Author Topic: Astros vs Cards 07-28-19 (Read 9241 times)

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **on:** July 28, 2019, 01:19:52 pm »

George did what George does. Astros 1-0 after one batter.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #1 on:** July 28, 2019, 01:21:52 pm »

He turned on that with a vengeance.

JimR · « **Reply #2 on:** July 28, 2019, 01:26:38 pm »

SPLAT!

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #3 on:** July 28, 2019, 01:41:00 pm »

Correa is pretty good at baseball.

MRaup · « **Reply #4 on:** July 28, 2019, 01:52:03 pm »

Greg Gibson is having a rough afternoon behind the plate so far. His strike zone is all kinds of fucked up.

Texifornia · « **Reply #5 on:** July 28, 2019, 01:52:32 pm »

Gameday says the HPU's ball-strike calls are just random utterances.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #6 on:** July 28, 2019, 01:53:10 pm »

Quote from: Texifornia on July 28, 2019, 01:52:32 pm

Gameday says the HPU's ball-strike calls are just random utterances.

That is accurate.

And George checked his swing on strike 2.

MRaup · « **Reply #7 on:** July 28, 2019, 01:54:17 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on July 28, 2019, 01:53:10 pm

That is accurate.

And George checked his swing on strike 2.

Eh, that was 50/50. He was right on the line.

However, it was pretty rough after "strike 1" was called on 3 inches inside.

Snuffy · « **Reply #8 on:** July 28, 2019, 01:55:27 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on July 28, 2019, 01:53:10 pm

That is accurate.

And George checked his swing on strike 2.

Did he seem to cut down his swing a bit w/ 2 strikes this time?

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #9 on:** July 28, 2019, 01:55:36 pm »

Tough slider got him.

MusicMan · « **Reply #10 on:** July 28, 2019, 01:56:15 pm »

Springer got fucked with an elephant dick

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Texifornia · « **Reply #11 on:** July 28, 2019, 01:56:49 pm »

Gameday also says there's no correlation between an Astro swinging the bat and the pitch's actual proximity to the strike zone.

JimR · « **Reply #12 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:11:13 pm »

Quote from: Snuffy on July 28, 2019, 01:55:27 pm

Did he seem to cut down his swing a bit w/ 2 strikes this time?

No. He was fooled on the pitch.

Ty in Tampa · « **Reply #13 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:13:02 pm »

Yordan!!

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #14 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:13:28 pm »

Yard-gone!

doyce7 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:13:33 pm »

Oh, Yordan! That kid is so strong

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Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #16 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:13:49 pm »

Number 12 for Yordan.

Ty in Tampa · « **Reply #17 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:13:53 pm »

Man, when he connects...that was a line drive from below the strike zone.

JimR · « **Reply #18 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:14:21 pm »

Haha! Tried the down and in slider again. He was waiting.

austro · « **Reply #19 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:21:20 pm »

Could use a double play here.

Ty in Tampa · « **Reply #20 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:28:12 pm »

Quote from: austro on July 28, 2019, 02:21:20 pm

Could use a double play here.

K and a 6-3 works.

JimR · « **Reply #21 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:28:34 pm »

Huge inning for Miley! Bullpen be ready.

BudGirl · « **Reply #22 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:31:49 pm »

Jala-pina! I like it!

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #23 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:36:02 pm »

Miley is a cool customer.

Sambito · « **Reply #24 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:43:37 pm »

Batting Averages as of 5th inning in St. Louis

Springer: .292
Altuve: .286 * (just started hitting now)
Brantley: .322
Alvarez: .333
Correa: .290
Gurriel: .301
Reddick: .280 *** (been above 300 for most of the season)
Bregman: .259
Chirinos: .232

Batting average may be going the way of the dinosaur if you believe Bregs, but damn 7/9 of our hitters have a chance to hit above .300 this year. Has this ever happened?

austro · « **Reply #25 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:46:46 pm »

Both of these pitchers are throwing a *lot* of pitches today.

austro · « **Reply #26 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:49:30 pm »

Miley escapes trouble again. Nice job, but I've got to think that 5 innings is the best we can hope for today.

doyce7 · « **Reply #27 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:50:03 pm »

Wade sure is playing around with fire at a gas station today

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jbm · « **Reply #28 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:51:32 pm »

Great out by Miley as Martinez is a pretty tough hitter to get pitches by. At least appears that from what I’ve seen this series.

