Miami Fish 5|Houston Welcome Home Mats 4
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The visiting Houston Astros brought house warming gifts to the Miami Marlins tonight, giving them four runs in the first three innings. Playing the part of the good guest that Ms. Manners would be proud of was Lucas Harrel, who resembled anything but a starting pitcher on this night. He may as well serve tea and crumpets all night long the way he was making the Marlins feel so warm and fuzzy with all the nice-nice he was serving up. Oh, he had help from his mates out in the field, but all in all, Harrel was just what the Marlins needed to fluff the pillows and prop their feet up in their nice new home. Just a second…
GOOD LORD! WHAT A HIDEOUS MONSTROUSITY OUT IN LEFT FIELD!!! NOOOO, SERIOUSLY?!?! COME ON!!!
Okay, now back to your recap. The good guys spotted themselves a one run lead early in the first inning, looking for all the world like a team wanting to compete tonight. The Harrel took over and that was that. So it was up to the bullpen to play the role of rude guest tonight and shut down the Fish while the team tried to climb back into this game. It’s becoming a staple of this team to fight, fight, fight to get back into games that seem lost causes and that’s good to see. Perhaps too young to know better is at work here, but honestly, the best way to compete is to score enough runs and prevent the other team from scoring any (or at minimum fewer than you). That means good pitching and good defense… so the young Astros have to work on that part, mkay. Wait a moment….
I’M SERIOUS, WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?!?! ANYONE? THIS IS PURE INSANITY…
In the end, the Astros tied the game at four to reward the bullpen for doing good work on a seriously huge blast by Miami native J.D. Martinez. Way to go kid! Of course, it would be all for naught in the eleventh inning when Brandon Lyon came in and promptly brought out the nescafe and sweet bread to end the night for the local nine. He gave up the winning run on two straight hits and sent everyone home happy. Ah, what a beautiful scene of bliss for the home team and fans. Good night everyone, drive home safely!
LOOK, YOU’VE GONE AND BLINDED OZZIE WITH THIS.. THIS… WHAT THE HELL IS IT?!?! I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY MIAMI!!!