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Title: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 24, 2013, 03:36:14 pm
Your lineups for tonight's tilt:

Astros

SSJonathan Villar
2BJose Altuve
LFMarc Krauss
3BMatt Dominguez
DHChris Carter
RFTrevor Crowe
1BBrett Wallace
CCarlos Corporan
CFBrandon Barnes
HOU: Brad Peacock (5-5, 5.24)

2B Ian Kinsler
SS Elvis Andrus
RF Alex Rios
3B Adrian Beltre
DH A.J. Pierzynski
C Geovany Soto
1B Mitch Moreland
LF Craig Gentry
CF Leonys Martin
TEX: Yu Darvish (13-9, 2.81)
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on September 24, 2013, 03:39:22 pm
They're toast.  Just toast.  Somebody's toast.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 24, 2013, 07:13:38 pm
Altuve singles (and then jokingly motions for the ball to be thrown out - his first hit against Darvish).  Perfecto and no-no done.  Krauss walks, bringing Matty D. to the dish.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 24, 2013, 07:15:54 pm
Matty D. walks on a 3-2 count (like Krauss).  Chris Carter comes to the dish with 1 out and the bases juiced in T1.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 24, 2013, 07:17:27 pm
Carter gets under it a bit, but sends it to deep left to score Altuve on a sac fly. Crowe grounds out to 2B to end the inning.

Middle 1: HOU 1, DFW 0.

And that'll probably do it for me and PBP on the eve...
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 24, 2013, 07:33:04 pm
1-0 Good Guys Bottom 2. FYD with two K's thus far.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on September 24, 2013, 08:08:08 pm
Hey!  I'm watching baseball on TV!
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: austro on September 24, 2013, 08:11:52 pm
Hey!  I'm watching baseball on TV!

Anything for your (almost) birthday.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 24, 2013, 08:22:04 pm
stRangers tie it at 1 with a single by Soto against the shift.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on September 24, 2013, 08:22:54 pm
I'm not sure where this Texas team is from. Abilene maybe?  I have fond memories of Abilene. I don't really like them though. They're probably from Brownwood.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 24, 2013, 08:28:11 pm
Six K's for FYD through 5.1 frames.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: austro on September 24, 2013, 08:35:11 pm
Well, that was a crock of shit: the 3-1 pitch to Krauss was outside *and* high and still called a strike. Then he strikes out on an ankle-biting slider on the next pitch.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on September 24, 2013, 08:40:33 pm
Boy. I sure like these Rangers announcers.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: jbm on September 24, 2013, 08:42:53 pm
Sidenote: Wacha has a gem going for the Cards thru six.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on September 24, 2013, 08:44:51 pm
DOMINGUEZ!!!
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: jbm on September 24, 2013, 08:45:57 pm
That is sweet.  Fuck the Rangers.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 24, 2013, 08:47:31 pm
Man, when Matty D gets a hold of one, he gets a hold of one... 21st HR of the year (and 3rd HR off Darvish to boot!).

top 6 (1 out, none on): HOU 2, DFW 2
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: austro on September 24, 2013, 08:47:57 pm
Ha ha! Sit down, Darvish.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: chuck on September 24, 2013, 08:50:20 pm
I have lots of memories of Abilene, none of them particularly good. They mainly involve hospitals, raisins and square hamburger patties. I did fly there twice as a child. I guess those are good memories.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on September 24, 2013, 08:52:37 pm
I have lots of memories of Abilene, none of them particularly good. They mainly involve hospitals, raisins and square hamburger patties. I did fly there twice as a child. I guess those are good memories.

I had a friend who got kicked out of driver's ed because of the length of his hair. Those were the days.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Matt on September 24, 2013, 08:53:47 pm
I have lots of memories of Abilene, none of them particularly good. They mainly involve hospitals, raisins and square hamburger patties. I did fly there twice as a child. I guess those are good memories.

