Red Sox home opener

[astrojo]

 Lourdes Gurriel steals home off Sale in the 4th to make it 5-2 Blue Jays

[JimR]

Lourdes Gurriel steals home off Sale in the 4th to make it 5-2 Blue Jays

Don’t see them often, but I love straight steals of home.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Just checked it out on AtBat. 

Funny to hear the crowd catch on and then voice their displeasure.

Thanks for the post.

[MusicMan]

Don’t see them often, but I love straight steals of home.

I cherish all steals of home, regardless of who they love.


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[Waldo]

Also helps that the pitch was wild.  Did Sale get distracted by the catcher or infield yelling about Gurriel, or was that pitch wild all the way?

[astrojo]

Also helps that the pitch was wild.  Did Sale get distracted by the catcher or infield yelling about Gurriel, or was that pitch wild all the way?

Not sure. But he uncorked a wild pitch just prior to that one that allowed run number 4 for the Blue Jays. So he was wild, but the play itself did seem to distract him.  Some idiots tweeted they thought he was trying to hit Gurriel.

[astrojo]

Giles in to try to close out Blue Jays 7-5 lead

[astrojo]

Giles in to try to close out Blue Jays 7-5 lead

Pedroia singled
Bradley walked
Swihart flied out to center
Benintendi flied our to center
Betts K swinging

Giles gets the save

[JimR]

Pedroia singled
Bradley walked
Swihart flied out to center
Benintendi flied our to center
Betts K swinging

Giles gets the save

That’s our Kenny.

[MusicMan]

Also helps that the pitch was wild.  Did Sale get distracted by the catcher or infield yelling about Gurriel, or was that pitch wild all the way?

It sure looked like he got distracted - the catcher was already moving as he started to deliver.


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[astrojo]

That’s our Kenny.

Tonight:
Ken Giles in for Bot 9
Blue Jays 6 - Red Sox 5
Benintendi grounded out
Betts walked
Moreland doubled, Betts scored, tied 6-6
Martinez walked (intentional)
Nunez pinch run for Moreland
Nunez stole 3rd
Bogaerts walkedi
Devers singled, Nunez scored
Red Sox win 7-6. Not sure if any closers harmed themselves afterwards.

[JimR]

Tonight:
Ken Giles in for Bot 9
Blue Jays 6 - Red Sox 5
Benintendi grounded out
Betts walked
Moreland doubled, Betts scored, tied 6-6
Martinez walked (intentional)
Nunez pinch run for Moreland
Nunez stole 3rd
Bogaerts walkedi
Devers singled, Nunez scored
Red Sox win 7-6. Not sure if any closers harmed themselves afterwards.

Right cross to the jaw

[Astros Fan in Big D]

He's in [early/mid/late/post]season form.

[Lefty]

Moreland's AB was very good.  Then Giles decided to pay no attention to the runners on 1/2, it was a double steal. then IBB to load the bases.   The game winning hit was a big chop over the drawn in 2B.

Giles put himself in that situation, though.

[BlownRanger]

This might be common knowledge, but Giles's blown save last night ended the longest current streak of successful saves in MLB.  Kenny had been 34/34 going back to Sep. 2017.

[juliogotay]

This might be common knowledge, but Giles's blown save last night ended the longest current streak of successful saves in MLB.  Kenny had been 34/34 going back to Sep. 2017.

Not common knowledge here. I had no idea.

[jbm]

Yeah, I'd assume that he blows every third opportunity.

[MRaup]

Yeah, I'd assume that he blows every third opportunity.

Amazing how much less pressure there is to gag on when you're pitching for a team that has zero hope of making the playoffs.

[BlownRanger]

Amazing how much less pressure there is to gag on when you're pitching for a team that has zero hope of making the playoffs.

Giles was actually 12/12 when the Astros traded him.  In addition to the well-documented struggles with the organization, there were two problems with his pitching:

1)  The Astros were almost certain to lose any tied game that he entered.  He was a complete dumpster fire in those situations.

2)  Even when he recorded the save, he often needed so many pitches he was unavailable the next day.

[MRaup]

Giles was actually 12/12 when the Astros traded him.  In addition to the well-documented struggles with the organization, there were two problems with his pitching:

1)  The Astros were almost certain to lose any tied game that he entered.  He was a complete dumpster fire in those situations.

2)  Even when he recorded the save, he often needed so many pitches he was unavailable the next day.

Not to mention how much trouble he pitched himself in to.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Not to mention how much trouble he pitched himself in to.

Osuna had a 6 pitch save in the homestand.

Giles could find a way to throw 6 pitches and just have the count at 1-1.

[Waldo]

Giles was actually 12/12 when the Astros traded him.  In addition to the well-documented struggles with the organization, there were two problems with his pitching:

1)  The Astros were almost certain to lose any tied game that he entered.  He was a complete dumpster fire in those situations.

2)  Even when he recorded the save, he often needed so many pitches he was unavailable the next day.

Giles in 2018:

Save situations: 27 games, 26 saves, 0.35 ERA, 0.662 WHIP, 93 batters faced (3.6 batters per inning)
Non-save situations: 28 games, 0-3, 9.12 ERA, 1.784(!) WHIP, 119 batters faced (4.8 batters per inning)

And that was after he started pitching better in Toronto.

[austro]

Giles was actually 12/12 when the Astros traded him.  In addition to the well-documented struggles with the organization, there were two problems with his pitching:

1)  The Astros were almost certain to lose any tied game that he entered.  He was a complete dumpster fire in those situations.

2)  Even when he recorded the save, he often needed so many pitches he was unavailable the next day.

3) He elevated my blood pressure to dangerous levels. I assume he did the same for Hinch and Luhnow.