JimR · « **Reply #29 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:53:08 pm »

Miley needs a courtesy runner.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #30 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:54:55 pm »

Quote from: JimR on July 28, 2019, 02:53:08 pm

Miley needs a courtesy runner.

Loved him hitching up his pants as he pulled into 3rd.

BudGirl · « **Reply #31 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:55:11 pm »

I really like Miley.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #32 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:58:04 pm »

Jose!

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #33 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:58:06 pm »

Altuve!!!

1500!!

BudGirl · « **Reply #34 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:59:07 pm »

That little guy is good.

Navin R Johnson · « **Reply #35 on:** July 28, 2019, 02:59:27 pm »

What was the HP ump jawing at Altuve about when he crossed home plate. Ump seemed pissed.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #36 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:03:22 pm »

Hudson was not going to give Yordan anything to hit that at bat.

doyce7 · « **Reply #37 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:04:33 pm »

Quote from: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 28, 2019, 03:03:22 pm

Hudson was not going to give Yordan anything to hit that at bat.

Can you blame him? He launched a slider at his shins last time over the fence

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BudGirl · « **Reply #38 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:06:22 pm »

Quote from: Navin R Johnson on July 28, 2019, 02:59:27 pm

What was the HP ump jawing at Altuve about when he crossed home plate. Ump seemed pissed.

I noticed that but Jose ignored it, so I did also.

austro · « **Reply #39 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:07:24 pm »

I like that Alvarez got the green light on that 3-0 pitch. That's going to make other pitchers think twice about get-me-over pitches on future 3-0 counts.

JimR · « **Reply #40 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:07:27 pm »

Quote from: Navin R Johnson on July 28, 2019, 02:59:27 pm

What was the HP ump jawing at Altuve about when he crossed home plate. Ump seemed pissed.

TK said good-natured exchange about a call.

austro · « **Reply #41 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:12:33 pm »

I don't want to seem greedy, but I really thought we were going to get more runs that inning.

Altuve can be incredibly maddening at times, but 1500 hits in 1194 games is amazing. 1.25+ hits per game.

JimR · « **Reply #42 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:17:19 pm »

Did AJ see Alvarez catch that ball?

autocorrect has taken over.

austro · « **Reply #43 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:19:01 pm »

Quote from: JimR on July 28, 2019, 03:17:19 pm

Did AJ see Alvarez cast how that ball?

My decoder ring is failing me on this one. "Chase down", maybe?

JimR · « **Reply #44 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:19:39 pm »

Four innings for the pen. Gulp.

Navin R Johnson · « **Reply #45 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:20:14 pm »

Quote from: JimR on July 28, 2019, 03:07:27 pm

TK said good-natured exchange about a call.

Thanks, missed that.

JimR · « **Reply #46 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:21:20 pm »

Quote from: austro on July 28, 2019, 03:19:01 pm

My decoder ring is failing me on this one. "Chase down", maybe?

.

Look at the revision. Autocorrect took over.

austro · « **Reply #47 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:23:48 pm »

"Hall of Fame jacket statue" seems like one of the lamest giveaways in quite a while. I"d rather have a bobblehead of the infamous three-man infield tumble.

Navin R Johnson · « **Reply #48 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:24:00 pm »

What a turd Bauer is.

https://twitter.com/fskansascity/status/1155571432845279232?s=21

Texifornia · « **Reply #49 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:25:25 pm »

Quote from: JimR on July 28, 2019, 03:21:20 pm

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Look at the revision. Autocorrect took over.

.....or a happy accident and new OWA slang. Ex.: Judge thought he had a homer but Marisnick cast howed his ass at the wall.

austro · « **Reply #50 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:26:08 pm »

Quote from: Navin R Johnson on July 28, 2019, 03:24:00 pm

What a turd Bauer is.

https://twitter.com/fskansascity/status/1155571432845279232?s=21

I like that the catcher had to ask the umpire for another ball so that he could give it to Tito to give to the new pitcher.

