Author Topic: Astros @ White Sox May 19, 2016 (Read 6258 times)

Mr. Happy · « **on:** May 19, 2016, 05:24:15 pm »

Your lineups for tonight's tilt:

Astros

2BJose Altuve (R)
RFGeorge Springer (R)
SSCarlos Correa (R)
DHTyler White (R)
1BMarwin Gonzalez (S)
CEvan Gattis (R)
3BLuis Valbuena (L)
CFJake Marisnick (R)
LFTony Kemp (L)

HOU: Collin McHugh (R) (4-3, 5.58)

White Sox

RF Adam Eaton (L)
2B Carlos Sanchez (S)
1B Jose Abreu (R)
3B Todd Frazier (R)
LF Melky Cabrera (S)
SS Jimmy Rollins (S)
DH Jerry Sands (R)
C Alex Avila (L)
CF Austin Jackson (R)

CWS: Chris Sale (L) (8-0, 1.67)

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #1 on:** May 19, 2016, 07:11:02 pm »

Go Oso Blanco!

hostros7 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 19, 2016, 07:22:36 pm »

Springer makes another loco catch to rob a HR

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Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #3 on:** May 19, 2016, 07:23:00 pm »

Springer robs. No HR for you White Sox guy.

austro · « **Reply #4 on:** May 19, 2016, 07:23:23 pm »

Sports Center play of the day there.

juliogotay · « **Reply #5 on:** May 19, 2016, 07:25:54 pm »

Is Gattis being considered as the #1 catcher next year post-Castro?

BudGirl · « **Reply #6 on:** May 19, 2016, 07:26:41 pm »

That was a great catch. How awesome to be George Springer.

hostros7 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 19, 2016, 07:26:52 pm »

Blum is impressing me with his increasing willingness to put the kibosh on Ashby's asinine comments.

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hostros7 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 19, 2016, 07:29:50 pm »

Several INTRIGUING aspects to this game, but thankfully a Sale no hitter will not be one of them.

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Lefty · « **Reply #9 on:** May 19, 2016, 07:30:00 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on May 19, 2016, 07:26:52 pm

Blum is impressing me with his increasing willingness to put the kibosh on Ashby's asinine comments.

I kinda wish I was listening to the locals just so I could hear that.

BTW...Steve Stone is still good, I didn't remember that he left the Cubs for the Sox until this series.

BudGirl · « **Reply #10 on:** May 19, 2016, 07:30:45 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on May 19, 2016, 07:29:50 pm

Several INTRIGUING aspects to this game, but thankfully a Sale no hitter will not be one of them.

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I was thinking the same thing!

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #11 on:** May 19, 2016, 07:31:13 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on May 19, 2016, 07:26:52 pm

Blum is impressing me with his increasing willingness to put the kibosh on Ashby's asinine comments.

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I'm sure the fact that murder is against the law is the only reason Blum hasn't killed him yet.

BudGirl · « **Reply #12 on:** May 19, 2016, 07:47:42 pm »

Top 1
Altuve lines out
Springer- 5-3
Correa F9

0-0 0 lob

Bottom 1
Eaton K
Sanchez K looking
Abreu - F9 (amazing catch by Springer)

0-0

Top 2
White K
Gonzalez lined out to 5
Gattis single (no hitter not going to happen tonight)
Valbuena K looking

0-0 1 lob

Bottom 2
Frazier single on ground ball,
Cabrera flied out to 4
Rollins k
Sands (Frazier steals 2nd on ball in the dirt) single into cf, frazier scores (he a good curve ball)
Avila 4-3

0-1 1 lob

BudGirl · « **Reply #13 on:** May 19, 2016, 07:54:12 pm »

top 3
marisnick k
kemp lines out to 3
altuve 6-3

0-1

BudGirl · « **Reply #14 on:** May 19, 2016, 07:59:29 pm »

bottom 3
jackson 6-3
eaton 1-3
sanchez flied out to 6

0-1

BudGirl · « **Reply #15 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:06:18 pm »

top 4
springer k looking
correa 6-3
white pop out to catcher

0-1

BudGirl · « **Reply #16 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:13:17 pm »

bottom 4

abreu 3-1
frazier k
cabrera f5

0-1

BudGirl · « **Reply #17 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:19:18 pm »

top 5

Gonzalez 3-1
Gattis 6-3
Valbuena k

0-1

MusicMan · « **Reply #18 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:22:44 pm »

Chris has Saled through the first five innings.

