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Title: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: Mr. Happy on May 20, 2017, 01:12:26 pm
Your lineups for today's matinee:

Tribe

2BJason Kipnis (L)
SSF. Lindor (S)
LFM. Brantley (L)
DHCarlos Santana (S)
1BE. Encarnacion (R)
3BJose Ramirez (S)
RFL. Chisenhall (L)
CYan Gomes (R)
CFBradley Zimmer (L)

CLE: Mike Clevinger (R)  (1-1, 2.61)

Astros

CF George Springer (R)
RF Josh Reddick (L)
2B Jose Altuve (R)
SS Carlos Correa (R)
DH Carlos Beltran (S)
C Evan Gattis (R)
1B Y. Gurriel (R)
3B Alex Bregman (R)
LF Norichika Aoki (L)

HOU: Mike Fiers (R)  (1-1, 5.75)
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on May 20, 2017, 03:29:59 pm
Fiers worked a homeless first inning.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: Nate Colbert on May 20, 2017, 03:33:30 pm
Fiers worked a homeless first inning.

He will be homeless if he doesn't improve soon.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on May 20, 2017, 03:33:57 pm
Lousy luck.... pop fly tracking foul hits the roof and falls fair.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on May 20, 2017, 03:39:51 pm
PB by Gattis costs a run. Can't blame Fiers for that inning.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: MRaup on May 20, 2017, 03:50:22 pm
PB by Gattis costs a run. Can't blame Fiers for that inning.

Strike zone is all over the place so far today.

Aoki was just about to the fence tracking the ball that hit the roof. I wonder if it had enough to get in to the Crawford Boxes had the roof not gotten in the way.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: MRaup on May 20, 2017, 03:59:24 pm
Through three innings, the Astros look 100 percent uninterested in hitting today. Taking hittable pitches and flailing at garbage.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: MRaup on May 20, 2017, 04:05:34 pm
Hey, shocker here: Fiers gives up a home run.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: David in Jackson on May 20, 2017, 04:06:33 pm
Hey, shocker here: Fiers gives up a home run.

Well, you knew that was coming.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: MRaup on May 20, 2017, 04:07:21 pm
Well, you knew that was coming.

Now just waiting for the next one...

TV guys just said that in all of his starts so far (this is number 8), Fiers has given up at least 2 homers in each one.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 04:10:07 pm
Now just waiting for the next one...

TV guys just said that in all of his starts so far (this is number 8), Fiers has given up at least 2 homers in each one.

He's averaging one every other inning.  He's actually ahead of his pace for this game.  But you know more are coming.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: MRaup on May 20, 2017, 04:14:32 pm
Someone let Altuve know that pitches over his head aren't strikes.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: juliogotay on May 20, 2017, 04:24:58 pm
Our guys don't match up well against this team for some reason.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: austro on May 20, 2017, 04:28:15 pm
Our guys don't match up well against this team for some reason.

It doesn't help that they all seem to be left-handed.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 04:31:13 pm
It doesn't help that they all seem to be left-handed.

But that's not the reason they swing at pitches over their heads.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on May 20, 2017, 04:33:37 pm
So I just tuned in and saw the that the Astros are already down 2-0 and haven't got a hit yet.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: austro on May 20, 2017, 04:34:58 pm
So I just tuned in and saw the that the Astros are already down 2-0 and haven't got a hit yet.

Right-hander we've never seen before. It was to be expected.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: MRaup on May 20, 2017, 04:35:27 pm
This shit is fucking putrid.

The scrub just surpassed his career strikeout high in the fifth inning.

Taking strikes and swinging at slop.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: juliogotay on May 20, 2017, 04:36:21 pm
It doesn't help that they all seem to be left-handed.

I was really thinking about their pitching primarily in which they are mostly right-handed.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: juliogotay on May 20, 2017, 04:38:08 pm
Right-hander we've never seen before. It was to be expected.

We've seen Baur before. His ERA would be like 9 w/o facing Houston this season.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 04:41:25 pm
This shit is fucking putrid.

The scrub just surpassed his career strikeout high in the fifth inning.

Taking strikes and swinging at slop.

He's never gotten through the 6th inning in his career before either.  Unless the Astros unleash on him, he's making all sorts of career history today.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: juliogotay on May 20, 2017, 04:42:43 pm
This shit is fucking putrid.

The scrub just surpassed his career strikeout high in the fifth inning.

Taking strikes and swinging at slop.

And he looks like a cocker spaniel.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 04:44:18 pm
And he looks like a cocker spaniel.

