Author Topic: Tigers v. Astros 8/22 The First Game of The Abraham Toro Era (Read 9178 times)

geezerdonk · « **on:** August 22, 2019, 07:05:31 pm »

It begins.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #1 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:15:23 pm »

Cole with a strong start back...a couple of punchouts and a comebacker.

JimR · « **Reply #2 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:17:00 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on August 22, 2019, 07:15:23 pm

Cole with a strong start back...a couple of punchouts and a comebacker.

I thought JV would pitch a no hitter and maybe a perfect game last night. What the team did to him was criminal. He blamed himself for the homers.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #3 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:18:18 pm »

Quote from: JimR on August 22, 2019, 07:17:00 pm

I thought JV would pitch a no hitter and maybe a perfect game last night. What the team did to him was criminal. He blamed himself for the homers.

His punishment for the home runs should have been "you don't get the no hitter", not a loss.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #4 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:19:24 pm »

Springer leads off the Astros' half with a double,

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #5 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:21:50 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on August 22, 2019, 07:19:24 pm

Springer leads off the Astros' half with a double,

And Altuve punches out on a slider in the home dugout...

JimR · « **Reply #6 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:21:55 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on August 22, 2019, 07:18:18 pm

His punishment for the home runs should have been "you don't get the no hitter", not a loss.

Yes. I cannot believe how this offense switches off, but Hinch did not help with the lineup.

austro · « **Reply #7 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:25:40 pm »

Here we go again.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #8 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:25:47 pm »

Brantley with a groundout and Bregman a tapper back to the mound...Astros squander the leadoff double...No score

austro · « **Reply #9 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:26:28 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on August 22, 2019, 07:21:50 pm

And Altuve punches out on a slider in the home dugout...

I get so tired of seeing him standing 4' off the plate and swinging at shit a foot outside.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #10 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:29:24 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on August 22, 2019, 07:21:50 pm

And Altuve punches out on a slider in the home dugout...

He looked pull happy. There was one drivable pitch on the outer half/third he fouled off looking to yank. Maybe another.

The wipeout slider was a good pitch but good lord it ended way out of the zone. Failure to recognize?

Frustrating.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #11 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:32:32 pm »

Cole getting the shit squeezed out of him.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #12 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:34:12 pm »

2-out walk, single...two Tiggers on base...

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #13 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:35:30 pm »

Lugo takes a fastball right down the center square for strike three, then bitches about it.

No score.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #14 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:36:25 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on August 22, 2019, 07:35:30 pm

Lugo takes a fastball right down the center square for strike three, then bitches about it.

No score.

He may have been bitching about strike 1.

Either way he can suck it.

austro · « **Reply #15 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:36:34 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on August 22, 2019, 07:35:30 pm

Lugo takes a fastball right down the center square for strike three, then bitches about it.

He must have been complaining about something from earlier in the AB, because that pitch couldn't have been more of a strike.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #16 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:41:39 pm »

Yuli swung at ball 4 twice.

Both pitches about ankle high.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #17 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:41:45 pm »

Yuli swung at balls, 4, 5, and 6 there.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #18 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:43:19 pm »

Toro, in his first big league at bat...grounds out 3-1

No score still

Lefty · « **Reply #19 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:47:10 pm »

Toro put that foul ball so far in the upper tank I didn't see where it landed.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #20 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:56:23 pm »

Reddick snakebit

homer · « **Reply #21 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:56:56 pm »

I like Josh going the other way.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #22 on:** August 22, 2019, 07:58:37 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on August 22, 2019, 07:56:23 pm

Reddick snakebit

Best ball he's hit in 2 weeks.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #23 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:04:25 pm »

Tigers clearly told this guy "just throw that 91 mph thing you call a fastball on the outer half. They'll all try to pull it and ground out."

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #24 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:05:42 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on August 22, 2019, 08:04:25 pm

Tigers clearly told this guy "just throw that 91 mph thing you call a fastball on the outer half. They'll all try to pull it and ground out."

Altuve hit the ball really hard, just right at SS.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #25 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:09:32 pm »

Brantley with a lead off double off the RF wall...now don't cock this inning up

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #26 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:11:53 pm »

Brexit!!!

2-0 Astros

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #27 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:12:12 pm »

Bregxit!!

hostros7 · « **Reply #28 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:12:51 pm »

Runs!

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Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #29 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:13:50 pm »

Shit.