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BudGirl · « **Reply #19 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:29:39 pm »

bottom 5

rollins k
sands k looking
avila bb
jackson k

0-1 1 lob

hostros7 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:31:00 pm »

HOW does it just dawn on Ashby that a first time catcher this season might ask the starting pitcher how he's working behind the plate? That's the case for the first time any starting pitcher and catcher work together.

Sometimes I really wonder if this is the same dude who actually played baseball for the Astros.

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BudGirl · « **Reply #21 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:34:59 pm »

top 6

marisnick 4-3
kemp 6-3
altuve single to lf
springer hits into 5-4

0-1 1 lob

BudGirl · « **Reply #22 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:36:47 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on May 19, 2016, 08:31:00 pm

HOW does it just dawn on Ashby that a first time catcher this season might ask the starting pitcher how he's working behind the plate? That's the case for the first time any starting pitcher and catcher work together.

Sometimes I really wonder if this is the same dude who actually played baseball for the Astros.

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at least he acknowledges Blums' good points. but I would swear his laugh is fake.

BudGirl · « **Reply #23 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:38:54 pm »

how in the hell did marisnick miss that?

austro · « **Reply #24 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:39:08 pm »

Marisnick sure made a mess of that one.

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #25 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:42:08 pm »

Kemp with his hat on bears a passing resemblance to Quark, of TV's Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fame.

hostros7 · « **Reply #26 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:42:34 pm »

Quote from: BudGirl on May 19, 2016, 08:36:47 pm

at least he acknowledges Blums' good points. but I would swear his laugh is fake.

If it's not, he may be an automaton.

BudGirl · « **Reply #27 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:43:38 pm »

bottom 6

Eaton triple, not sure how marisnick missed the ball - bad play, but not ruled an error
Sanchez f7 - no rbi
Abreu k breaking ball bounced in the dirt, Gattis did a great job keeping it in front of him
Frazier f7

01 1 lob
OUTSTANDING JOB BY COLIN MCHUGH

austro · « **Reply #28 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:45:39 pm »

There's no way that should be ruled a triple. Marisnick took a bad route had to turn back a bit, the ball went off his glove, and then on top of everything else, he kicked the ball around at the fence.

BudGirl · « **Reply #29 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:46:52 pm »

Quote from: austro on May 19, 2016, 08:45:39 pm

There's no way that should be ruled a triple. Marisnick took a bad route had to turn back a bit, the ball went off his glove, and then on top of everything else, he kicked the ball around at the fence.

i thought it was an error, but i guess they have a home field scorer.

BudGirl · « **Reply #30 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:50:09 pm »

top 7

correa - broke bat on strike 1, k
white k looking
gonzalez f9

0-1

jbm · « **Reply #31 on:** May 19, 2016, 08:53:30 pm »

Ashby is always saying "great swing there" when an Astro fouls off a meatball. No Ashby, good swings square up meatballs.

BudGirl · « **Reply #32 on:** May 19, 2016, 09:00:11 pm »

bottom 7

Cabrera 3U
Rollins single dribbler down 3b
Sands (Rollins steals 2b) singled to lf, Rollins at 3b
Avila sac fly, Rollins scores, Sands stays at 1b
Jackson f9

0-2 1 lob

BudGirl · « **Reply #33 on:** May 19, 2016, 09:03:17 pm »

Gattis is a great hitting catcher.

HR against Sale is a good thing.

jbm · « **Reply #34 on:** May 19, 2016, 09:05:01 pm »

Don't know if it was Gattis, McHugh or just the game plan for tonight, but McHugh sure threw a ton of curveballs. Nice to see Gattis handle that pitch well, and it seems like a good approach for McHugh. It's his best offering and makes his fastball more effective.

