Astros @ Marlins May 15, 2017

[Mr. Happy]

Your lineups for tonight's road tilt:

Astros

CFGeorge Springer (R)
RFJosh Reddick (L)
2BJose Altuve (R)
SSCarlos Correa (R)
CEvan Gattis (R)
1BY. Gurriel (R)
3BAlex Bregman (R)
LFNorichika Aoki (L)
PJoe Musgrove (R)

HOU: Joe Musgrove (R)  (2-3, 5.02)

Marlins

2B Dee Gordon (L)
CF C. Yelich (L)
LF Marcell Ozuna (R)
1B Justin Bour (L)
RF G. Stanton (R)
C J.T. Realmuto (R)
3B Derek Dietrich (L)
SS J.T. Riddle (L)
P Dan Straily (R)

MIA: Dan Straily (R)  (1-3, 4.03)

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Altuve HBP on the backside of his left hand. Stays in the game but that is going to ache.

[Tom Servo]

Altuve HBP on the backside of his left hand. Stays in the game but that is going to ache.

That sucks.  How bad did it look?

I just tuned in to the radio feed on mlb.  Blacked out here in south Georgia for mlb.tv.

[HudsonHawk]

Springer takes two cookies then punches out on a pitch in the dirt. Correa takes two cookies then punches out on a pitch in the dirt. But it doesn't matter. The Astros are in first places

[Tom Servo]

Springer takes two cookies then punches out on a pitch in the dirt. Correa takes two cookies then punches out on a pitch in the dirt. But it doesn't matter. The Astros are in first places

Aww, someone piss in your Cheerios?

[HudsonHawk]

Aww, someone piss in your Cheerios?

No no no. Even the strikeouts are a thing of beauty to be admired and emulated. I hope it continues.

[Tom Servo]

No no no. Even the strikeouts are a thing of beauty to be admired and emulated. I hope it continues.

heh

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

They need to quit making outs. They should hit the ball to places where the Marlins aren't.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

That sucks.  How bad did it look?

I just tuned in to the radio feed on mlb.  Blacked out here in south Georgia for mlb.tv.

Not terrible, he stayed in the game.

[Tom Servo]

They need to quit making outs. They should hit the ball to places where the Marlins aren't.

The other side of the wall would be nice.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

That's a big outfield.

[Tom Servo]

Nice job stranding the lead-off double. 

[Knoxbanedoodle]

We get hit too much. Tied for the sixth in the league right now. And it seems like it's like that every year. 

[WVastro]

Oh shit. Our pitcher just had an ab... where the fuck are we tonight...?

[Tom Servo]

Oh shit. Our pitcher just had an ab... where the fuck are we tonight...?

The inferior National League ballpark.   Where people get to watch pitchers hit.  How can they DO that?

[Aussie Astro]

Oh shit. Our pitcher just had an ab... where the fuck are we tonight...?

Puerto Rico

[Jacksonian]

We get hit too much. Tied for the sixth in the league right now. And it seems like it's like that every year.

That's good situational hitting.

[Tom Servo]

That's good situational hitting.

Take one for the team?

[Knoxbanedoodle]

Take one for the team?

Yeah, but the hands and the wrists and the DL stints and the squandered primes and the gnashing of teeth...

[Jacksonian]

Is this going to be a let down day after 4 in NY?

[hostros7]

Adjectives to describe Dan Straily: filthy, unhittable, dominant.


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[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Stella Artois

[austro]

It would be nice if Bregman is starting to warm up.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

That sucks.  How bad did it look?

I just tuned in to the radio feed on mlb.  Blacked out here in south Georgia for mlb.tv.

It's onESPN

[austro]

Ok, Jose, time to do some damage.

[Knoxbanedoodle]

Does anybody think Jose would  benefit from a change in the batting order? Do batting order changes work?

[hostros7]

Yuli up with the bases full.


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[Tom Servo]

YULI!!!

[Astros Fan in Big D]

BOOM!

[hostros7]

GRAND SLAM


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[hostros7]

The fresh chop pays off for Yuli


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[MrKnuckleball]

Oh hell yeah! That's good stuff

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Yuli G!!!!

[Tom Servo]

It's onESPN

Well, shit.  Let me try there.  Thanks for the heads up.

[austro]

Ha ha, you're welcome! I put Gurriel on the bench today because he seemed to be cooling off.

[moriartp]

Bless you, you weirdo pineapple man

[Nate Colbert]

Missed it--why was Straily taken out?

[hostros7]

Missed it--why was Straily taken out?

He took a Gattis liner off the forearm. He stayed in for a little, but the radio team said the swelling bruise was increasingly visible.


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[MikeyBoy]

Missed it--why was Straily taken out?

108 velo that's why.

[MikeyBoy]

Yuli resembles Russell Crowe.

