.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

So close but out.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Damn.

Rendon played that nicely.

Out by an eyelash.

[Limey]

Tie goes to the runner, right?

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Full cooperation mode from the offense after the 1st inning.

[Ty in Tampa]

This MFer is going to go 9.

[Tom Servo]

Holy shit, what a pathetic inning.

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[Limey]

This game is making me physically sick. 

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Strasburg really is pretty damn good. Fuck him.

[Nate in IA]

Bottom of the 8th, Strasburg still on the bump pitching to

Altuve - breaking ball for a strike, way inside, slow roller to third, Rendon charges it.. and Jose is called out by an eyelash.   1 out
Blue star by Rendon..
Brantley -   grounded into the shift, from short right field, 4 -3  2 out..
Bregman pops up the first pitch to third, 3 outs.

After 8, Astros 2 Nats 5

[chuck]

That was pretty terrible.

[Waldo]

Like 4-5 pitches that inning?

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Holy shit, what a pathetic inning.

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The patheticest.

[Limey]

This MFer is going to go 9.

Why not?

[MRaup]

Great effort there from the meat of the order there.

Dink.
Routine grounder.
Pop up.

Just what we needed.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

This MFer is going to go 9.

Why not?

[HudsonHawk]

Astros go down in the 8th on five pitches. 

[The Third Man]

The fifth inning is the season killer.

[HudsonHawk]

This is monumental dick stomping

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Why not?

He's only at 102 pitches.

And it ain't like they need him to make a start anytime soon.

[Limey]

Why doesn’t Altuve just let that 2nd, waay inside, pitch hit him?

Different inning. 

[Ty in Tampa]

Why not?

Not sure why you're asking me. A cool, dominant performance.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

The Astros need to channel Dolemite and fuck up some motherfuckers.

[NeilT]

The patheticest.

The most patheticest.

[cougar]

And I've got to work tomorrow night. I guess that is both good and bad. Don't know if I can handle watching Scherzer against this "offense".

Barring a miracle tonight, of course.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Why doesn’t Altuve just let that 2nd, waay inside, pitch hit him?

Different inning.

He didn't even take first on a pitch that did hit him earlier in the postseason.

[Limey]

Hey Smoltz!   Read the fucking rule.  It’s black and fucking white. 

[NeilT]

Just a little bit outside.

[MRaup]

Buck and Smoltz both still don't have a clue how that rule works.

Buck is just word salading his description.

[SoonerJim]

Greinke 3-6, 4.33 era in career postseason. Won’t matter without runs

[Limey]

Given the game situation and the pitcher on the mound, one in Turner’s ear would not upset me. 

[austro]

Given the game situation and the pitcher on the mound, one in Turner’s ear would not upset me. 

Nah, let them go to bed overconfident tonight.

[Waldo]

Greinke 3-6, 4.33 era in career postseason. Won’t matter without runs

Won’t matter if they win tonight

[Limey]

Appeal to first, for shits and giggles. 

[austro]

Won’t matter if they win tonight

I think we need to prepare ourselves for the possibility that won't happen.

[cougar]

Given the game situation and the pitcher on the mound, one in Turner’s ear would not upset me.

Batter too late and too low.

[Waldo]

I think we need to prepare ourselves for the possibility that won't happen.

I’m prepared. But fuck everyone who started saying the game or the series was over three innings ago.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Devo got 2, then gives up a double and puts a backfoot slider directly on Eaton's back foot.

[Tom Servo]

Welp, that sucks.

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[NeilT]

Well. There you are.

[Ty in Tampa]

What a shitshow. Way to show up, guys...

[Astros Fan in Big D]

And Rendon doubles off the wall in right.

7-2.

[austro]

This really is game 2 all over again.

[Limey]

Yep.  Game #2

[MRaup]

I’m prepared. But fuck everyone who started saying the game or the series was over three innings ago.

I'm glad someone has faith the offense will show up for at least one home game.

I certainly don't.

[Nate in IA]

Top of 9,  Devinski on the bump..

Robles  - CoD for a swinging strike, ball,  fly ball to left... 1 out
Gomes - high ball fouled away,  high strike on the changeup.  foul,  ball down,  ball outside,  ball down,  CoD gets him swinging.   2 out
Turner -  CoD for a called strike, ball way outside, ball outside, CoD fouled off,  fb at 96 fouled off..  slapped down the right field corner for a double..
Eaton - called strike, ball catches him on the top of the ankle..    men on 1st and 2nd...
Pitching coach visit to the mound
Rendon - ball high,  doubled off the wall in deep right..  two runs score...
Soto  - fly out to Brantley.    3outs.

