A’s 8, Astros 2
W:Samardzija (6-10)L:Feldman (7-10)
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Holy Moses this game wasn’t bad until the top of the ninth. Granted Samardzija had his way with most of the Astros hitters on the night but Feldman was able to keep them in it. Even Fields didn’t let things get out of hand. But, then came Sipp. Now, Sipp has pitched pretty well this season but he did not have anything good last night. NOTHING. I can’t stress that enough. And who doesn’t have a bad day every now and then? So, yeah, he was responsible for 4 of the runners getting on base that scored in the top of the 9th. My question is why didn’t Porter pull him. Why do you wait until the fourth straight walk to go get your pitcher? Why let things get out of hand on a night where your starter kept your team in the game barely? I’m not a big fan of Veras, I’m not even sure why, I just don’t get a good feeling when he comes out to pitch. Last night, Veras made me wish I had gone to bed early. Seriously, he couldn’t help Sipp out. He let all the runners on base score and added one of his own before getting three outs.
Now I realize that very few teams will win when they only score two runs, but I don’t know that this team has enough mental fortitude to come back from their pitchers giving up 5 runs in the 9th to pretty much put the game out of reach. The Astros had 7 hits on the night and 10 STRIKEOUTS. I would really prefer to see a game where the Astros hitters have more hits than strikeouts.
Bill Brown was feeling bad and wasn’t in the booth last night for the game (lucky him) and Dierker was there in his place. I really enjoyed Dierker. I don’t remember watching him from his previous gig but I did enjoy him there last night. Ashby is the weak link in the booth. I wish it could have been Dierker and Brown or Blum (I’d almost say Stanton but he doesn’t impress me much). Dierker shared some great stories and he even made Ashby sound not as bad as usual. Maybe it was the pitcher/catcher combo that worked.
On a personal note, I’m taking classes again this semester, I’ll finish one day in the far off future. I’m studying French and The Crusades. Surprisingly, the French class isn’t scaring me, but that history one is. 15 page paper that I’m going to have to present to my class. Woah!
Tuesday I’ll be at the ballpark and I’m hoping/praying/wishing the team does better because I deserve better after watching that whole game last night. Toodles.