Author Topic: Astros at Tribe - July 30, 2019 (Read 7192 times)

MusicMan · « **on:** July 30, 2019, 06:21:10 pm »

Springer lashes one deep into the RCF gap but the CF Mercado barely snags it
Altuve bloops one over SS for a single
Brantley strikes out swinging
Bregman singles on a grounder up the middle, Altuve stops at 2b
Alvarez looks at strike 3 off the outside edge.

JimR · « **Reply #1 on:** July 30, 2019, 06:23:02 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on July 30, 2019, 06:21:10 pm

Springer lashes one deep into the RCF gap but the CF Mercado barely snags it
Altuve bloops one over SS for a single
Brantley strikes out swinging
Bregman singles on a grounder up the middle, Altuve stops at 2b
Alvarez looks at strike 3 off the outside edge.

HPU does not like Yordan it appears.

MusicMan · « **Reply #2 on:** July 30, 2019, 06:27:25 pm »

BOT1:

Lindor strikes out on a nasty slider down and in
Mercado good morning, good afternoon, good night.
Santana pops up to Bregman by the mound.

10 pitches, 3 outs.

JimR · « **Reply #3 on:** July 30, 2019, 06:29:05 pm »

Tucker in the RR lineup playing RF.

Jacksonian · « **Reply #4 on:** July 30, 2019, 06:31:50 pm »

Quote from: JimR on July 30, 2019, 06:29:05 pm

Tucker in the RR lineup playing RF.

They will not telegraph a single thing. I can't imagine sitting him just in case. They'll only pull him if he gets dealt.

MusicMan · « **Reply #5 on:** July 30, 2019, 06:32:49 pm »

TOP2:

Correa flies to CF - just missed it, towards the end of the bat
Yuli lines one up the middle, giving him a 17 game hitting streak
Pause while the grounds crew repairs a huge piece of turf that Lindor pulled up

MusicMan · « **Reply #6 on:** July 30, 2019, 06:38:32 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on July 30, 2019, 06:32:49 pm

TOP2:

Correa flies to CF - just missed it, towards the end of the bat
Yuli lines one up the middle, giving him a 17 game hitting streak
Pause while the grounds crew repairs a huge piece of turf that Lindor pulled up

Reddick grounds weakly 4-3 but it moves Yuli to 2b
Chirinos strikes out swinging high and outside

Mid 2, still 0-0

MusicMan · « **Reply #7 on:** July 30, 2019, 06:45:52 pm »

BOT2:

Kipnis flies to CF
Ramirez goes down swinging on a change down and in
Bauers goes down looking

22 pitches through 2

0-0

MusicMan · « **Reply #8 on:** July 30, 2019, 06:54:29 pm »

TOP3:

Kalas and Blum kvetching about technical issues - no PitchTrax, no counts
Springer gets help from the HPU on a 1-2 pitch that caught the corner, but then strikes out swinging on the slider
Altuve hids a dying liner to CF that Mercado traps, single for Altuve.
Brantley punches one to LF just short of the track, Altuve holds
Altuve takes off too soon from 1b and is picked off via rundown

Mid 3, 0-0

MusicMan · « **Reply #9 on:** July 30, 2019, 06:54:50 pm »

Small break from PBP while I prep dinner

jbm · « **Reply #10 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:15:58 pm »

Bieber was pretty much a steal as a 4th round pick in 2016. Lots of teams missed on him.

austro · « **Reply #11 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:19:39 pm »

Jesus, three watched third strikes. The ones to Bregman (why is your biggest slump hitting 4th?) and Correa were particularly egregious.

MusicMan · « **Reply #12 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:31:31 pm »

We rejoin you for a 0-0 game in the top of the 5th just in time for a CHIRINOS OPPO TACO!

austro · « **Reply #13 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:33:05 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on July 30, 2019, 07:31:31 pm

We rejoin you for a 0-0 game in the top of the 5th just in time for a CHIRINOS OPPO TACO!

Did not see that coming.

MusicMan · « **Reply #14 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:33:18 pm »

Whitley tonight:

5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K

MusicMan · « **Reply #15 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:33:46 pm »

Quote from: austro on July 30, 2019, 07:33:05 pm

Did not see that coming.

Robinson Chirinos, the Spanish Inquisition of catchers.

MusicMan · « **Reply #16 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:37:35 pm »

Altuve with a 2-out double that moves his average to .301.

MusicMan · « **Reply #17 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:38:45 pm »

Brantley lines to RF, umpire signals out then safe on the trap, Altuve scores.

We'll have a review.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #18 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:40:18 pm »

I know he fucks up more than most people would like but damn, Altuve can hit.

austro · « **Reply #19 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:40:30 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on July 30, 2019, 07:38:45 pm

Brantley lines to RF, umpire signals out then safe on the trap, Altuve scores.

We'll have a review.

That one is a hard one to see. At first I thought it was a trap, and then on the review it looked like maybe it bounced off the glove, not the grass.

Call stands! Good break for the good guys.

MusicMan · « **Reply #20 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:43:11 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on July 30, 2019, 07:38:45 pm

Brantley lines to RF, umpire signals out then safe on the trap, Altuve scores.

We'll have a review.

Call stands, 2-0 Astros

Bregman strikes out to end the top of the 5th.

