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Title: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: MusicMan on August 31, 2019, 02:28:11 pm
Springer walks, Altuve singles, and Bregman delivers the SF.

Alvarez then drives one to the LCF wall, caught against the scoreboard, but for reasons I’m not even sure he can explain, Altuve is already halfway to third and is doubled off first easily.


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Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Lefty on August 31, 2019, 02:34:31 pm
Springer walks, Altuve singles, and Bregman delivers the SF.

Alvarez then drives one to the LCF wall, caught against the scoreboard, but for reasons I’m not even sure he can explain, Altuve is already halfway to third and is doubled off first easily.


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Tuves ran past the bag at 2nd on his way back to 1B and had to go back and touch it
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 02:35:29 pm
Radio said Altuve missed second on his way back,  had to backtrack.


Who wants innings to drag on anyways?
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Lefty on August 31, 2019, 02:36:57 pm
Bregman and Yordan both missed HRs by a couple of feet.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 02:44:46 pm
Drury tagged out on the shortest batted ball ever.

(May have hit him in the box but HPU didn't call it that way)
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 02:47:44 pm
2 out walk followed by an IF hit (could have been E6).

Fisher up.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 03:03:25 pm
Framber has lost the zone completely. He finally has bring a get-me-over ball into the middle of the zone and Grichuk hammers it for an RBI single. Fortunately, Vladdy Jr. tries to go 1st-to-3rd in front of Reddick and gets thrown at at 3rd.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: JimR on August 31, 2019, 03:03:37 pm
Two walk, single ties the game.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 03:05:24 pm
Valadez issued 1 out walks to Biggio and Guerrero.

Biggio took strike 3 for ball 3.

Single to left plated Biggio,  Jr thrown out at 3rd.

2 out runner on 2nd.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 03:06:01 pm
Dammit.

Hernandez unties it.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: HudsonHawk on August 31, 2019, 03:06:34 pm
Walks will get you in trouble faster than anything.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 03:06:40 pm
What an awful curveball. "Hit me!" And Teoscar did.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 03:06:44 pm
Freaking walks.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: JimR on August 31, 2019, 03:08:50 pm
What an awful curveball. "Hit me!" And Teoscar did.

Same curve he has thrown all day. Big curve, bad location.

Walks.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 03:10:32 pm
Inning mercifully over. Could have been worse without Jr's poor baserunning decision.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 03:15:23 pm
Bregman walks.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: JimR on August 31, 2019, 03:18:12 pm
Come on, Yordan.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 03:19:26 pm
Come on, Yordan.

He seems to be getting into pitchers' counts a lot these days.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 03:19:49 pm
Another 1st pitch inning ending 1-6-3 dp.

Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: JimR on August 31, 2019, 03:21:30 pm
He seems to be getting into pitchers' counts a lot these days.

Yep
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: JimR on August 31, 2019, 03:22:29 pm
Another 1st pitch inning ending 1-6-3 dp.

Toro is too anxious. He is not waiting for something he can drive.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 03:27:23 pm
Well shit.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 03:28:00 pm
Ugh.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 03:28:15 pm
FB right down the fucking middle of the plate.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: JimR on August 31, 2019, 03:28:49 pm
Framber seems much more under control today. So he gives up homers.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 03:30:52 pm
Correction: apparently that was an 89 mph, straight as an arrow changeup that Biggio demolished.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Lefty on August 31, 2019, 03:31:05 pm
FB right down the fucking middle of the plate.

Quite literally.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 03:31:41 pm
Time for the offense to amp it up.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 03:31:54 pm
Somebody sit on the offspeed stuff Bucholz has been throwing.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: JimR on August 31, 2019, 03:33:19 pm
Correction: apparently that was an 89 mph, straight as an arrow changeup that Biggio demolished.

Up
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 03:34:02 pm
Buchholz is trying to help us out, it would be gracious to accept his gifts.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: JimR on August 31, 2019, 03:35:26 pm
Got Machete twice on changeups.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 03:37:18 pm
Love those double plays.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Lefty on August 31, 2019, 03:37:31 pm
4 leadoff walks = 4 DPs is hard to do
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 31, 2019, 03:37:47 pm
Holy crap.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 03:38:27 pm
Up

On a freaking tee.

Good to see Jake getting into the theme of the game.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: HudsonHawk on August 31, 2019, 03:38:53 pm
Four inning ending double plays in five innings. Historic.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 03:49:15 pm
Haha, joke's on them: now they can't get a double play.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 03:53:45 pm
Haha, joke's on them: now they can't get a double play.

Idiots.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 03:56:13 pm
2 on 2 out for Yuli.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 03:59:12 pm
2 rbi double for La Piña!
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 03:59:17 pm
Yuli doing Yuli things! Helped out by Fisher playing the ball kind of questionably.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:02:30 pm
Toro needs to take a deep breath at the plate.

Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:04:19 pm
Yeah, a single there would have been very big.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Lefty on August 31, 2019, 04:10:26 pm
Toro needs to take a deep breath at the plate.

Tell him if he doesn't calm the hell down he doesn't get to go to Tim Horton's after the game.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:16:44 pm
Gotta love those 2-out RBIs.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:19:46 pm
Reddick with a lead-off single in the top of the 7th. Nice to see him starting to hit again.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:20:37 pm
Ok, Jake, time to do something useful. And for God's sake, don't hit into a double play.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:21:12 pm
Reddick with a lead-off single in the top of the 7th. Nice to see him starting to hit again.

Good to see more hits for Josh.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:26:16 pm
Bases loaded for Altuve. Let's hope it's patient/selective Altuve.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:26:30 pm
Bases loaded for Altuve.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:27:33 pm
Bases loaded for Altuve. Let's hope it's patient/selective Altuve.