You can actually FLY into Abilene?
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on September 24, 2013, 08:56:48 pm
These Ranger broadcasters are maybe the best ever. They just told me somebody got fisted. That's reporting.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on September 24, 2013, 09:00:32 pm
These Ranger broadcasters are maybe the best ever. They just told me somebody got fisted. That's reporting.

Another Father Cox appearance?
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on September 24, 2013, 09:00:56 pm
What kind of mother names their child Adrian.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: austro on September 24, 2013, 09:05:29 pm
You can actually FLY into Abilene?

You can if you ride in a B-1.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: chuck on September 24, 2013, 09:13:28 pm
You can actually FLY into Abilene?

I flew to Abilene on two different airlines, unsurprisingly both now defunct.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: jbm on September 24, 2013, 09:14:42 pm
Giambi with a walk off for the Tribe!!
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: austro on September 24, 2013, 09:15:44 pm
Villar is very frustrating.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on September 24, 2013, 09:16:59 pm
Villar is very frustrating.

Altuve is very frustrating.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Jose Cruz III on September 24, 2013, 09:17:27 pm
Giambi with a walk off for the Tribe!!
And Washington with a little hissy fit about it, apparently.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Jose Cruz III on September 24, 2013, 09:20:15 pm
Villar Altuve Carter Dominguez JD Martinez Wallace Krauss The Astros is are very frustrating.
FIFY
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on September 24, 2013, 09:20:58 pm
I'm thinking this Texas team may be from Goldthwaite. I got a speeding ticket once in Goldthwaite.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: juliogotay on September 24, 2013, 09:21:57 pm
I'm thinking this Texas team may be from Goldthwaite. I got a speeding ticket once in Goldthwaite.

They may be from Quanah.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on September 24, 2013, 09:23:31 pm
No. I know Quanah. They're not from Quanah.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: jbm on September 24, 2013, 09:26:40 pm
The Cards' shortstop blows Wacha's nono with 2 outs in the ninth on a ball many shortstops turn into an out.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: BudGirl on September 24, 2013, 09:30:01 pm
I know the Rangers are playing the Astros but you'd think the fans would show up for the team.  I guess they only do that when they are leading the division.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on September 24, 2013, 09:31:36 pm
The Cards' shortstop blows Wacha's nono with 2 outs in the ninth on a ball many shortstops turn into an out.

I don't know about that.  Would have been an amazing play if he nailed the throw.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 24, 2013, 09:33:30 pm
I don't know about that.  Would have been an amazing play if he nailed the throw.

I think this is where I fall...

In any event... that makes 3 perfectos/no-nos (2/1) lost with 2 outs in the 9th this season.  Wow!
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Jose Cruz III on September 24, 2013, 09:49:33 pm
The Cards' shortstop blows Wacha's nono with 2 outs in the ninth on a ball many shortstops turn into an out.
FTCoards and their shortstop...and their pitcher.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: austro on September 24, 2013, 09:52:01 pm
When is the last time the Astros actually got a hit with a runner in scoring position? It certainly hasn't happened in the last two days.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on September 24, 2013, 09:54:41 pm
We're in the American League now Baybee. We only score on home runs.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: The Spleen on September 24, 2013, 09:57:39 pm
You can actually FLY into Abilene?

On a broom, yes...
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Jose Cruz III on September 24, 2013, 10:00:27 pm
Take that Beltre. FBeltre.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Jose Cruz III on September 24, 2013, 10:01:49 pm
Take that Beltre. FBeltre.
and the whole Dallas-Fort Worth team including the groundskeepers.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: austro on September 24, 2013, 10:02:36 pm
and the whole Dallas-Fort Worth team including the groundskeepers.