JimR · « **Reply #21 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:44:25 pm »

Bregman's woes continue.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #22 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:44:56 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on July 30, 2019, 07:37:35 pm

Altuve with a 2-out double that moves his average to .301.

Incredible.

Came back at .238.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #23 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:51:32 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on July 30, 2019, 07:44:56 pm

Incredible.

Came back at .238.

It was equally incredible that his average dipped so low.

MusicMan · « **Reply #24 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:51:55 pm »

Verlander strikes out the side, all with the put away slider, to go to 9K on the night.

End 5, 2-0 Astros.

MusicMan · « **Reply #25 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:52:40 pm »

Aside - I cannot stress enough how impressed I am with the adjustments Verlander has made to cut down the homers. Going much more to the breaking stuff and it's working.

JimR · « **Reply #26 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:54:10 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on July 30, 2019, 07:52:40 pm

Aside - I cannot stress enough how impressed I am with the adjustments Verlander has made to cut down the homers. Going much more to the breaking stuff and it's working.

No jinx,BBGs

MusicMan · « **Reply #27 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:58:24 pm »

TOP6:

Alvarez walks
Carlos just misses again, liner to LF. Not quite getting them.
Yuli flies to the LF track
Reddick grounds 4-3 again

Mid 6, still 2-0

austro · « **Reply #28 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:06:42 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on July 30, 2019, 07:58:24 pm

Reddick grounds 4-3 again

It was a 4-3, but it was hit hard.

MusicMan · « **Reply #29 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:13:15 pm »

BOT6:

Allen singles to lead off
Naquin strikes out on an appealed check swing
Lindor grounds to 1b, Yuli tries to start the 3-6-1, but JV's for comes off the bag.
Lindor steals 2b.
Mercado strikes out - career K 2900 for JV

Still 2-0

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #30 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:17:01 pm »

Wonder how much JV enjoyed being on the receiving end of a Correa cannon shot.

MusicMan · « **Reply #31 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:19:41 pm »

TOP7:

Chirinos sneaks a single under Lindor's glove
Springer grounds into the 6U-3 DP
Altuve grounds 5-3

Stretch time, 2-0 Astros

JimR · « **Reply #32 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:20:30 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on July 30, 2019, 08:17:01 pm

Wonder how much JV enjoyed being on the receiving end of a Correa cannon shot.

Had him with a little better throw. Cost JV a few pitches too.

MusicMan · « **Reply #33 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:26:48 pm »

BOT7:

JV gets Santana swinging
Kipnis grounds into the shift 4-3
Ramirez swings at one in the dirt.

JV: 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 13 K

MusicMan · « **Reply #34 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:32:48 pm »

TOP8:

Clippard relieves Bieber
Brantley lines sharply to LF on the first pitch
Bregman drives one to the wall in LF but to no avail - again, first pitch
Alvarez strikes out swinging after being up 3-1

Mid 8, still 2-0

JimR · « **Reply #35 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:33:54 pm »

Clipboard is lucky the last pitch did not go to the moon.

Pressly must still be ailing.

austro · « **Reply #36 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:34:59 pm »

Quote from: JimR on July 30, 2019, 08:33:54 pm

Clipboard is lucky the last pitch did not go to the moon.

Yup, that was the same pitch he lined into the bullpen on Sunday (?).

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #37 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:35:41 pm »

Harris, who for the most part has been good, always makes me nervous.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #38 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:36:00 pm »

Forgot to activate secret agent mode on Clippard.

JimR · « **Reply #39 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:39:11 pm »

Quote from: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 30, 2019, 08:35:41 pm

Harris, who for the most part has been good, always makes me nervous.

Me too

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #40 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:40:33 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on July 30, 2019, 08:36:00 pm

Forgot to activate secret agent mode on Clippard.

He is not eligible due to his overall shittyness as an Astro.

MusicMan · « **Reply #41 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:43:18 pm »

BOT8:

Harris, not Pressly, relieves JV
Bauers K's swinging, going down to a knee
Perez lines to Springer in CF
Allen frozen by the curve from Harris

End 8, still 2-0

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #42 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:43:40 pm »

Will Harris!

JimR · « **Reply #43 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:44:52 pm »

Quote from: austro on July 30, 2019, 08:34:59 pm

Yup, that was the same pitch he lined into the bullpen on Sunday (?).

He was right on the changeup.

JimR · « **Reply #44 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:49:02 pm »

How many hits does Correa have since coming back? Two? He is taking lots of fat pitches.

MusicMan · « **Reply #45 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:49:28 pm »

TOP9:

Wittgren relieves Clippard
Correa K swinging
Yuli grounds out harmlessly
Reddick another 4-3

Osuna time, 2-0 Astros

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #46 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:50:07 pm »

Looks like 2 will have to do.

MusicMan · « **Reply #47 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:54:57 pm »

BOT9:

Diving stop by Yuli, flips to Osuna - 1 pitch 1 out
Lindor drives the second pitch to CF but Springer is there
Mercado bounces 6-3 on the quick pitch

ASTROS WIN! 2-0

austro · « **Reply #48 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:55:07 pm »

Well, that was very enjoyable.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #49 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:56:32 pm »

2 hit shutout with the Astros on top are very enjoyable.

JimR · « **Reply #50 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:57:40 pm »

Great win,