9-25-13 astros v rangers

[BudGirl]

Astros
Villar, SS
Altuve, 2B
Dominguez, 3B
Carter, 1B
Martinez, J, LF
Laird, DH
Hoes, RF
Clark, C, C
Barnes, B, CF


rangers
Kinsler, 2B
Andrus, SS
Rios, RF
Beltre, A, 3B
Pierzynski, C 
Baker, Je, DH
Moreland, 1B
Gentry, LF 
Martin, L, CF

[Reuben]

LAIRD!!

[Reuben]

Matty D with another fine play.

3-1 Astros, bottom 4.

[Reuben]

By the way, does anyone else think Jeff Baker looks like Keith Law?

[Reuben]

Fucking bloody hell. 2 outs, nobody on, then Keuchel opens the floodgates, hit, HBP, walk, double, more, more, and boom, 3-1 turns into a 6-3 deficit in the 4th. And Dominguez robs Beltre twice in the same inning.

[Reuben]

Beltre, dick that he is, responds by robbing Clark of his 5th major league hit.

[Reuben]

in the 5th, Villar walks and Altuve IF singles with 2 outs, but Dominguez flies out to CF. Keuchel apparently got the Rangers in order in the bottom half.

[Reuben]

Carter hits an IF single to 2B, then advances to 2nd with 1 out on a ball that trickles not that far away from the catcher. Yes, I'm serious. But Laird grounds out to SS and Hoes gets robbed on a nice scoop by Moreland of a grounder down the 1B line, could've been a double, or RBI single at least.

[Reuben]

I think I'm done. The echoes in here are starting to sound scary.

[austro]

I apologize for tuning in during the 4th inning. I got there just in time to see the 2-out hit that started the unraveling. I should have known better, but knowing that this would most likely be the last time I'd see the Astros this year, I went for it anyway.

[chuck]

I apologize for tuning in during the 4th inning. I got there just in time to see the 2-out hit that started the unraveling. I should have known better, but knowing that this would most likely be the last time I'd see the Astros this year, I went for it anyway.

I did, too. I mean I turned the game on and literally the first thing I see is a base clearing double. These are the first three games that I have actually gone out of my way to want the Astros to win. It's hard to imagine well over a hundred games of having your nuts stomped like this.

[juliogotay]

According to the Ranger radio announcers, and they're not near as bad as their TV couple, the Astros have given up 80 unearned runs this year. Think about that...1/2 a run each game unearned. This was brought to our attention in the inning in which the Rangers scored without benefit of a hit but had something like a man reach on Villar's daily error , stolen base, wild pitch, and score on a potential DP ball that slip out of Altuve's hand on the pivot.

[Ron Brand]

The road is long, with many a winding turn.

[Reuben]

Altuve had zero chance at a DP on that play. Andrus or someone very fast running; ball wasn't hit hard enough.

[Mr. Happy]

According to the Ranger radio announcers, and they're not near as bad as their TV couple, the Astros have given up 80 unearned runs this year. Think about that...1/2 a run each game unearned. This was brought to our attention in the inning in which the Rangers scored without benefit of a hit but had something like a man reach on Villar's daily error , stolen base, wild pitch, and score on a potential DP ball that slip out of Altuve's hand on the pivot.

Villar's penchant for the errors on the routine plays is unnerving.