Author Topic: Astros @ Red Sox, Saturday matinee 5/14 (Read 11477 times)

hostros7 · « **on:** May 14, 2016, 12:27:12 pm »

Correa hits a bomb in the top of the first and now McHugh is already in a shitpool in the bottom.

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hostros7 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 14, 2016, 12:36:35 pm »

Bases loaded for the Sox, two runs in, still one out, 30 pitches thrown - off to another grrrrrreat! start!

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hostros7 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 14, 2016, 12:41:15 pm »

The Sixth batter in the order for the Astros is slugging .299.

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Uncle Charlie · « **Reply #3 on:** May 14, 2016, 12:43:16 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on May 14, 2016, 12:36:35 pm

Bases loaded for the Sox, two runs in, still one out, 30 pitches thrown - off to another grrrrrreat! start!

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Marisnick dickstomping didnt fucking help. No error, but an error.

hostros7 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 14, 2016, 12:47:20 pm »

Quote from: Uncle Charlie on May 14, 2016, 12:43:16 pm

Marisnick dickstomping didnt fucking help. No error, but an error.

He drifted on it rather than busting his ass to the spot. It would be more forgivable if he added any value whatsoever other than OF defense.

hostros7 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 14, 2016, 12:55:53 pm »

The strike zone so far has been a morass.

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hostros7 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 14, 2016, 12:58:23 pm »

Springer GRAND SLAM

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hostros7 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 14, 2016, 12:58:57 pm »

5-2 stros with 2 out in the second. Bases are now clear.

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hostros7 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 14, 2016, 01:00:00 pm »

In case anyone was wondering, we are on pace for a 5.5 hour affair today.

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juliogotay · « **Reply #9 on:** May 14, 2016, 01:02:11 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on May 14, 2016, 01:00:00 pm

In case anyone was wondering, we are on pace for a 5.5 hour affair today.

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I've cleared my calendar.

hostros7 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 14, 2016, 01:28:37 pm »

We were blazing right through the third until Papi hit a tater and loped around the bases slower than a turtle driving a electric cart around a Walmart. Through 3, still holding a lead 5-3 and a pace over 4 hours.

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austro · « **Reply #11 on:** May 14, 2016, 01:43:56 pm »

I just got back from running errands. Has McHugh been as bad as that hanging curve for the double to lead off B4?

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #12 on:** May 14, 2016, 01:44:20 pm »

McHugh doing his best to give back the lead.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #13 on:** May 14, 2016, 01:50:38 pm »

Quote from: austro on May 14, 2016, 01:43:56 pm

I just got back from running errands. Has McHugh been as bad as that hanging curve for the double to lead off B4?

He is pitching to contact.

juliogotay · « **Reply #14 on:** May 14, 2016, 02:08:45 pm »

It is not hard to see why the team has been so disappointing when you look at Keuchel and McHugh to date and the bottom half of the lineup.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #15 on:** May 14, 2016, 02:13:30 pm »

If McHugh manages to get through the 6th with a lead, I'll consider it a small miracle.

juliogotay · « **Reply #16 on:** May 14, 2016, 02:17:33 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on May 14, 2016, 02:13:30 pm

If McHugh manages to get through the 6th with a lead, I'll consider it a small miracle.

If he doesn't I'll consider it a major lack of judgement from Hinch. There is really not much to suggest he is in command out there.
As I say that, two out now with runner on 2nd and Betts up.

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #17 on:** May 14, 2016, 02:20:26 pm »

Why not Sipp here?

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #18 on:** May 14, 2016, 02:21:52 pm »

Hallelujah!

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #19 on:** May 14, 2016, 02:30:58 pm »

I suppose Sipp is designated for Ortiz.

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #20 on:** May 14, 2016, 02:37:30 pm »

What's with the PLAY BALL patches?

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #21 on:** May 14, 2016, 02:39:30 pm »

Quote from: Knoxbanedoodle on May 14, 2016, 02:37:30 pm

What's with the PLAY BALL patches?

Don't know. I suspect it has something to do with kids and baseball.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #22 on:** May 14, 2016, 02:46:18 pm »

Playball

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #23 on:** May 14, 2016, 02:52:44 pm »

Thanks. Do you know why flies have such little balls?

