Author Topic: Athletics @ Astros May 18, 2015 (Read 5241 times)

Mr. Happy · « **on:** May 18, 2015, 03:30:16 pm »

Your lineups for tonight's debut of Lance McCullers, Jr.:

Athletics:

LFCoco Crisp (S)
SSMarcus Semien (R)
RFJosh Reddick (L)
DHBilly Butler (R)
CStephen Vogt (L)
1BMax Muncy (L)
3BBrett Lawrie (R)
CFSam Fuld (L)
2BEric Sogard (L)

OAK: Drew Pomeranz (L) (2-3, 4.42)

Astros

2B Jose Altuve (R)
3B Jonathan Villar (S)
RF George Springer (R)
DH Evan Gattis (R)
LF Preston Tucker (L)
1B Chris Carter (R)
SS Marwin Gonzalez (S)
C Jason Castro (L)
CF Jake Marisnick (R)

HOU: Lance McCullers (R) (0-0, 0.00)

subnuclear · « **Reply #1 on:** May 18, 2015, 07:22:26 pm »

MCullers makes it through the first with only a walk.

subnuclear · « **Reply #2 on:** May 18, 2015, 07:25:35 pm »

Altuve steals 2nd, 1 pitch after painful looking HBP.

chuck · « **Reply #3 on:** May 18, 2015, 07:25:54 pm »

He's a hell of a lot rangier than I had surmised from what I'd read. I mean, he looks a lot more like Jordan Lyles than he does Billy Wagner. He throws more like Wagner, though.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #4 on:** May 18, 2015, 07:26:22 pm »

I like the sac bunt moving Altuve to 3B, trying to get a quick lead for McCullers.

chuck · « **Reply #5 on:** May 18, 2015, 07:27:26 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on May 18, 2015, 07:26:22 pm

I like the sac bunt moving Altuve to 3B, trying to get a quick lead for McCullers.

Ash doesn't.

BudGirl · « **Reply #6 on:** May 18, 2015, 07:29:43 pm »

I'm thinking the BBGs like the Astros.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #7 on:** May 18, 2015, 07:29:53 pm »

Quote from: chuck on May 18, 2015, 07:27:26 pm

Ash doesn't.

With all the sincere modesty I can muster...I'll put my strategic thinking cap up against his any day of the week.

MRaup · « **Reply #8 on:** May 18, 2015, 07:31:53 pm »

Quote from: chuck on May 18, 2015, 07:27:26 pm

Ash doesn't.

Ever notice how the shit he complains about ranges from what seems like common sense to the universe to just baffling over-attention to minutia?

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #9 on:** May 18, 2015, 07:50:18 pm »

McCullers really laboring here in the 2nd.

austro · « **Reply #10 on:** May 18, 2015, 07:51:13 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on May 18, 2015, 07:50:18 pm

McCullers really laboring here in the 2nd.

He's kind of been all of the place, too, which means he's not getting many of the borderline calls.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #11 on:** May 18, 2015, 07:53:57 pm »

Quote from: austro on May 18, 2015, 07:51:13 pm

He's kind of been all of the place, too, which means he's not getting many of the borderline calls.

None. In fact, he's getting squeezed. But he's kinda all over the place.

Reuben · « **Reply #12 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:05:33 pm »

Well that was better.

BudGirl · « **Reply #13 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:05:46 pm »

He probably thought the home plate ump would be better at the MLB level.

Reuben · « **Reply #14 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:20:09 pm »

And a golden opportunity blown. Evan: with 1 out and the bases loaded, I might suggest NOT swinging at a pitch below the knees.

austro · « **Reply #15 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:20:59 pm »

Rats, wasted opportunity there.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #16 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:21:27 pm »

Quote from: Reuben on May 18, 2015, 08:20:09 pm

I might suggest NOT swinging at a pitch below the knees.

Gattis...not swing at a pitch? Really?

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #17 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:26:28 pm »

Carter with a blue star play, diving to his right to end the 4th!

jbm · « **Reply #18 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:27:23 pm »

Carter flashing the leather. I was certainly a doubter, but he's been good in the field.

Reuben · « **Reply #19 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:29:00 pm »

Quote from: jbm on May 18, 2015, 08:27:23 pm

Carter flashing the leather. I was certainly a doubter, but he's been good in the field.

He has. Little did we know, he was on the team for his defense.

