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Title: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: austro on July 22, 2017, 06:27:34 pm
Any word on how long a delay we're looking at? The info at NOAA makes it look like there might be issues for a while.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: Nate Colbert on July 22, 2017, 06:30:45 pm
Any word on how long a delay we're looking at? The info at NOAA makes it look like there might be issues for a while.

7:00 start time supposedly.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 06:43:51 pm
MLB App sent me the "about to start" alert seconds ago, which is generally about 15 min before first pitch.


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 07:04:06 pm
Under way!
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 07:09:25 pm
T1:

Springer lines out to SS
Altuve singles to LF
Reddick flies out F7
Gurriel strikes out looking

No score
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: WVastro on July 22, 2017, 07:14:21 pm
Regardless of how tonight goes, I'm happy to see McHugh back on my TV.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 07:23:47 pm
B1:

Jones pops out F4
Machado...full count...walks
Schoop...0-2...1-2...strikes out swinging
Davis lines to CF...Marisnick sort of runs in a circle, moving back, then has to come in and it eats him up, bouncing off his glove.  Machado to 3B.  Scored a single, but it's catch he makes 99% of the time
Trumbo strikes out swinging

No score
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: Lefty on July 22, 2017, 07:27:04 pm
That ball was knuckling pretty good on Jake.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 07:34:24 pm
T2:

Gattis singles to CF on a broken bat looper
Beltran...full count...strikes out swinging, Gattis on the move, thrown out 2-6 jogging to 2B, sliding three feet short of the bag
Bregman hit by pitch
Moran singles to CF, Bregman to 3B
Marisnick flies out F8

Astros get two hits and a HBP, but with the double play can't punch a run across.  No score
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 07:35:01 pm
That ball was knuckling pretty good on Jake.

Yeah, big swing, off the end of the bat.  Still, it's a play Jake normally makes. 
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 07:41:14 pm
B2:

Mancini flies out F8
Smith...0-2...hit by pitch
Castillo...0-2...strikes out swinging
Tejada flies out F9

No score
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: BizidyDizidy on July 22, 2017, 07:43:19 pm
Sadly I'm watching this game from my hotel room in Baltimore
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 07:50:32 pm
T3:

Springer...0-2...1-2...2-2...lines to 3B...diving catch by Machado laying out horizontal...second ball blistered by Springer right at someone
Altuve grounds out 6-3
Reddick pops out F4

No score
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 07:51:45 pm
Sadly I'm watching this game from my hotel room in Baltimore

What happened?
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 07:57:00 pm
B3:

Jones flies out F7 at the track in LCF
Machado...3-0...pops out to SS
Schoop grounds back to the mound...1-3

Still no score after three
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 08:05:17 pm
T4:

Gurriel grounds out 6-3 on a well struck ball
Gattis...0-2...1-2...2-2...strikes out looking...has words with the HPU
Beltran grounds out 3U...another hard at'em

No score
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: BizidyDizidy on July 22, 2017, 08:05:46 pm
What happened?

Going tomorrow - too late for the kids, didnt have the guts to ditch my wife with the 4 boys tonight and go by myself.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: WVastro on July 22, 2017, 08:07:01 pm
Going tomorrow - too late for the kids, didnt have the guts to ditch my wife with the 4 boys tonight and go by myself.

There's still time...
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: chuck on July 22, 2017, 08:09:27 pm
Going tomorrow - too late for the kids, didnt have the guts to ditch my wife with the 4 boys tonight and go by myself.

I'm still trying to figure out how, after you had the first one, you decided it would be a great idea to have seven more. The only thing I thought might be a great idea after one was getting my nuts cut off.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: WVastro on July 22, 2017, 08:10:34 pm
I'm still trying to figure out how, after you had the first one, you decided it would be a great idea to have seven more. The only thing I thought might be a great idea after one was getting my nuts cut off.

8?!
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 08:11:13 pm
B4:

Davis flies out F9
Trumbo flies out F8
Mancini...0-2...1-2...grounds out 6-3

Still 0-0
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 08:13:53 pm
Bregman!!!