BudGirl · « **Reply #35 on:** May 19, 2016, 09:06:02 pm »

top 8

Gattis hr
Valbuena popped out to 4 (over by 1b)
Marisnick lined to 6
Kemp 6-3

1-2

BudGirl · « **Reply #36 on:** May 19, 2016, 09:12:50 pm »

bottom 8

Feldman pitching
Eaton 4-3
Sanchez k
Abreu f9 - Ashby thought it was a tough play, but looked pretty easy by Springer

1-2

hostros7 · « **Reply #37 on:** May 19, 2016, 09:13:36 pm »

Ashby and Blum both don't know that David Carpenter was also an Astros pitcher despite having an info graphic up displaying lowest eras after being claimed off waivers and discussing the ex-Astros on the list.

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austro · « **Reply #38 on:** May 19, 2016, 09:18:48 pm »

The Astros may lose this game, but I really appreciate the way McHugh and Sale didn't fuck around and kept this game moving along. We're at about 2:10 right now, and that's pretty good.

BudGirl · « **Reply #39 on:** May 19, 2016, 09:19:48 pm »

Quote from: austro on May 19, 2016, 09:18:48 pm

The Astros may lose this game, but I really appreciate the way McHugh and Sale didn't fuck around and kept this game moving along. We're at about 2:10 right now, and that's pretty good.

This has been my favorite kind of game, I just wish the score was the other way around.

chuck · « **Reply #40 on:** May 19, 2016, 09:20:20 pm »

Gattis looked fine defensively. It sort of makes me wonder why they didn't use him earlier.

If I didn't know for a fact that Ashby was once a major league player I would never believe it. For all sorts of reasons.

BudGirl · « **Reply #41 on:** May 19, 2016, 09:21:43 pm »

top 9

Astros down by 1
Sale still pitching
Altuve k
Springer single lined into lf
Correa pop to 7
White k looking

1-2 1 lob

CG for Sale

Astros lose

MRaup · « **Reply #42 on:** May 19, 2016, 09:22:07 pm »

WOW. What a fuckjob that was by the home plate ump to end it.

WVastro · « **Reply #43 on:** May 19, 2016, 09:31:29 pm »

Quote from: MRaup on May 19, 2016, 09:22:07 pm

WOW. What a fuckjob that was by the home plate ump to end it.

The way the HP ump walked away made it look to me like zero shits were given about strike 3. He has a steak and a martini waiting for him.

austro · « **Reply #44 on:** May 19, 2016, 09:34:29 pm »

Quote from: WVastro on May 19, 2016, 09:31:29 pm

The way the HP ump walked away made it look to me like zero shits were given about strike 3. He has a steak and a martini waiting for him.

I think he was giving White the chance to bitch about it without getting in trouble.

hostros7 · « **Reply #45 on:** May 19, 2016, 09:51:14 pm »

Statcast or whatever the service is called showed the pitch as 3 inches off the plate and only called as a strike 8% of the time

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Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #46 on:** May 19, 2016, 10:08:54 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on May 19, 2016, 09:51:14 pm

Statcast or whatever the service is called showed the pitch as 3 inches off the plate and only called as a strike 8% of the time

It's like the game has its fly down with these home plate umps.

MRaup · « **Reply #47 on:** May 19, 2016, 10:46:25 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on May 19, 2016, 09:51:14 pm

Statcast or whatever the service is called showed the pitch as 3 inches off the plate and only called as a strike 8% of the time

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Statcast also showed strike 2 as a strike when it was obviously low and out when it crossed the plate. Take that for what it's worth.

Navin R Johnson · « **Reply #48 on:** May 19, 2016, 11:14:47 pm »

Quote from: chuck on May 19, 2016, 09:20:20 pm

Gattis looked fine defensively. It sort of makes me wonder why they didn't use him earlier.

I believe it was because of injuries, but yeah he looked more than serviceable.

JimR · « **Reply #49 on:** May 20, 2016, 01:27:01 pm »

Gattis looked really solid at C, imo.