Astros at KC, June 15, 2018

[Astros Fan in Big D]

We join this game already in progress.

Royals get 2 runs on a 2-out double from Moustakis in the 3rd.

Astros looking for their first baserunner.

[HudsonHawk]

Bregman!

Astros first base runner makes it 2-1

[hostros7]

Are we using this one? Need to know where to mention that Bregman just went yard.


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[Astros Fan in Big D]

Smacked it good.

Altuve knows he should have murdered that 3-2 pitch.

[HudsonHawk]

Correa!

Ties it up

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Take that,  ball!!!

[hostros7]

That was a laser.


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[hostros7]

That was a laser.


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Per twitter, 112 mph exit velo and 455 ft.


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[Astros Fan in Big D]

Seems Correa was avoiding inside pitches earlier in the season.  Lately he's been treating them very rudely.

[hostros7]

That was a laser.


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That throw from Correa after fielding the high chop to end the inning was a LASER.


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[Astros Fan in Big D]

 Morton Ks 2, then Correa fields a HIGH hop and delivers a laser to first to get the 3rd out.

End 4, tied 2-2.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

McTaggart tweeted that was the second hardest hit HR of CC's career.

Had a 113 mph'er in 2016.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Astros leave Marwin (walk) and Kemp (single) when Springer Ks.

Mid 5, still tied at 2.

[hostros7]

Morton Ks 2, then Correa fields a HIGH hop and delivers a laser to first to get the 3rd out.

End 4, tied 2-2.

The highest I’ve seen him clocked is 96 mph—which is also the fastest infielder throw ever tracked by statcast—and it wouldn’t surprise me if that also had a niner on it.


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[HudsonHawk]

Single, walk, walk, walk...Morton a mess as he gives back the lead

[JimR]

Single, walk, walk, walk...Morton a mess as he gives back the lead

Walk #2 was a K.

Not a mess either. He is barely missing. Bregman booted the “single.”

[HudsonHawk]

Walk #2 was a K.

Not a mess either. He is barely missing.

Missing is still missing. Walking the 9 hitter (twice now) and not being able to throw a strike when you have to is a mess in my book.

[HudsonHawk]

Correa fouls one off his foot...trainer out...looks like it stung pretty good.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Correa fouls one off his foot...trainer out...looks like it stung pretty good.

Unfortunately he hit that one as hard his HR.

[austro]

Morton was a mess last time. This time he is just missing, and if Bregman hadn't screwed up this would still be a tie game. I think Morton is doing fine.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Beck to back infield hits to Altuve/Correa.

HH, did you enjoy KC pulling out the shift to Altuve of all people?

[HudsonHawk]

Gattis with the bases juiced...needs to swing the bat this time.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

They've been getting breaking stuff for strikes early against him tonight.

[HudsonHawk]

Beck to back infield hits to Altuve/Correa.

HH, did you enjoy KC pulling out the shift to Altuve of all people?

I love it when the other team shifts against him. I wish they’d put 7 guys in the RF corner.

[austro]

I was stunned that they shifted on Altuve.

[HudsonHawk]

Gattis!!!

[hostros7]

CAVEMAN!!


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[Astros Fan in Big D]

CAPTAIN CAVEMAN!!!!!!!!!

[hostros7]

El oso blanco esta fuego


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[HudsonHawk]

I was typing  “Gattis is not going to see a fastball...”, and just then...fastball...BOOM!

[austro]

El Oso Blanco!

The only lousy aspect of that is that a friend of mine has Gattis in another fantasy league, and he's been killing it for the last couple of weeks.

[VirtualBob]

Gattis with the bases juiced...needs to swing the bat this time.

Is he on this site?

[WVastro]

I was mid chug on a Stone Delicious when Gattis hit that. It was the first beer of the evening. I know what I have to do now.

[HudsonHawk]

Is he on this site?

As much as I’d love to take credit for that...

[HudsonHawk]

I was mid chug on a Stone Delicious when Gattis hit that. It was the first beer of the evening. I know what I have to do now.

We’ve been waiting for you to get your shit together.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

I was typing  “Gattis is not going to see a fastball...”, and just then...fastball...BOOM!

I was typing 'steady diet of off speed pitches" when he connected.

[WVastro]

We’ve been waiting for you to get your shit together.

It was a hard year... but I think I’m back!

[HudsonHawk]

I’m not sure Gattis is crazy about Kemp’s jumping into his arms.

[hostros7]

He looks like he’s definitely breathing through eyelids, seeing through his pores, and feeling with his sight.


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[Astros Fan in Big D]

Is he on this site?

It's obvious KC doesn't watch the Astros broadcast.   That hit zone graphic at the start of the AB was prescient.