1-0 Astros
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 08:13:59 pm
Bregman crushed that mistake


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 08:15:56 pm
Going tomorrow - too late for the kids, didnt have the guts to ditch my wife with the 4 boys tonight and go by myself.

If they all fall asleep, you should make your move and buy a cheap ticket.


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: Lefty on July 22, 2017, 08:18:32 pm
If they all fall asleep, you should make your move and buy a cheap ticket.

...and get there just in time for the next rain delay!
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 08:19:08 pm
Damn, Tillman is a human rain delay on the mound.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: austro on July 22, 2017, 08:21:46 pm
Tillman has put a lot of pitches in the happy zone tonight and Bregman is the only one who's really done anything with one (Springer gets a pass on those liners, I guess).
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: WVastro on July 22, 2017, 08:24:09 pm
Tillman has put a lot of pitches in the happy zone tonight and Bregman is the only one who's really done anything with one (Springer gets a pass on those liners, I guess).

I've seen quite a few hard hit balls tonight. Almost all of them right at someone.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 08:24:37 pm
T5:

Bregman homers to LCF on the first pitch
Moran...3-0...3-1...full count...grounds out 4-3
Marisnick...full count...strikes out swinging
Springer...full count...strikes out swinging at a pitch three feet outside

1-0 Astros
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: BizidyDizidy on July 22, 2017, 08:25:43 pm
8?!

Plus or minus.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 08:34:31 pm
2-out home run makes it 2-1 Orioles as the rain starts to fall.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 08:37:24 pm
Single and another lazer home run, and McHugh has given up four runs on the last three pitches...4-1 O's...and that's all for McHugh
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: doyce7 on July 22, 2017, 08:37:26 pm
Well that escalated quickly

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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 08:38:01 pm
Well that escalated quickly.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: MusicMan on July 22, 2017, 08:38:51 pm
Did things escalate?


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 08:39:35 pm
Did things escalate?


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They jumped up a notch.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 22, 2017, 08:41:15 pm
Other than the last 4 or 5 pitches, I thought McHugh did pretty well.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 08:41:37 pm
B5:

B5:

Smith walks
Castillo strikes out swinging
Tejada flies out F8
Jones homers to LF...Smith score
Machado flair single to RF on the first pitch
Schoop homers to LF on the first pitch...Machado scores

That's all for McHugh...Martes in

Davis...full count...strikes out looking

But the wheels fall off for McHugh...4-1 O's


Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: WVastro on July 22, 2017, 08:42:15 pm
Did things escalate?


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Cabrera escalated.


McHugh did well tonight regardless if the offense shows up or not. 
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 08:42:30 pm
Other than the last 4 or 5 pitched, I thought McHugh did pretty well.

He made two bad pitches all night, and they cost him four runs.  The leadoff walk to the 7 hitter which turned the lineup over didn't help though.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: astrojo on July 22, 2017, 08:42:34 pm
Did things escalate?


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Quickly, I'm afraid.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 08:43:25 pm
The offense is lollygagging


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: Lefty on July 22, 2017, 08:43:32 pm
Other than the last 4 or 5 pitches, I thought McHugh did pretty well.

Pretty much right when the rain started, though I imagine he was tiring too.  I think 76 pitches was the most he threw in rehab.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 08:49:18 pm
Back to back doubles...Gurriel with an RBI...4-2
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 08:50:20 pm
That looked like a home run, but I'm not familiar with the ground rules


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: Lefty on July 22, 2017, 08:50:42 pm
Back to back doubles...Gurriel with an RBI...4-2

When Gurriel's ball came off the bat I had no idea he hit it that hard.  Kept looking down the line in the corner then looked at the fielder then looked up.  He smoked that.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 08:51:18 pm
Double overturned for a home run...La Pina!!!...4-3
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 08:51:23 pm
When Gurriel's ball came off the bat I had no idea he hit it that hard.  Kept looking down the line in the corner then looked at the fielder then looked up.  He smoked that.