Navin R Johnson · « **Reply #51 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:26:53 pm »

Quote from: austro on July 28, 2019, 03:26:08 pm

I like that the catcher had to ask the umpire for another ball so that he could give it to Tito to give to the new pitcher.

I’m laughing at the second baseman’s reaction, he thought Bauer was gonna drill him.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #52 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:27:12 pm »

Quote from: Navin R Johnson on July 28, 2019, 03:24:00 pm

What a turd Bauer is.

https://twitter.com/fskansascity/status/1155571432845279232?s=21

This.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #53 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:27:59 pm »

Once again, Altuve lives at the extremes of the exit velo spectrum.

JimR · « **Reply #54 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:28:05 pm »

Quote from: Texifornia on July 28, 2019, 03:25:25 pm

.....or a happy accident and new OWA slang. Ex.: Judge thought he had a homer but Marisnick cast howed his ass at the wall.

I like it.

BudGirl · « **Reply #55 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:29:14 pm »

Quote from: Navin R Johnson on July 28, 2019, 03:24:00 pm

What a turd Bauer is.

https://twitter.com/fskansascity/status/1155571432845279232?s=21

+1

moriartp · « **Reply #56 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:32:44 pm »

Quote from: Navin R Johnson on July 28, 2019, 03:24:00 pm

What a turd Bauer is.

https://twitter.com/fskansascity/status/1155571432845279232?s=21

After the game I hope his teammates mock him til he cries. What a dipshit.

BizidyDizidy · « **Reply #57 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:33:48 pm »

Francona came out and asked a very trenchant question, then chased him up the tunnel.

https://gfycat.com/differentalivehedgehog

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #58 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:34:38 pm »

Bauer's behavior is that of a petulant child's.

JimR · « **Reply #59 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:35:15 pm »

Interesting route by Springer to a good catch.

Navin R Johnson · « **Reply #60 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:41:22 pm »

Oof, Alvarez misplayed the heck out of that double allowing the runner to score.

JimR · « **Reply #61 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:43:39 pm »

Quote from: Navin R Johnson on July 28, 2019, 03:41:22 pm

Oof, Alvarez misplayed the heck out of that double allowing the runner to score.

No, no, no. That runner was going to score. Two outs, he was running on contact, the misplay did not cause the run. He would have scored if Reddick was out there.

Tom Servo · « **Reply #62 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:45:08 pm »

Quote from: JimR on July 28, 2019, 03:35:15 pm

Interesting route by Springer to a good catch.

Serpentine!

Tom Servo · « **Reply #63 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:46:06 pm »

Quote from: JimR on July 28, 2019, 03:43:39 pm

No, no, no. That runner was going to score. Two outs, he was running on contact, the misplay did not cause the run. He would have scored if Reddick was out there.

Yep, wasn't "expertly" played off the wall, but that run scores regardless.

Navin R Johnson · « **Reply #64 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:48:21 pm »

Quote from: JimR on July 28, 2019, 03:43:39 pm

No, no, no. That runner was going to score. Two outs, he was running on contact, the misplay did not cause the run. He would have scored if Reddick was out there.

Good point.

astrojo · « **Reply #65 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:53:36 pm »

Stassi is as automatic an out as it gets.

jbm · « **Reply #66 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:54:31 pm »

Quote from: astrojo on July 28, 2019, 03:53:36 pm

Stassi is as automatic an out as it gets.

We really needed more than that after that error. Need to make that cost them.

Tom Servo · « **Reply #67 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:55:34 pm »

They gave us a couple extra outs and we got nothing.

JimR · « **Reply #68 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:56:20 pm »

Crap. Stassi’s AB.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #69 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:57:56 pm »

Come on Hector.

BizidyDizidy · « **Reply #70 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:00:08 pm »

My second son is named Max, and Stassi is his favorite player. He asked for the number 12 on his little league team. Fear this is going to end in heartbreak soon.

astrojo · « **Reply #71 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:00:17 pm »

Quote from: JimR on July 28, 2019, 03:56:20 pm

Crap. Stassi’s AB.