Reuben · « **Reply #20 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:29:49 pm »

So, I wonder what the story is with McCullers' Batman cleats?

subnuclear · « **Reply #21 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:32:06 pm »

Rookie deal. Springer had Superman.

jbm · « **Reply #22 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:35:10 pm »

Some good ABs by Tucker and Carter. Nice hustle by the rookie. Don't waste this opportunity.

subnuclear · « **Reply #23 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:40:05 pm »

Dang it. Thought that one was going to drop in.

Reuben · « **Reply #24 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:42:24 pm »

Quote from: subnuclear on May 18, 2015, 08:32:06 pm

Rookie deal. Springer had Superman.

Like rookie "hazing"?

subnuclear · « **Reply #25 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:45:00 pm »

Quote from: Reuben on May 18, 2015, 08:42:24 pm

Like rookie "hazing"?

Something like that.

GreatBagwellsBeard · « **Reply #26 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:52:00 pm »

5K's in 4.2. Not bad.

NeilT · « **Reply #27 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:54:10 pm »

I guess they pulled him because of his pitch count.

austro · « **Reply #28 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:54:33 pm »

Man, this is one slow game. How many full counts have there been?

BudGirl · « **Reply #29 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:00:18 pm »

Between the two teams, there have been 3 or 4 bases loaded situations. Lot of runners with low scores.

Reuben · « **Reply #30 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:00:54 pm »

I'd bet $2 that was Villar's first 4-pitch walk in the majors.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #31 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:08:33 pm »

Quote from: austro on May 18, 2015, 08:54:33 pm

Man, this is one slow game. How many full counts have there been?

No shit. For a game with a handful of hits and a pair of runs, it's been in slow motion.

Reuben · « **Reply #32 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:10:20 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on May 18, 2015, 09:08:33 pm

No shit. For a game with a handful of hits and a pair of runs, it's been in slow motion.

Getting Pomeranz out should help. He was in no hurry to pitch the ball out there.

GreatBagwellsBeard · « **Reply #33 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:15:08 pm »

Is there a shortage of batting gloves in the clubhouse? Tucker, Rasmussen and Gattis are all barehanded.

Reuben · « **Reply #34 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:23:39 pm »

THATCHER=TORTURE

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #35 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:24:58 pm »

Thatcher not being able to throw a fucking strike isn't speeding things up. Walks the bases loaded with no outs and leaves his mess to Will Harris.

geezerdonk · « **Reply #36 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:28:00 pm »

Villar chipped in with an error.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #37 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:28:45 pm »

Lawrie singles to make it 2-1. Bases still loaded, still nobody out b

Reuben · « **Reply #38 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:29:44 pm »

That was nice hitting by Lawrie. Not a bad pitch at all.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #39 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:31:10 pm »

Harris gets a comebacker to get a 1-2 out, bases still loaded, 1 out.

hostros7 · « **Reply #40 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:32:38 pm »

Oakland would have a hipster second baseman. He probably uses a vintage viola case for bat bag too.

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BudGirl · « **Reply #41 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:33:27 pm »

Quote from: geezerdonk on May 18, 2015, 09:28:00 pm

Villar chipped in with an error.

changed to a hit

hostros7 · « **Reply #42 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:34:02 pm »

Carter with some handy glove work here tonight.

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doyce7 · « **Reply #43 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:34:59 pm »

Really nice play from Carter. Good pitching by Harris to get out of that with only 1 run

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #44 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:35:17 pm »

Carter with another nice play for the old 3-2 twin killing.

Nice job by Harris to keep that inning from getting away from them.

2-1 A's.

juliogotay · « **Reply #45 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:35:27 pm »

Give Carter a blue star for that.

juliogotay · « **Reply #46 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:37:59 pm »

McCullers did not have his best curveball tonight. I saw him pitch in Frisco and this was not it.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #47 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:43:12 pm »

Mujica through six changeups in a row, and the Astros looked silly.

austro · « **Reply #48 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:43:15 pm »

Jeez, Castro wasn't within a foot of any of those pitches.

chuck · « **Reply #49 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:48:09 pm »

What in the hell is the deal with Ashby and Certs? Is this some labored, private joke that I don't know about? Or is Alan Ashby literally the only person in North America who regularly thinks about and wishes to comment on Certs? I am being serious here.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #50 on:** May 18, 2015, 10:09:44 pm »

Quote from: chuck on May 18, 2015, 09:48:09 pm

What in the hell is the deal with Ashby and Certs? Is this some labored, private joke that I don't know about? Or is Alan Ashby literally the only person in North America who regularly thinks about and wishes to comment on Certs? I am being serious here.

He and Blummer got into a breath mint discussion the other day, and apparently he's still cracking himself up over it.