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #24 on:** May 14, 2016, 02:54:13 pm »

Because so few of them like to dance.

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #25 on:** May 14, 2016, 02:57:17 pm »

Looks like someone missed a sign.

MusicMan · « **Reply #26 on:** May 14, 2016, 02:58:24 pm »

Quote from: Knoxbanedoodle on May 14, 2016, 02:57:17 pm

Looks like someone missed a sign.

Castro did.

juliogotay · « **Reply #27 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:04:33 pm »

Seems like thehitter would need to confirm the sign before they break. Maybe not enough time. Now Marisnick is up so the inning has, no doubt, gone to die.

austro · « **Reply #28 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:09:20 pm »

Quote from: juliogotay on May 14, 2016, 03:04:33 pm

Seems like thehitter would need to confirm the sign before they break. Maybe not enough time. Now Marisnick is up so the inning has, no doubt, gone to die.

Coroner confirms: inning dead.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #29 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:09:36 pm »

Quote from: Knoxbanedoodle on May 14, 2016, 02:57:17 pm

Looks like someone missed a sign.

It almost like they do it intentionally.

austro · « **Reply #30 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:10:04 pm »

By the way, Neshek did a nice job out there.

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #31 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:15:01 pm »

Nice work Harris!

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #32 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:16:34 pm »

By now there should be a fan club for home games called Harris County. What a bad ass that guy is.

MusicMan · « **Reply #33 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:23:07 pm »

Following on GameDay... Is Correa hurt?

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Nate Colbert · « **Reply #34 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:26:11 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on May 14, 2016, 03:23:07 pm

Following on GameDay... Is Correa hurt?

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No.

BizidyDizidy · « **Reply #35 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:26:11 pm »

No, pitcher trying to get it together after falling off the mound then plunking Correa. Then Correa gets nailed at 2nd on a great throw.

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Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #36 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:27:02 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on May 14, 2016, 03:23:07 pm

Following on GameDay... Is Correa hurt?

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Took a glancing blow off the upper right thigh.

juliogotay · « **Reply #37 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:30:08 pm »

Gregerson gets Betts on a lazy fly to CF after falling behind 3-1. One out in the 9th.

juliogotay · « **Reply #38 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:31:47 pm »

Gregerson is having trouble locating today. Walks Bradley on five pitches. Dangerous Bogerts up.

juliogotay · « **Reply #39 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:33:36 pm »

2-0 to Bogerts with Ortiz on deck. Grgerson is digging himself a hole.

austro · « **Reply #40 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:34:48 pm »

Do you walk Ortiz here?

juliogotay · « **Reply #41 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:35:31 pm »

Bogerts grounds to Correa. Lead runner out.. hitter beats throw. Not a tailor-made DP, in the hole.

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #42 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:35:51 pm »

He's 32 today. C'mon Luke.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #43 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:37:16 pm »

Well, crap.

juliogotay · « **Reply #44 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:37:32 pm »

I think these were the situations Giles was acquired for.

austro · « **Reply #45 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:37:42 pm »

Twice today they've missed turning double plays by an eyelash, twice it has cost them a run.

MRaup · « **Reply #46 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:38:13 pm »

If Alan Ashby went missing tomorrow and was never seen again, I'd throw a fucking party.

SHUT UP YOU JINXING FUCKING COCKSUCKER.

juliogotay · « **Reply #47 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:40:04 pm »

Hansley Ramirez is a fucking genius.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #48 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:40:31 pm »

When they told Craig Biggio he had no coaching experience, he should have told them about him coaching his boys to the state championship. I'm surprised he has so few options.

juliogotay · « **Reply #49 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:41:36 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on May 14, 2016, 03:40:31 pm

When they told Craig Biggio he had no coaching experience, he should have told them about him coaching his boys to the state championship. I'm surprised he has so few options.

Didn't fit their narrative for selling hamburgers at H.E.B.

juliogotay · « **Reply #50 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:47:33 pm »

Kimbrel's beard looks like it should have elastic string holding it to his head.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #51 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:48:23 pm »

JonBon Jovi looks so much like the lesbian next door neighbor I had in Austin a few years back.

juliogotay · « **Reply #52 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:48:42 pm »

Giles is in. Hold on to your seat.