Negative.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:28:06 pm
Negative.

So frustrating.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:30:55 pm
Bases-loaded walk for Bregman cuts the lead  to 6-4. Jays bringing in a lefty to face Yordan.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:30:58 pm
Walk makes it 6-4.

Still loaded for Alvarez.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:34:58 pm
Oh, shit, Yordan had a curve to destroy there and fouled it off.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:36:00 pm
Swing the bat!!!!
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:36:01 pm
Yordan Ensbergs another strike three.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: JimR on August 31, 2019, 04:36:23 pm
Good grief, Yordan.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: JimR on August 31, 2019, 04:37:19 pm
Oh, shit, Yordan had a curve to destroy there and fouled it off.

Sort of his life. Fouls
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:37:34 pm
He has gone from chasing down to not looking down.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:38:04 pm
Good grief, Yordan.

It's not like that was out on the edge or something. That's a strike, and he needs to defend against it.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:38:35 pm
It's not like that was out on the edge or something. That's a strike, and he needs to defend against it.

He needs to drive that shit.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:39:15 pm
One of our tasks is to get Smith back into form.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: JimR on August 31, 2019, 04:40:12 pm
He has gone from chasing down to not looking down.

His ABs lately suck. That one was horrible.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:49:40 pm
That HBP looked intentional, but I can't think of why they'd do that.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:50:13 pm
Toro completes his awful day at the plate appropriately.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:52:10 pm
How can a team of hitters like the Astros have 9 walks and only 4 runs?
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:52:56 pm
How can a team of hitters like the Astros have 9 walks and only 4 runs?

Really wish you hadn't asked that.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:54:02 pm
2 on,  Brantley hits for Machete.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:55:43 pm
Aaaaaaarrrrrggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:56:21 pm
3-1 FB popped up on the infield.  Crap on a stick.

Now it's up to Diaz (hitting for Jake).
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: The Spleen on August 31, 2019, 04:57:17 pm
If Michael Fucking Brantley has the yips now, this is going to be a long week.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:57:35 pm
Jeez, I forgot about the HBP. So they have flat-out *given* us 10 baserunners.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:58:42 pm
FUCKBALLS!!
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:58:45 pm
Leave the high FB alone. Hit the low FB.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: The Spleen on August 31, 2019, 04:59:14 pm
Jeez, I forgot about the HBP. So they have flat-out *given* us 10 baserunners.

Just like that they've flipped back into a raging team slump like during the White Sox and A's series.
Their entire offense at the moment is the other team stepping on its dick.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:59:29 pm
That dude was begging to be scored on.

Good grief.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 05:04:48 pm
Sneed says "hey, fuckers, this is how it's done."
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 05:05:02 pm
Nice outing from Sneed.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 05:09:42 pm
Springer sticks to his guns,  goes to one knee trying to hit a 3 run leadoff homer.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 05:10:58 pm
Springer sticks to his guns,  goes to one knee trying to hit a 3 run leadoff homer.

Hey, someday it'll happen!
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 05:13:00 pm
What a disappointing game. I hope tomorrow turns out better.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 05:13:06 pm
What a shitty game.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Texifornia on August 31, 2019, 05:13:40 pm
Who is this Giles guy?
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: HudsonHawk on August 31, 2019, 05:13:51 pm
And Giles strikes out the side to end it. Threw hanging Sliders right down the center of the plate for strike three on all of them.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: JimR on August 31, 2019, 05:29:04 pm
Just like that they've flipped back into a raging team slump like during the White Sox and A's series.
Their entire offense at the moment is the other team stepping on its dick.

Good grief, man. Chill.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: HudsonHawk on August 31, 2019, 07:14:00 pm
Good grief, man. Chill.

The last week theyve scored 11,15, 8, 8, 7, and 4.  Anyone who thinks this offense is slumping simply hasn't been paying attention.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: WVastro on August 31, 2019, 08:30:36 pm
Good grief, man. Chill.

In medieval times the “spleen” was “vented” in order to reduce anger. I’ve always thought that’s the origin of his moniker. 
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: austro on August 31, 2019, 08:43:13 pm
In medieval times the “spleen” was “vented” in order to reduce anger. I’ve always thought that’s the origin of his moniker. 

I may be wrong (I often am), but I think he's the poster formerly known as "Roger Cedeno's Spleen", christened when MMPUS opened with the flagpole in CF and Roger Cedeno out there running "interesting" routes to the ball. I always thought that was one of the funniest names on here.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: The Spleen on August 31, 2019, 08:51:26 pm
The last week theyve scored 11,15, 8, 8, 7, and 4.  Anyone who thinks this offense is slumping simply hasn't been paying attention.

Talking about the last 2-3 days, not a whole week. They should have scored much more with the 3,876 walks they've gotten, including multiple runs walked in. They also fell very quickly into a slump from a hot streak after Baltimore. But it's just a stretch of shitty baseball (that I'm venting about), and it will pass. The bullpen and injuries are still the real concern.

Yes, I used to be 'Roger Cedeno's Spleen.'
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 09:07:45 pm
I amused myself back then imagining that Roger Cedeño was Cesar's alter ego when he wanted to move around incognito.
Title: Re: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19
Post by: HudsonHawk on August 31, 2019, 10:31:14 pm
Talking about the last 2-3 days, not a whole week. They should have scored much more with the 3,876 walks they've gotten, including multiple runs walked in. They also fell very quickly into a slump from a hot streak after Baltimore. But it's just a stretch of shitty baseball (that I'm venting about), and it will pass. The bullpen and injuries are still the real concern.

Yes, I used to be 'Roger Cedeno's Spleen.

That's like m saying, yes I know you were 3 for 4 with two home runs and five runs batted in, but you grounded out in the 8th inning...you're in a slump.