He basically just threw his hands at it. Great swing.


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: Lefty on July 22, 2017, 08:51:29 pm
That looked like a home run, but I'm not familiar with the ground rules

But the umps are...HR Yuli.  Hell yes.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: chuck on July 22, 2017, 08:55:02 pm
Yuli needs to speed his home run trot up. I mean, I don't know how they do it in Cuba...
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 08:55:16 pm
Back to back singles...Astros with two on, one out...
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: MusicMan on July 22, 2017, 09:00:43 pm
This really sucks for Moran.


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 09:00:45 pm
Moran fouls a pitch off his eye socket...blood everywhere...still down...
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 09:01:36 pm
Fuck, This is bad news for Moran.


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 09:01:45 pm
Moran will have to be taken off on a cart
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: juliogotay on July 22, 2017, 09:04:16 pm
I've never seen that before.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: Lefty on July 22, 2017, 09:04:17 pm
That's scary stuff.  Here's hoping x-rays are negative and vision is unaffected.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 09:04:49 pm
Moran's in bad shape...he can't even stand up...hopefully he's ok, but definitely to the DL
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 09:05:47 pm
Let's hope it's "bell rung" and swelling.


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: MusicMan on July 22, 2017, 09:06:41 pm
But for practical effects... shit, who comes up? White?


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: Texifornia on July 22, 2017, 09:07:19 pm
It appeared to hit the cheekbone below the eye. It seems to have missed the eye itself; I certainly hope so.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 09:08:11 pm
But for practical effects... shit, who comes up? White?


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Kemp? He's more versatile.


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 09:08:49 pm
Let's hope it's "bell rung" and swelling.


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Well definitely stiches.  The concussion DL at a minimum.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: MusicMan on July 22, 2017, 09:09:01 pm
Kemp? He's more versatile.


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He can't play left side of infield.


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 09:09:57 pm
Bees buzzing in Marwin's hand on a foul ball...
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 09:12:11 pm
Marwin!!!!

6-4 Astros
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: homer on July 22, 2017, 09:12:17 pm
marwin is a fucking bad ass
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 09:12:19 pm
MARWINNNNNNNNNN


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 09:12:36 pm
Fucking stud


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 22, 2017, 09:13:26 pm
All hail the King!!!
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: WVastro on July 22, 2017, 09:14:30 pm
Late to the party... I did a rewind to see what happened to Moran (it's very not good).

Way to pick up the team Marwin.

My toughts are for Moran right now.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 09:14:47 pm
T6:

Altuve grounds out 5-3
Reddick...3-0...3-1...rulebook double to LCF
Gurriel...0-2...1-2...doubles off the top of the RF wall, Reddick scores...home run review...hard to tell...overturned!...Home Run!

That chases Tillman, O'Day in

Gattis singles to LF on the first pitch
Beltran singles to LF on the first pitch, Gattis to 2B
Bregman...quickly 0-2...1-2...2-2...full count...strikes out looking
Moran...fouls the first pitch off his face...bleeding profusely...gonna have to come out...Marwin will come in as a pinch hitter...battling...homers to RF!  Gattis scores, Beltran scores
Marisnick...0-2...1-2...2-2...strikes out swinging

But the Astros vaunt a little...lead 6-4



Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: chuck on July 22, 2017, 09:14:57 pm
Called it. My mother can verify.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: Lefty on July 22, 2017, 09:14:57 pm
That was a ridiculously great AB by Marwin.  Wow.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 09:15:10 pm
I remember the first HR derby held at Camden. Berman mumbled, bumbled, and stumbled some shit about Griffey  going "off the warehouse."


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: homer on July 22, 2017, 09:16:34 pm
Called it. My mother can verify.

after about the 4th or 5th pitch I called it too. no one to verify.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: Texifornia on July 22, 2017, 09:18:35 pm
What a weapon Marwin is. Like the Great Bill Spiers with a good back.