MRaup · « **Reply #53 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:50:07 pm »

Quote from: juliogotay on May 14, 2016, 03:48:42 pm

Giles is in. Hold on to your seat.

Ashby is pushing me to a rage level I rarely hit.

God, he's an insufferable fucking prick.

austro · « **Reply #54 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:50:28 pm »

Quote from: juliogotay on May 14, 2016, 03:37:32 pm

I think these were the situations Giles was acquired for.

To blow games quickly so that we don't wear out the pen for tomorrow?

MRaup · « **Reply #55 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:53:40 pm »

Field mics are picking up the pure class and magic of Red Sox fans. Some drunken dipshit is just screaming "BOO GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLES!" over and over again.

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #56 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:53:55 pm »

Is it racist that every time I see the Red Sox closer I think: "Cannibal"?

hostros7 · « **Reply #57 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:57:12 pm »

Giles deserves some credit for staying composed after the lead off double.

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austro · « **Reply #58 on:** May 14, 2016, 03:59:48 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on May 14, 2016, 03:57:12 pm

Giles deserves some credit for staying composed after the lead off double.

He also got some good fortune that at least two hanging sliders were missed.

austro · « **Reply #59 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:00:29 pm »

"Carlos Gomez is getting the day off because of his recent slide." Recent?

juliogotay · « **Reply #60 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:00:56 pm »

I don't think Gomez could do any worse if he closed his eyes and swung.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #61 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:01:59 pm »

I looked away for a moment, when i looked back I saw a helmet fly and i knew who was batting.

austro · « **Reply #62 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:02:59 pm »

Gomez is a fucking tool.

hostros7 · « **Reply #63 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:03:07 pm »

Quote from: juliogotay on May 14, 2016, 04:00:56 pm

I don't think Gomez could do any worse if he closed his eyes and swung.

If? I'm pretty sure that's his current approach

juliogotay · « **Reply #64 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:03:20 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on May 14, 2016, 04:01:59 pm

I looked away for a moment, when i looked back I saw a helmet fly and i knew who was batting.

I had a Little League coach that said "swing hard in case you hit it,"

MRaup · « **Reply #65 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:03:28 pm »

Quote from: juliogotay on May 14, 2016, 04:00:56 pm

I don't think Gomez could do any worse if he closed his eyes and swung.

Please, PAY someone to take Gomez. The Astros would be better served only carrying 24 guys on the roster than sending that twiddledick up there to flail and miss repeatedly.

MRaup · « **Reply #66 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:04:25 pm »

Ashby is STILL hanging on to the botched squeeze in the 8th. "There was no indication that Jason Castro was going to bunt." NO SHIT, SHERLOCK. THAT'S WHAT WOULD MAKE IT A MISSED SQUEEZE!

juliogotay · « **Reply #67 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:06:13 pm »

Quote from: MRaup on May 14, 2016, 04:04:25 pm

Ashby is STILL hanging on to the botched squeeze in the 8th. "There was no indication that Jason Castro was going to bunt." NO SHIT, SHERLOCK. THAT'S WHAT WOULD MAKE IT A MISSED SQUEEZE!

Ashby is one of those guys that thinks he has to be talking all the time. Does not appreciate dead air. this is TV after all.

juliogotay · « **Reply #68 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:07:20 pm »

Quote from: MRaup on May 14, 2016, 04:03:28 pm

Please, PAY someone to take Gomez. The Astros would be better served only carrying 24 guys on the roster than sending that twiddledick up there to flail and miss repeatedly.

I'm with you on that. I can't stand to look at that dipshit.

juliogotay · « **Reply #69 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:08:17 pm »

Yes, that was troublesome. Because it was near Hanley and he had a glove on his hand.

The Third Man · « **Reply #70 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:08:44 pm »

Good job, Jake!

hostros7 · « **Reply #71 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:09:57 pm »

Ashby is the fucking pits. He just suggested that Marisnick perhaps should have risked making the out at 3rd in a tie game in the 10th with Altuve coming up based on the premise that Uehara might bounce a splitter.