[Knoxbanedoodle]

Following on GameDay. After the last pitch, yeah, seems like a grand time to pull Musgrove. 

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

After 6 innings, it's Astros 4 Fish 1

[Tom Servo]

Yuli resembles Russell Crowe.

Are you not entertained??

[Tom Servo]

The guys on ESPN are barely aware of a game going on.

[NeilT]

Yuli resembles Russell Crowe.

My guess is there's a girl involved.

[MikeyBoy]

My guess is there's a girl involved.

Maybe the love child of Crowe and a troll doll.

[NeilT]

C'mon Altuve.  Good situational hitting would have scored 4. 

[hostros7]

Altuve delivers with the bases loaded by hitting a single through the hole on the left side. 6-1 stros. Error by LF allowed second run to score and altuve to advance to second.


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[hostros7]

Gattis hits a cement mixer on 3-1 into a 4-6-3 DP with the bases loaded to end the inning.


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[hostros7]

Riddle leads off with an opposite field double over Aoki's head.


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[hostros7]

Hoyt just misses off the outside corner several times to Ichiro, who draws the four pitch walk. Runners on the corners with no outs.


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[hostros7]

Hoyt just misses off the outside corner several times to Ichiro, who draws the four pitch walk. Runners at 1st and 2nd with no outs.


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[Tom Servo]

"Altuve and Correa love playing with themselves"

[hostros7]

Gordon hits into the 4-6-3 DP. Riddle now on 3B with 2 down.


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[hostros7]

Hoyt strikes out yelich on a slide piece in the dirt to end the inning.


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[hostros7]

Mcgowan on for the fish.

Yuli rips a 2-2 pitch the other way over the RF's head for a double.


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[Astros Fan in Big D]

The guys on ESPN are barely aware of a game going on.

Really incredible that they've been on this network 2 nights in a row and have been an afterthought on the broadcast both times.

ESPN may have fired the wrong batch of people.

[hostros7]

Jake bats and pops up on a 3-2 pitch. One down.


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[moriartp]

It feels like the game itself is always an afterthought on the four-letter.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

They're going on about exit bikes again.

[hostros7]

Aoki flies out to LF. Two outs.


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[Tom Servo]

Really incredible that they've been on this network 2 nights in a row and have been an afterthought on the broadcast both times.

ESPN may have fired the wrong batch of people.

I miss Kalas and Blummer.

[hostros7]

Marwin grounds out to the pitcher to end the inning.


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[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Yuli resembles Russell Crowe.

I think he looks more like that other New Zealander that always plays Arabs, Columbians, and Mexicans.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I think he looks more like that other New Zealander that always plays Arabs, Columbians, and Mexicans.

Cliff Curtis

[NeilT]

They're going on about exit bikes again.

Probably still excited about last week's Paris-Roubaix.

ETA:  Oh, wait, that was in April.  You'd think they'd stop talking about it by now.

[hostros7]

Gregerson takes the hill.

Strikes out ozuna swinging.

Justin Moore rips a HR to deep right center.


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[Tom Servo]

Cliff Curtis

Good actor.

[austro]

That ball was hit pretty damned hard.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Luke?!?! God Dammit. Our late inning relief has gone to shit.

[austro]

GoGo out 4-6 weeks with a hammy problem for the Rangers.

[hostros7]

Stanton k's on a 3-2 slider low and away in the dirt for the second out.


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[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Good actor.

Yes. Very good.

[WVastro]

Astro broadcast available in WV. They likely consider this to be outside the US though....

[hostros7]

Realmuto reached on a ground ball up the middle that Altuve kept on the IF.

Dietrich flies out to CF to end the 8th.


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[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I thought Springer had a chance to beat out that slow roller and extend his streak...

[austro]

This McGowan guy has no idea where the ball is going to go when he lets go of it.

[Tom Servo]

ALTUVE!

[austro]

Altuve hits the target!

[hostros7]

McGowan still on to start the 9th.

Springer grounds out on a slow roller to 3B.

Reddick K's.

Altuve hits a HR off the piñata monument in left.


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[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Altuve hit the monstrosity in CF for his 6th HR.

[Ty in Tampa]

He crushed that fucker.

[NeilT]

C'mon Altuve.  Good situational hitting would have had men on base.

[Tom Servo]

Altuve was wandering around the dugout to tell everyone about his HR. 

[MrKnuckleball]

Altuve was wandering around the dugout to tell everyone about his HR.

He does what he wants.

[Tom Servo]

C'mon Altuve.  Good situational hitting would have had men on base.

And he would have batted twice in the inning.

[hostros7]

LSU guy behind home plate next to Marlins Guy is a diamond club season ticket holder and was there for the Yankees game last night as well. Not a bad couple of days if you have the means.


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[hostros7]

Peacock on for the ninth.