What position does he play? Baseball, that's what position.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 09:18:46 pm
I felt it in my loins. No one to verify.


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 09:24:42 pm
B6:

Trumbo strikes out swinging
Mancini grounds out 4-3
Smith...3-1...full count...walks
Castillo...quickly 0-2...1-2 on a pitch that's been called a strike more than once this game...grounds out 4-3 into the shift

6-4 Astros
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 09:24:57 pm
Martes is throwing some salty cheese out of the pen.


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 09:25:31 pm
Pulenta Malbec...quickly becoming a favorite sittin' around the back patio drinking wine.  I think I have an Opus X in the humidor as well. 
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 09:31:14 pm
Pulenta Malbec...quickly becoming a favorite sittin' around the back patio drinking wine.  I think I have an Opus X in the humidor as well.

I drank some Opus One last night, and I'm sipping on some Alexander Valley Vineyards Cab tonight. The price point is much further apart than the enjoyment.


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 09:38:20 pm
T7:

Givens in for the O's

Springer bloops a singles to LF off the fists as he falls to his knees
Altuve...down 0-2...1-2...2-2...strikes out swinging through a meatball right down the middle
Reddick...0-2...1-2...singles to RF, Springer to 2B
Gurriel...quickly 0-2...strikes out swinging
Gattis pops out F5 in foul territory

Astros leave pair, but lead 6-4 at the stretch
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: WVastro on July 22, 2017, 09:38:32 pm
As good as Yuli has been recently and including tonight... he looked like a pitcher in that AB.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: Lefty on July 22, 2017, 09:39:32 pm
Pulenta Malbec...quickly becoming a favorite sittin' around the back patio drinking wine.  I think I have an Opus X in the humidor as well. 

I love a good Mendoza Malbec, but they can be really hit-and-miss.  Hopefully Specs carries that around here.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 09:40:38 pm
As good as Yuli has been recently and including tonight... he looked like a pitcher in that AB.

Givens gave him some sharp cheddar.  But Yuli don't give a damn. 
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 09:41:24 pm
I love a good Mendoza Malbec, but they can be really hit-and-miss.  Hopefully Specs carries that around here.

They carry the Pulenta.  It's always been good.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 09:46:12 pm
B7:

Tejada flies out F8
Jones flies out F9
Machado...full count...pops out F4

6-4 Astros
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: WVastro on July 22, 2017, 09:47:15 pm
"Oh, by the way, I have a heater" Blum after a 99mph fb by Martes. Made me chuckle.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 09:48:51 pm
"Oh, by the way, I have a heater" Blum after a 99mph fb by Martes. Made me chuckle.

A yakker at the knees to even the count, then a 99-mph cap spinner, and Machado stood no chance after that. 
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 09:49:40 pm
"Oh, by the way, I have a heater" Blum after a 99mph fb by Martes. Made me chuckle.

The 90 mph change up on 2-0 to Machado set that up nicely.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 09:53:52 pm
home plate ump has completely lost his marbles
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 09:57:56 pm
T8:

Hart takes the pearl for the Orioles

Beltran, batting from the Port Arthur side...grounds in the hole at SS...Tejada fields it in shallow LF...takes his time, counts the laces, smokes a cigarette, then easily throws out Beltran
Bregman...3-0...3-1 on a fastball at the ankles...3-2 on a fastball that nearly hits him in the shin...grounds out 5-3...ump took the bat right out of his hands
Marwin...0-2...1-2...2-2...full up...doubles to RCF
Marisnick...2-0...grounds out 6-3

6-4 Astros
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: hostros7 on July 22, 2017, 10:00:16 pm
I wasn't expecting gregerson.


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Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 10:01:26 pm
I wasn't expecting gregerson.