I don't have anything against the groundskeepers.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Jose Cruz III on September 24, 2013, 10:02:55 pm
AJ is up. Please 8 lb 4 oz Baby BBG let Zeid plunk him too.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Jose Cruz III on September 24, 2013, 10:03:34 pm
AJ is up. Please 8 lb 4 oz Baby BBG let Zeid plunk him too.
Even better. A 4-6-3 Dazzling DP. Take a seat, AJ.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: austro on September 24, 2013, 10:09:06 pm
Hey, look at that: 14 Ks. Not all for Darvish, obviously, but still...
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Jose Cruz III on September 24, 2013, 10:13:15 pm
The way Altuve is flailing I say it becomes 15
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: austro on September 24, 2013, 10:13:25 pm
I'm not really a sore loser, so I think I'll go ahead and invite all of the Rangers players over to my house next week to watch some playoff baseball.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on September 24, 2013, 10:13:37 pm
Rickety Fick dickey fickedy fickedy Fick.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 24, 2013, 10:18:01 pm
Take that Beltre. FBeltre.

You get an 'amen' on that one!
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Jose Cruz III on September 24, 2013, 10:20:10 pm
I was wrong. It was a popup to end it. FTR
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: juliogotay on September 25, 2013, 08:50:56 am
I enjoyed watching Peacock pitch last night. He looks like a guy that can be a mainstay in the rotation for awhile. Kept the ball down with a variety of pitches and good breaking pitches.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: austro on September 25, 2013, 09:01:01 am
I enjoyed watching Peacock pitch last night. He looks like a guy that can be a mainstay in the rotation for awhile. Kept the ball down with a variety of pitches and good breaking pitches.

Yes, he did a good job. All of the pitchers did, really.

Now, about those bats...
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 25, 2013, 10:08:01 am
I enjoyed watching Peacock pitch last night. He looks like a guy that can be a mainstay in the rotation for awhile. Kept the ball down with a variety of pitches and good breaking pitches.

 In particular, I liked how he attacked the hitters. He was pitching to miss bats, and he had a lot of swings and misses, which is a great sign.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Ron Brand on September 25, 2013, 10:58:00 am
Reuben has a motto for us all (http://www.spikesnstars.com/2013/09/25/c-u-next-tuesday-year/).
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 25, 2013, 11:52:51 am
Reuben has a motto for us all (http://www.spikesnstars.com/2013/09/25/c-u-next-tuesday-year/).

R: your work here again is stellar. I, for one, will miss reading your recaps of the tuesday tilts until next season, when I hope that you return to that slot. Your efforts are sincerely appreciated here by all. Thanks!
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: JimR on September 25, 2013, 12:04:01 pm
R: your work here again is stellar. I, for one, will miss reading your recaps of the tuesday tilts until next season, when I hope that you return to that slot. Your efforts are sincerely appreciated here by all. Thanks!

ditto!
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Jose Cruz III on September 25, 2013, 01:37:44 pm
I enjoyed watching Peacock pitch last night. He looks like a guy that can be a mainstay in the rotation for awhile. Kept the ball down with a variety of pitches and good breaking pitches.
He has pitched well along with Cosart and Oberholtzer. I read a few days ago that their collective ERA since the break is as good as anybody in the league. Throw in Appel and Rodan and this staff looks to be pretty good in a couple of years, barring injury. Watching this team grow this year has been brutal at times but the look of the future is spectacular, again barring injury.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on September 25, 2013, 01:56:17 pm
ditto!

Yep.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on September 25, 2013, 05:13:40 pm
He has pitched well along with Cosart and Oberholtzer. I read a few days ago that their collective ERA since the break is as good as anybody in the league. Throw in Appel and Rodan and this staff looks to be pretty good in a couple of years, barring injury. Watching this team grow this year has been brutal at times but the look of the future is spectacular, again barring injury.

There are some pretty good pitchers already in the minors between the Cosart, Oberholtzer et al group and Appel/Rodon.
Title: Re: Astros @ Rangers September 24, 2013
Post by: Reuben on September 25, 2013, 06:25:57 pm
Yep.
Thanks Happy, Jim, Neil, guys. I sincerely appreciate it. It seems like every week, I'm either writing those late at night after the game, while I'm practically nodding off, or the next morning before work, so they never feel very satisfactory. But I guess we all have to deal with the same shit, more or less.