[austro]

It's obvious KC doesn't watch the Astros broadcast.   That hit zone graphic at the start of the AB was prescient.

They may have been trying to get up into that .000 box up and in, but good luck with that.

[HudsonHawk]

I’ve never hit a grand slam. Never hit two HRs in a game either.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

I've never pitched a perfect game.

[HudsonHawk]

I've never pitched a perfect game.

I’ve caught a few no-hitters. Don’t think any were perfectos.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Help on with a single.

He's essentially a classic leadoff man.  He just happens to leadoff from the 9 spot.

[austro]

I’ve caught a few no-hitters. Don’t think any were perfectos.

Do no-hitters in denial leagues really count?

[HudsonHawk]

There’s aggressive and there’s foolish. Kemp was the latter there.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

There’s aggressive and there’s foolish. Kemp was the latter there.

Yup.

[HudsonHawk]

Do no-hitters in denial leagues really count?

If that’s what you’ve got, that’s what you’ve got. If you hit a hole in one and it’s not the Masters, does it count?

[austro]

If that’s what you’ve got, that’s what you’ve got. If you hit a hole in one and it’s not the Masters, does it count?

Absolutely.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

I’ve caught a few no-hitters. Don’t think any were perfectos.

Well the odds were always stacked against me since I've never pitched.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

If that’s what you’ve got, that’s what you’ve got. If you hit a hole in one and it’s not the Masters, does it count?

You bet it counts.

[HudsonHawk]

Well the odds were always stacked against me since I've never pitched.

That certainly makes it more difficult

[HudsonHawk]

Peacock in for the 7th...

[WVastro]

I hit two home runs in a game as a kid in a pony league tourney game and the second was a walkoff. I’ll never forget it. I had no business hitting the walkoff and the catcher let me know that as I stood there before the pitch. Pitcher had a wicked sidearm delivery and I don’t think I’d even ever seen that before at that point.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Charlie looked good overall.

9 Ks, several half swings.  Hung a curve on the Moustakis rbi double, scuffled after the error.   

But he had good velocity on the FB and the curve looked nasty most of the night.

[HudsonHawk]

Peacock has looked good his last few times out.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Peacock has looked good his last few times out.

Yes.  Strom has been busy.

[austro]

I have no complaints about the pitching tonight.

ETA: I'm sure everybody is happy to hear that.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Josh was safe by a full half step.

[HudsonHawk]

Gattis wth only 4 RBIs tonight. 

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Gattis with a double on an 0-2 pitch.

¡en fuego!

[austro]

Gattis is about to start seeing a lot of outside pitches.

[chuck]

I pitched a no hitter in a slow pitch softball league once. No lie.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Gattis wth only 4 RBIs tonight.

Slacker.

[Aussie Astro]

Josh was safe by a full half step.

That made me yell at the TV, lucky they heard me.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Well now I wish Pettis would have sent him on the Gattis hit.

[HudsonHawk]

I pitched a no hitter in a slow pitch softball league once. No lie.

My dad once pitched a no hitter where he struck out 27 guys. One guy put the ball in play and reached on an error.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Marwin has been heating up too.

[austro]

Reddick just (re-)learned a lesson about Perez's arm.

[HudsonHawk]

Well now I wish Pettis would have sent him on the Gattis hit.

He’d have been out and the plate.  Just got caught being a little too aggressive.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I hit an inside the park homer once.

[HudsonHawk]

I hit an inside the park homer once.

I’ve hit more than one triple. Not recently though.

[HudsonHawk]

Sipp in for the 8th.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Basse knock for Jake.

[chuck]

My dad once pitched a no hitter where he struck out 27 guys. One guy put the ball in play and reached on an error.

Which prompted East Tampa Little League to transition from Dad pitch to t-ball.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Well another double play. For now.  Under review.

[austro]

Well another double play. For now.  Under review.

I choose to adopt the Pollyanna view that double plays mean that they have guys on base.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

It stood.

68th DP of the season. 2nd of the game.

[HudsonHawk]

Which prompted East Tampa Little League to transition from Dad pitch to t-ball.

It was in a tournament against a slow pitch softball team.

For the record, I played LL at Temple Terrace, not East Tampa. And we never had dad pitch. We throw to,each other from the start. It was an adventure. That’s how I started catching I was the only kisnonnthevteam who could catch a thrown ball.

[Jacksonian]

I choose to adopt the Pollyanna view that double plays mean that they have guys on base.

Had.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

I choose to adopt the Pollyanna view that double plays mean that they have guys on base.

And they're not striking out.