Someone tweeted that w Contreras back, Cubs may turn around a re-deal Maldonado. Maybe Luhnow will bite.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #72 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:01:45 pm »

Diaz, that is not what we needed.

austro · « **Reply #73 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:01:45 pm »

Good grief, Diaz. Let's not let these guys back into it.

doyce7 · « **Reply #74 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:03:08 pm »

Quote from: BizidyDizidy on July 28, 2019, 04:00:08 pm

My second son is named Max, and Stassi is his favorite player. He asked for the number 12 on his little league team. Fear this is going to end in heartbreak soon.

Show him videos of Scherzer. Or start calling him Alex

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MusicMan · « **Reply #75 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:04:20 pm »

Quote from: Navin R Johnson on July 28, 2019, 03:24:00 pm

What a turd Bauer is.

https://twitter.com/fskansascity/status/1155571432845279232?s=21

#6 gets two for flinching

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BizidyDizidy · « **Reply #76 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:04:54 pm »

Bauer would’ve thrown out Goldschmidt there

JimR · « **Reply #77 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:05:09 pm »

Quote from: doyce7 on July 28, 2019, 04:03:08 pm

Show him videos of Scherzer. Or start calling him Alex

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This. Not Stassi.

Tom Servo · « **Reply #78 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:06:05 pm »

Good job by Hector. Especially working around the error.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #79 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:06:19 pm »

Well done, Hector.

astrojo · « **Reply #80 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:06:48 pm »

Glad Rondon was able to work around Diaz’s error. Now let’s get more runs!

JimR · « **Reply #81 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:08:20 pm »

Good job by Rondon. He is an enigma. He throws 97-99 and has a good slider. He has been a solid closer for the Cubs and for us. I think perhaps our view of him is skewed by an occasional spectacular failure and by his disastrous stint as an opener. He can be important down the stretch.

jbm · « **Reply #82 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:08:27 pm »

Quote from: Tom Servo on July 28, 2019, 04:06:05 pm

Good job by Hector. Especially working around the error.

Yeah, getting a scoreless while facing the heart of the order was big. Wonder who throws the eighth? Devo, Smith?

austro · « **Reply #83 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:15:28 pm »

Looked like it took Altuve a little while to get serious about getting it going between 1st and 2nd, and it cost him in the end.

JimR · « **Reply #84 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:15:33 pm »

Wow. Hard to believe Altuve did not score.

Navin R Johnson · « **Reply #85 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:15:46 pm »

Well, that OF play and relay by the Cards was pretty much perfect.

JimR · « **Reply #86 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:16:29 pm »

Quote from: Navin R Johnson on July 28, 2019, 04:15:46 pm

Well, that OF play and relay by the Cards was pretty much perfect.

Yep. He was out by a lot.

Tom Servo · « **Reply #87 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:16:58 pm »

AJ needs to ask Altuve the same question Tito asked Tyler.

MusicMan · « **Reply #88 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:17:00 pm »

Important update:

AJ Reed is pitching against the Twins

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Navin R Johnson · « **Reply #89 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:17:19 pm »

I’m with ya, I couldn’t believe he was out by so much, Cards absolutely played that perfectly.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #90 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:17:39 pm »

Everyone thinks this team needs bullpen help that's not currently on the roster.

That may be true, but guys like Rondon and Collin need to step up. Hopefully today is something Hector builds on.

austro · « **Reply #91 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:18:11 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on July 28, 2019, 04:17:00 pm

Important update:

AJ Reed is pitching against the Twins

Well, they have been having bullpen trouble.

JimR · « **Reply #92 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:19:31 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on July 28, 2019, 04:17:39 pm

Everyone thinks this team needs bullpen help that's not currently on the roster.

That may be true, but guys like Rondon and Collin need to step up. Hopefully today is something Hector builds on.

This is so true.

Devo also.

Snuffy · « **Reply #93 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:20:26 pm »

Quote from: JimR on July 28, 2019, 04:16:29 pm

Yep. He was out by a lot.

Nice tag! He must has seen Altuve tap the plate after he ducks the tag.

Tom Servo · « **Reply #94 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:23:55 pm »

That split screen of Straw and Devo was great!

astrojo · « **Reply #95 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:25:26 pm »

Quote from: Tom Servo on July 28, 2019, 04:23:55 pm

That split screen of Straw and Devo was great!

Loved it!