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Nobody was.  He did not warm up in the pen, only his tosses off the mound.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: austro on July 22, 2017, 10:04:50 pm
Martes appears to be saying "hey, I'm that impact reliever you're looking for".
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 10:06:18 pm
B8:

Gregerson...who did not warm up in the pen...on to pitch

Schoop pops out F5
Davis...0-2...strikes out swinging on a bouncing slider
Trumbo strikes out looking...carved up

Great job by LG...Astros lead 6-4 headed to the 9th
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 10:11:16 pm
I'd like to see Springer take a bag here
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 10:12:03 pm
Altuve has missed some serious meatballs tonight
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 10:13:22 pm
Astros with two on, nobody out...
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 10:17:04 pm
Bases juiced...one out for Gattis...
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 10:20:26 pm
Gattis with an RBI single...7-4...bases still juiced
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: WVastro on July 22, 2017, 10:20:32 pm
Musgrove warming up in the case of a big inning.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 10:22:07 pm
Beltran with a sac fly...8-4
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 10:23:32 pm
T9:

Brach in

Springer singles to CF
Altuve...0-2...singles to CF, Springer to 2B
Reddick lines out to deep LCF on the first pitch
Gurriel grounds to 3B, Machado drops it on the transfer...E5, Springer to 3B, Reddick to 2B
Gattis singles to LF, Springer scores, Altuve to 3B, Gurriel to 2B
Beltran sac fly to CF, Altuve scores
Bregman flies out F9

Astros with a couple more to make it 8-4, headed to the bottom of 9
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: WVastro on July 22, 2017, 10:27:18 pm
I'd love to see Musgrove do well here. Who knows what his role could be this season...
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 10:30:32 pm
B9:

Musgrove in to try to nail it down...

Mancini grounds out 6-3
Smith grounds out 3-1
Castillo...0-2...strikes out looking

Astros win!!!
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: austro on July 22, 2017, 10:31:13 pm
This is where Musgrove needs to be: one or two innings at a time in relief.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 10:31:53 pm
Now THAT was good win...after being down, immediately with a big inning to retake the lead...tack on a few runs late, and OUTSTANDING work by the pen.

Pound the ol' Budweiser!
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 22, 2017, 10:34:28 pm
After last night's clusterfuck, the pen went 4.1 innings, 0 runs on 0 hits and only one BB 
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: The Spleen on July 22, 2017, 10:34:38 pm
Any news on Moran?
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: BudGirl on July 22, 2017, 10:54:16 pm
Any news on Moran?

Julia tweeted he was still being evaluated.  Will probably know tomorrow.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: JimR on July 22, 2017, 11:25:48 pm
After last night's clusterfuck, the pen went 4.1 innings, 0 runs on 0 hits and only one BB

Martes!
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: chuck on July 23, 2017, 03:39:33 am
I drank some Opus One last night, and I'm sipping on some Alexander Valley Vineyards Cab tonight. The price point is much further apart than the enjoyment.

I am a big fan of most any Alexander Valley wine. Now that I think about it I have a story that involves an Alexander Valley red, a lunatic and a white dress shirt that I'll perhaps relate at some point in the future. Anyway, yeah, big fan.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: juliogotay on July 23, 2017, 07:29:46 am
Martes appears to be saying "hey, I'm that impact reliever you're looking for".

Luhnow hinted at this on a Sunday pre-game interview a week or two ago. They kinda expected him to provide something different from the pen with his electric stuff down the stretch. I don't know that means they aren't still looking though.
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2017, 07:32:04 am
Luhnow hinted at this on a Sunday pre-game interview a week or two ago. They kinda expected him to provide something different from the pen with his electric stuff down the stretch. I don't know that means they aren't still looking though.

If Martes and Musgrove can become reliable relief men, then the future looks a little brighter.  They certainly looked the part last night, especially Martes.  He saved the day. 
Title: Re: Houston @ Baltimore 7/22 ???
Post by: MusicMan on July 23, 2017, 10:22:52 am
If Martes and Musgrove can become reliable relief men, then the future looks a little brighter.  They certainly looked the part last night, especially Martes.  He saved the day.

I have trouble picturing Musgrove as an effective bullpen arm.


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