[HudsonHawk]

I choose to adopt the Pollyanna view that double plays mean that they have guys on base.

I don’t mind double plays when you’re scoring 8-10 runs a game.

[chuck]

That's precisely how I became a catcher, too. We never had dad pitch or t-ball, either. I have no idea how we ever completed a game thinking back on it. Anyway, a kid named Sammy could throw the ball more or less and I could catch so there you go. Battery mates for the Willow Creek Owls.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

It was in a tournament against a slow pitch softball team.

For the record, I played LL at Temple Terrace, not East Tampa. And we never had dad pitch. We throw to,each other from the start. It was an adventure. That’s how I started catching I was the only kisnonnthevteam who could catch a thrown ball.

On a similar note,  as a freshman I was entrusted with keeping score because I was the only scrub who was smart enough to do so.

I became the backup QB earlier that year because I was the only one (besides the starter) who could remember the plays.

[HudsonHawk]

On a similar note,  as a freshman I was entrusted with keeping score because I was the only scrub who was smart enough to do so.

I became the backup QB earlier that year because I was the only one (besides the starter) who could remember the plays.

I played football in junior high and our QB would routinely call a play in the huddle then come up to the line and ask the center what play was called.  He was later a 4th round draft pick of the St Louis Cardinals.

[chuck]

In Fun Football I was delegated to be the center because I was deemed most likely to remember the snap count. For those of you who do not know me personally, I do not have a prototypical offensive lineman's build.

McHugh pitching like he has somewhere to be.

[HudsonHawk]

Astros win!

I will also point out that on this winning road trip, the Astros have been wearing the solid navy caps.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Nice win.

Bullpen looked sharp finishing things off.

[Texifornia]

Boston just took the lead on the Fishslingers. Now 6-3

[The Spleen]

Boston just took the lead on the Fishslingers. Now 6-3

Now they get to find out how much fun it is playing elite teams...

[WVastro]

Boston just took the lead on the Fishslingers. Now 6-3

All 6 given up in the top of the third. Bow farts (keeping that auto correct for sure!) with a 3 rum shot. (Also going to keep that rum typo)

I did my part tonight. Btw Stone Delicious is pretty delicious.

[JimR]

I pitched a no hitter in a slow pitch softball league once. No lie.

Wow! Ripley’s material.

[JimR]

I choose to adopt the Pollyanna view that double plays mean that they have guys on base.

and they are hitting ball hard, which is all they can do until someone figures out a way to direct the ball’s path.

[JimR]

I've never pitched a perfect game.

I never pitched a no-hitter even during the year I peaked. I was 14. Came within a whisker of one twice, once that year and once in HS.

[JimR]

If that’s what you’ve got, that’s what you’ve got. If you hit a hole in one and it’s not the Masters, does it count?

I did make a hole in one.

[Bench]

That's precisely how I became a catcher, too. We never had dad pitch or t-ball, either. I have no idea how we ever completed a game thinking back on it. Anyway, a kid named Sammy could throw the ball more or less and I could catch so there you go. Battery mates for the Willow Creek Owls.

Catcher was my first position solely because of my last name. 

[doyce7]

I once came within a strike of a no-hitter in high school. Had the guy 0-2 with 2 outs in the 7th, he singled on the 13th pitch of the at bat. I've never been more frustrated in my life than watching that guy foul off pitch after pitch. Tip of the cap for battling and eventually winning, but fuck that guy

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[JimR]

All 6 given up in the top of the third. Bow farts (keeping that auto correct for sure!) with a 3 rum shot. (Also going to keep that rum typo)

I did my part tonight. Btw Stone Delicious is pretty delicious.

Of course, the Mariners came back and won 7-6.

[doyce7]

Of course, the Mariners came back and won 7-6.

Every year for the past 5 or 6 years the Mariners are predicted to do big things, maybe this is the year they actually do something. I have my doubts that they can keep it up for the whole season

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[austro]

Every year for the past 5 or 6 years the Mariners are predicted to do big things, maybe this is the year they actually do something. I have my doubts that they can keep it up for the whole season

It just seems like the way they're doing things isn't sustainable. But we're almost halfway in now...

[doyce7]

It just seems like the way they're doing things isn't sustainable. But we're almost halfway in now...

Exactly. When a team is winning a ton of 1 run games the way they are, it's usually a sign that regression is coming. I just don't know how much regression that would be, cant take away the games they've already won

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[WVastro]

Exactly. When a team is winning a ton of 1 run games the way they are, it's usually a sign that regression is coming. I just don't know how much regression that would be, cant take away the games they've already won

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I’m taking them seriously. It’s a good lineup. Dipoto might fuck it all up at the deadline though.