Heading to the bottom of the 9th chasing 5 runs..

After 9.5  Astros 2,  Nats 7

[NeilT]

There’s plenty of baseball left to play.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I will fight anyone who tries to make me watch the Masked Singer.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

While I'm thinking about it:

Nate thanks for trying to rekindle your WS pbp mojo.

[Knoxbanedoodle]

Strasburg is their best guy. They got two wins out of him.

[Waldo]

I'm glad someone has faith the offense will show up for at least one home game.

I certainly don't.

If the pitching gives up 5, 12, or 7 runs then the offense probably won’t matter.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

They can't not make a play defensively tonight.

[Nate in IA]

Hey, Strasburg is out of the game..   

[doyce7]

When asdrubal Cabrera is making that play, you know you're gonna lose

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[Nate in IA]

While I'm thinking about it:

Nate thanks for trying to rekindle your WS pbp mojo.

I had high hopes..

[MusicMan]

I’m prepared. But fuck everyone who started saying the game or the series was over three innings ago.

Amen.


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[MusicMan]

I’m prepared. But fuck everyone who started saying the game or the series was over three innings ago.

Amen.


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[NeilT]

I think they’ve taken the crowd out of it.

[Ty in Tampa]

Now he hits...motherfucker.

[HudsonHawk]

Now Correa hits one.

[Tom Servo]

Carlos,why couldn't you have done that earlier?

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[Astros Fan in Big D]

Correa with a double off the top of the wall in left.

Down 5 with 2 outs so there's that.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Ballgame.

See y'all tmw night.

[Nate in IA]

and Strasburg goes for the complete game against..

Gurriel - changeup in there for a called strike,  hit off the glove of Strasburg..  to Cabrera.. who throws out yuli.  1 out.

That's it for Strasburg...
Doolittle on the bump pitching to
Alvarez - strike called, ball high,  can o' corn to left center.. Soto runs it down..  2 outs
Correa - ball outside,  doubled off the wall, just barely staying in the park..    Little late to the party aren't you Carlos?
Chirinos - ball high,  ball high called a strike, ball high and out, ball even higher and more out,  outside edge called a strike,  popped to Cabrerra.. 3 outs..

Astros lose 7 - 2 to force a game 7.

[NeilT]

Now we see what they’re made of.

[Waldo]

Oh well.

[Nate in IA]

Hey, we get one more game of baseball before the void...     Tip o' the cap to Stephen Strausburg...

See y'all tomorrow night...

[doyce7]

As much as tonight sucked, I remember another time that the Astros lost a game 6 with Verlander on the mound and that turned out ok. Hope the bats show up tomorrow against the best pitcher of this decade

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[Snuffy]

Hey, we get one more game of baseball before the void...     Tip o' the cap to Stephen Strausburg...

See y'all tomorrow night...

Yep!

[The Spleen]

As much as tonight sucked, I remember another time that the Astros lost a game 6 with Verlander on the mound and that turned out ok. Hope the bats show up tomorrow against the best pitcher of this decade

That Game 6 loss to the Dodgers wasn't remotely as ugly as this.

[HudsonHawk]

That Game 6 loss to the Dodgers wasn't remotely as ugly as this.

A loss is a loss. Losing any Game 6 is ugly, by definition. The Astros have one more game to play. Nothings up to this point matters. Only that game.

[doyce7]

That Game 6 loss to the Dodgers wasn't remotely as ugly as this.

Game 2 this year is one the ugliest losses you'll ever see, and they won 3 straight after that

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[Snuffy]

"Take it Back" now has two goals:
1. Take back home field advantage - make it count!
2. That will take back the WS

[Astros Fan in Big D]

I can't remember a worse night's sleep.

[MRaup]

I can't remember a worse night's sleep.

You should try it in a strange city in a hotel room.

[VirtualBob]

A loss is a loss. Losing any Game 6 is ugly, by definition. ...

Exactly!

... The Astros have one more game to play. Nothings up to this point matters. Only that game.

... which pretty much is the "definition".

[Limey]

I'm glad someone has faith the offense will show up for at least one home game.

I certainly don't.

The worked Scherzer pretty hard last time, but the lack of a timely hit at any point cost the game.  It only need 1...