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Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« on: August 20, 2016, 04:17:54 pm »
Your lineups for tonight's tilt:

Astros

RFGeorge Springer (R)
3BAlex Bregman (R)
2BJose Altuve (R)
SSCarlos Correa (R)
DHEvan Gattis (R)
1BA.J. Reed (L)
CFT. Hernandez (R)
CJason Castro (L)
LFTony Kemp (L)

HOU: Mike Fiers (R)  (8-6, 4.66)

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CF Adam Jones (R)
LF Hyun Soo Kim (L)
3B Manny Machado (R)
RF Mark Trumbo (R)
1B Chris Davis (L)
2B Jonathan Schoop (R)
DH Pedro Alvarez (L)
SS J.J. Hardy (R)
C Caleb Joseph (R)

BAL: Chris Tillman (R)  (15-4, 3.46)
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2016, 06:12:03 pm »
Hell yeah Bregman!

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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2016, 06:18:53 pm »
86 mph right in the middle of the plate. Come on, Reed, you have to punish that pitch.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2016, 06:40:35 pm »
Score faster! We're in Fiers country!
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2016, 06:41:16 pm »
Correa with the bases loaded and one out. Hits into a double play. He needs to snap out of it.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2016, 06:41:42 pm »
Score faster! We're in Fiers country!

Hey! He's got a no-hitter going!
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2016, 06:43:54 pm »
Correa with the bases loaded and one out. Hits into a double play. He needs to snap out of it.
Radio guys said he has been good in bases loaded situations but then didn't provide any details.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2016, 06:55:52 pm »
Radio guys said he has been good in bases loaded situations but then didn't provide any details.

I think he was something like 5-12 with the bases loaded this year.

It almost looks like Bregman is figuring this whole thing out.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2016, 06:59:45 pm »
I think he was something like 5-12 with the bases loaded this year.

It almost looks like Bregman is figuring this whole thing out.

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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2016, 07:00:54 pm »
This guy Tillman is terrible. It amazes me that a team in the thick of arguably the best division in baseball doesn't have anyone on the farm that can bring more than this guy.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2016, 07:05:11 pm »
This guy Tillman is terrible. It amazes me that a team in the thick of arguably the best division in baseball doesn't have anyone on the farm that can bring more than this guy.

Radio guys mentioned a shoulder problem, I have seen him do much better than this.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2016, 07:08:25 pm »
I'd like to hit Tony Kemp with a folding chair after that shit.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2016, 07:20:18 pm »
This pitcher needs to button his jersey up, it looks rediculous.

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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2016, 07:50:11 pm »
Springer Dinger.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2016, 08:13:58 pm »
Another RBI for Correa.

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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #15 on: August 20, 2016, 08:23:48 pm »
I had no idea that JR had that many home runs.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #16 on: August 20, 2016, 08:28:44 pm »
I had no idea that JR had that many home runs.

A bit before my time but from hearing the way he is spoken about I knew JR could hit a bit... even so, I was surprised to see a pitcher on that list.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #17 on: August 20, 2016, 08:43:34 pm »
I had no idea that JR had that many home runs.

Me neither. I also don't understand how Jason Lane would have batted ninth enough to have seven. Hell, he didn't pitch until later.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #18 on: August 20, 2016, 08:44:22 pm »
A bit before my time but from hearing the way he is spoken about I knew JR could hit a bit... even so, I was surprised to see a pitcher on that list.

JR was right in my prime. My friends and I used to eat dinner and then speed down Main St to the Dome, buy our tickets for the gold seats, and then migrate down to the orange section. I don't know how many games we took in, but it was a lot, Including a lot of foamers. But I still don't remember JR with that kind of power.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #19 on: August 20, 2016, 08:51:02 pm »
I'd like to hit Tony Kemp with a folding chair after that shit.

What happened? Couldn't watch tonight till now.

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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #20 on: August 20, 2016, 08:52:20 pm »
Me neither. I also don't understand how Jason Lane would have batted ninth enough to have seven. Hell, he didn't pitch until later.

They had that graphic up earlier this season. I was also incredulous but too lazy to look it up.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #21 on: August 20, 2016, 08:52:28 pm »
Chris Carter would have made that play.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #22 on: August 20, 2016, 08:53:21 pm »
Chris Carter would have made that play.

Bagwell would have made a better throw from third.

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« Reply #23 on: August 20, 2016, 08:57:15 pm »
They had that graphic up earlier this season. I was also incredulous but too lazy to look it up.

I just went through the 2005 season, the season where he hit 26 home runs, and I couldn't find a single instance of Lane's batting 9th.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #24 on: August 20, 2016, 09:11:56 pm »
I just went through Lane's entire Astros career. Guess how many times I found him batting ninth.

Once.

Guess how many home runs he hit batting ninth.

Zero.

These motherfuckers are just making shit up.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #25 on: August 20, 2016, 09:20:51 pm »
That accounts for pinch hitting duties?

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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #26 on: August 20, 2016, 09:50:48 pm »
I just went through Lane's entire Astros career. Guess how many times I found him batting ninth.

Once.

Guess how many home runs he hit batting ninth.

Zero.

These motherfuckers are just making shit up.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/split_stats.cgi?full=1&params=lineu%7CBatting%209th%7Claneja01%7Cbat%7CAB%7C

Apparently he hit 7 batting in the 9th position.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #27 on: August 20, 2016, 09:52:59 pm »
They were obviously all pinch hit home runs. Which defies the spirit of the question in my view.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #28 on: August 20, 2016, 10:03:16 pm »
JR had 10 homers. I looked it up.
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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #29 on: August 20, 2016, 10:51:37 pm »
On a side note, Altuve didn't seem too happy about not getting that double call turned into a homer. He was giving it to Marwin in the dugout for something.

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Re: Astros @ Orioles August 20, 2016
« Reply #30 on: August 21, 2016, 12:14:23 am »
Radio guys mentioned a shoulder problem, I have seen him do much better than this.

Me too. When Tilllman's bad though, he's awful. Like tonight.
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