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[chuck]

LSU guy behind home plate next to Marlins Guy is a diamond club season ticket holder and was there for the Yankees game last night as well. Not a bad couple of days if you have the means.

Not precisely the person I've been wondering about.

[NeilT]

Not precisely the person I've been wondering about.

That was my thought as well.  I didn't know there was a guy in an LSU jersey.

[WVastro]

Not precisely the person I've been wondering about.

I know. That's way too much yellow in the second row. That's what you were talking about right....?

[hostros7]

Riddle flies out to left.

Moore pinch hits and strikes out on a check swing.

Dee Gordon singles weakly down the 3B line.

Yelich, 3-2 count, grounds out to altuve.

Ballgame.


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[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Grand slam wrote the Marlins Yuli G tonight.

[hostros7]

Not precisely the person I've been wondering about.

I only noticed once my gaze shifted slightly down and to the right.


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[Tom Servo]

The Astros are 14-6 at home, 13-6 on the road.

[MrKnuckleball]

27-12 with Keuchel and McCullers up next, not too shabby boys.

[NeilT]

27-12 with Keuchel and McCullers up next, not too shabby boys.

There have certainly been worse seasons in recent memory.

[MrKnuckleball]

There have certainly been worse seasons in recent memory.

Yeah for sure. I may be in the minority here but I don't even think they're playing their best ball yet either.

[JimR]

Aww, someone piss in your Cheerios?

No. This is HH's GZ persona. He was the greatest player who ever played, and no one else measures up.

Trust me. He is a great guy in person.

[JimR]

Does anybody think Jose would  benefit from a change in the batting order? Do batting order changes work?

No! (as the rest of the game demonstrated)

[JimR]

Thanks to all the GZers. I missed the game last night, and it is fun to read the comments.

[WVastro]

No. This is HH's GZ persona. He was the greatest player who ever played, and no one else measures up.

Trust me. He is a great guy in person.

I certainly appreciate his deep knowledge of the game. It's second to none.

[NeilT]

No! (as the rest of the game demonstrated)

This is clearly wrong.  Derek Bell was the completest thing until they moved him from second in the batting order.

[JimR]

I certainly appreciate his deep knowledge of the game. It's second to none.

Think so?

[juliogotay]

The Astros are 14-6 at home, 13-6 on the road.

the road record is what impresses me the most about this club.

[WVastro]

Think so?

Well. Certainly better than mine....

[NeilT]

the road record is what impresses me the most about this club.

That and the home record.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

That and the home record.

The overall record is good too.

[Reuben]

The overall record is good too.

I'm a little concerned about their record in the first games of doubleheaders.

[HudsonHawk]

No. This is HH's GZ persona. He was the greatest player who ever played, and no one else measures up.

Trust me. He is a great guy in person.

Aw shucks...I never said I was the greatest.

[HudsonHawk]

And just a reminder since I seem to be everyone's favorite whipping boy today:  the GZ is full of emotion. We cheer when our team does good and we wail when they don't. It's in the moment. It's is not always meant to be taken as reasoned analysis. Though I stand by my observation that the pen was for shit on Sunday.

[Knoxbanedoodle]

And just a reminder since I seem to be everyone's favorite whipping boy today:  the GZ is full of emotion. We cheer when our team does good and we wail when they don't. It's in the moment. It's is not always meant to be taken as reasoned analysis. Though I stand by my observation that the pen was for shit on Sunday.

The GZ is watching the game at a bar with people you don't really know who happen to share a common affinity for a group of remote millionaires.

[NeilT]

And just a reminder since I seem to be everyone's favorite whipping boy today:  the GZ is full of emotion. We cheer when our team does good and we wail when they don't. It's in the moment. It's is not always meant to be taken as reasoned analysis. Though I stand by my observation that the pen was for shit on Sunday.

Not me.  I didn't pile on.  I had your back, standing right behind you in case folks really started flinging stuff.  I was having to duck a little bit though. 

[HudsonHawk]

Not me.  I didn't pile on.  I had your back, standing right behind you in case folks really started flinging stuff.  I was having to duck a little bit though.

Hopefully it didn't ruin your suit.

[Tom Servo]

And just a reminder since I seem to be everyone's favorite whipping boy today:  the GZ is full of emotion. We cheer when our team does good and we wail when they don't. It's in the moment. It's is not always meant to be taken as reasoned analysis. Though I stand by my observation that the pen was for shit on Sunday.

I understand.  No hard feelings on my end.  I've been lurking here a long time.  A LONG time before I really started posting at all.  There are a handful of people I do enjoy reading stuff from.  You're one of them.  I just got caught up in the moment myself when I complained about the "bitching." 

[BizidyDizidy]

Hopefully it didn't ruin your suit bowtie.

FTFY