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austro · « **Reply #72 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:12:29 pm »

In Ashby's defense, he probably realized that the Astros would be unable to get a hit to drive in a guy, so they were going to have to do it some other way.

juliogotay · « **Reply #73 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:15:29 pm »

Quote from: austro on May 14, 2016, 04:12:29 pm

In Ashby's defense, he probably realized that the Astros would be unable to get a hit to drive in a guy, so they were going to have to do it some other way.

I could buy that if it was the bottom of the order coming up. But Altuve?

MRaup · « **Reply #74 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:15:38 pm »

Quote from: austro on May 14, 2016, 04:12:29 pm

In Ashby's defense, he probably realized that the Astros would be unable to get a hit to drive in a guy, so they were going to have to do it some other way.

You're giving him a lot of credit.

juliogotay · « **Reply #75 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:20:33 pm »

Castro will be spending the night in the whirlpool.

hostros7 · « **Reply #76 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:20:57 pm »

Walk the fucking guy, you fucking simp

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MRaup · « **Reply #77 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:21:18 pm »

WHY NOT JUST FUCKING WALK ORTIZ AFTER THE WILD PITCH?!

SO.
FUCKING.
STUPID.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #78 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:21:29 pm »

Big Pappi is having a hell of a swan song.

hostros7 · « **Reply #79 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:21:36 pm »

Was Hinch concerned they'd fall behind two runs? What the fuck?

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MRaup · « **Reply #80 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:21:56 pm »

I really hate this team sometimes.

So many stupid mistakes, so many dumb decisions, Carlos Gomez.

austro · « **Reply #81 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:22:07 pm »

Hinch is going to have a lot of explaining to do with this one.

juliogotay · « **Reply #82 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:27:41 pm »

I'm beginning to think Hinch is part of the problem. He was great for a young team trying to find some respect but maybe not the guy for a team with expectations. I wonder if Biggio would give up that burger stand?

The Third Man · « **Reply #83 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:36:02 pm »

Hinch is lousy. He *just saw* the Red Sox pitch around Altuve. Papi has been smacking us up like Marvin Hagler and, still, he pitches to him with a base open and two outs. Four years of baseball hell, one decent year and now back to hell.

DVauthrin · « **Reply #84 on:** May 14, 2016, 04:46:25 pm »

Quote from: juliogotay on May 14, 2016, 04:27:41 pm

I'm beginning to think Hinch is part of the problem. He was great for a young team trying to find some respect but maybe not the guy for a team with expectations. I wonder if Biggio would give up that burger stand?

Hinch makes some head scratching decisions at times(continuing to trot Giles out in close games being number 1), but the problem is the players. The Astros lineup falls off a cliff once you get past Rasmus right now, and Colby shouldn't be the cleanup man on a contender. Marwin Gonzalez, while a nice utility player, should not be batting 5th for a contender either.

Combine that with a pitching staff that has allowed the 2nd most runs in the AL, and it's no shock they are where they are in the standings.

MusicMan · « **Reply #85 on:** May 14, 2016, 05:52:27 pm »

Quote from: juliogotay on May 14, 2016, 04:06:13 pm

Ashby is one of those guys that thinks he has to be talking all the time. Does not appreciate dead air. this is TV after all.

Ashby is what would happen if you decided to do the opposite of everything Vin Scully does.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #86 on:** May 15, 2016, 05:21:28 am »

Quote from: DVauthrin on May 14, 2016, 04:46:25 pm

Hinch makes some head scratching decisions at times(continuing to trot Giles out in close games being number 1), but the problem is the players. The Astros lineup falls off a cliff once you get past Rasmus right now, and Colby shouldn't be the cleanup man on a contender. Marwin Gonzalez, while a nice utility player, should not be batting 5th for a contender either.

Combine that with a pitching staff that has allowed the 2nd most runs in the AL, and it's no shock they are where they are in the standings.

Hinch pitching to Ortiz was a cardinal sin. That guy shouldn't be permitted to beat you. But you're right, we're twin peaks of suck in our every day lineup after the top three and our starting pitching. Hitch can't do that.