Hey...I have two cocker spaniels...both are better looking than this oaf. 
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: austro on May 20, 2017, 04:44:41 pm
We've seen Baur before. His ERA would be like 9 w/o facing Houston this season.

Are you talking about Bauer last night? Clevinger is pitching today. I'm confused.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: juliogotay on May 20, 2017, 04:45:39 pm
Are you talking about Bauer last night? Clevinger is pitching today. I'm confused.

yes, Bauer.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: juliogotay on May 20, 2017, 04:47:49 pm
Hey...I have two cocker spaniels...both are better looking than this oaf.

I'm sure they are.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 04:49:26 pm
Having pitches in his eyes called strikes isn't going to help Altuve not swinging at pitches there.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 04:50:05 pm
That call should be overturned.  Longest outing of Clevinger's career...a no-hitter in progress.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: MRaup on May 20, 2017, 04:50:29 pm
Joe West was in absolutely no position to make a call on that steal.

He is a fucking joke of an umpire.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: MRaup on May 20, 2017, 04:51:25 pm
I can't take any more of this. Time to take Buster for a walk and listen on the radio for a while.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: chuck on May 20, 2017, 04:51:58 pm
It makes me giddy when West's calls get overturned.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: Waldo on May 20, 2017, 04:52:42 pm
Just now tuning in.  Has this Carrot Top fucker's stuff been that good or are the Astros just dickstepping at the plate?
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: Waldo on May 20, 2017, 05:00:17 pm
Fucking finally.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 05:00:47 pm
Just now tuning in.  Has this Carrot Top fucker's stuff been that good or are the Astros just dickstepping at the plate?

A little of both.  As Altuve just legs a double into a single.  The Astros' first hit. 
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 05:02:03 pm
And Correa promptly rolls into a perfect 6-4-3 double play. 
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: hostros7 on May 20, 2017, 05:02:43 pm
Clevinger's finish on his delivery is terribly annoying. It wouldn't surprise me if it was accompanied by a Monica Seles-esque grunt.


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Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 05:04:50 pm
Didn't think I'd be saying this...but hopefully Clevinger's done and the Astros will get a shot at the Indians' bullpen.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: austro on May 20, 2017, 05:07:27 pm
I hope this performance is pissing the Astros off as much as it's pissing me off.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 05:08:40 pm
I hope this performance is pissing the Astros off as much as it's pissing me off.

They read the GZ so they know the sky is not falling.  It's all good.  Sunshine and unicorn shit.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: austro on May 20, 2017, 05:14:37 pm
Fucking umpire! How was that not a strike? And now it leads directly to another run.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 05:17:44 pm
Fucking umpire! How was that not a strike? And now it leads directly to another run.

Do you really think it matters?  The Astros have one hit and no runs in the last 10 innings. 
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: austro on May 20, 2017, 05:24:25 pm
Miller's numbers are ridiculous: 0.45 ERA, 0.75 WHIP.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 05:26:23 pm
Miller's numbers are ridiculous: 0.45 ERA, 0.75 WHIP.

It helps when hitters ignore the cookies right down the middle.  And he gets 47 inches off the plate. 
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 05:29:53 pm
You know,  swinging the fucking bats would help score some runs.  Or is that too much to ask?
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: austro on May 20, 2017, 05:34:08 pm
It would suck if Marwin just banged himself up.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 05:39:57 pm
SWING THE FUCKING BAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: austro on May 20, 2017, 05:45:06 pm
I don't think you can hit a ball harder than Reddick just did.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 05:45:07 pm
And more Springer dick stepping baserunning, down by three runs in the 9th.  Allsome. 
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 05:46:15 pm
1 run in the last 15 innings...but sunshine and unicorn shit.  Right where we want em.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: chuck on May 20, 2017, 05:50:23 pm
Of everyone in the stadium Springer should have had the best read on that liner. Instead he's out there jerking back and forth like Hunter Pence having a palsied fit.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on May 20, 2017, 06:10:38 pm
This team can't hit. I guess Fiers is gonna have to pitch a shut-out to get a win.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: austro on May 20, 2017, 06:22:35 pm
Maybe we should trade for Clevinger.
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 20, 2017, 06:24:10 pm
This team can't hit. I guess Fiers is gonna have to pitch a shut-out to get a win.

A shutout would not have gotten him a win today either. 
Title: Re: Tribe @ Astros May 20, 2017
Post by: austro on May 20, 2017, 06:35:31 pm
Good news: Cabrera and Martinez are back for Detroit, and they're lighting up the Rangers. Bad news: they're coming to Houston next.