Thought Yordan was going to reach the wall.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #30 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:14:15 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on August 22, 2019, 08:13:50 pm

Shit.

Thought Yordan was going to reach the wall.

That ball was well struck too..

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #31 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:17:25 pm »

Toro almost beat the wrap.

Still looking for his first hit.

homer · « **Reply #32 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:18:24 pm »

Purple lipstick is a great choice.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #33 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:22:00 pm »

Cole talking to himself about something on his way back to the dugout.

JimR · « **Reply #34 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:22:15 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on August 22, 2019, 08:13:50 pm

Shit.

Thought Yordan was going to reach the wall.

Yordan is coming back to earth like he did in RR.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #35 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:25:53 pm »

Another hard hit ball from Josh.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #36 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:31:26 pm »

Zimmerman dusted off the slider on Machete and Springer.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #37 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:32:49 pm »

Shift fuck single.

1 on 1 out for Detroit in the 6th.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #38 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:39:05 pm »

Strikeout and a groundout end the inning.

Mid 6
Astros 2-0

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #39 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:41:28 pm »

I hope no one gets over-served at the ballpark tonight.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #40 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:45:27 pm »

Kalas become annoying bad at crying yard.

Lefty · « **Reply #41 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:46:59 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on August 22, 2019, 08:45:27 pm

Kalas become annoying bad at crying yard.

That's twice tonight that he made me do a doubletake only to watch the ball get caught on the track

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #42 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:47:04 pm »

The Brantley Hit Factory.

MusicMan · « **Reply #43 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:48:49 pm »

Quote from: homer on August 22, 2019, 07:56:56 pm

I like Josh going the other way.

NTTAWWT

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hostros7 · « **Reply #44 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:52:03 pm »

Lasers

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Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #45 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:54:22 pm »

Yordan hit it too hard for Bregman to get to third. Not bad for a rookie.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #46 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:56:03 pm »

That call at home plate could have gone either way.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #47 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:56:50 pm »

Quote from: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 22, 2019, 08:56:03 pm

That call at home plate could have gone either way.

Rogers caught it. Barely, but it was a good call.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #48 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:00:56 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on August 22, 2019, 08:56:50 pm

Rogers caught it. Barely, but it was a good call.

Agreed, also his foot was coming off the plate too. I think it was too close to overturn if he had called Bregman safe.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #49 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:03:27 pm »

Cole thru 7.
3-0 Astros.
More runs por favor.

Snuffy · « **Reply #50 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:05:08 pm »

Quote from: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 22, 2019, 08:54:22 pm

Yordan hit it too hard for Bregman to get to third. Not bad for a rookie.

Apparently, the league agrees...
How often do you hear that said about a rookie!

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #51 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:09:22 pm »

Reward for Josh: single to the left of short.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #52 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:12:15 pm »

George takes a 3-0 meatball down the middle, then fouls off ball four.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #53 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:13:56 pm »

Altuve put a charge in one for a long out his last AB.

Let's see if he can get one to land in the OF grass.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #54 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:14:44 pm »

Springer walks, Jose with no outs men on 1st and 2nd.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #55 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:15:26 pm »

Astros with the bases drunk...nobody out...

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #56 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:16:04 pm »

Patient AB from Altuve.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #57 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:18:57 pm »

Uncle Mike with a 2-run knock!

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #58 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:19:20 pm »

Michael Brantley, professional hitter.

Texifornia · « **Reply #59 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:19:58 pm »

Mike! Mike! Mike! Mike! MIIIIKE!

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #60 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:21:03 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on August 22, 2019, 09:19:20 pm

Michael Brantley, professional hitter.

I wonder if he has business cards that read:

Michael Brantley
Hitter

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #61 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:21:37 pm »

Mo'Town, you have a problem, Hitsville USA has moved to Houston and taken the form of Michael Brantley,

The Spleen · « **Reply #62 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:22:39 pm »

Sometimes I dream
That he is me
You've got to see that's how I dream to be
I dream I move, I dream I groove
Like Mike
If I could Be Like Mike

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #63 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:23:24 pm »

Bases loaded again, one out for Yuli...

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #64 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:23:56 pm »

Yuli takes strike one at the ankles.

Snuffy · « **Reply #65 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:24:20 pm »

Pulling for Toro to get one more AB...

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #66 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:25:08 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on August 22, 2019, 09:23:56 pm

Yuli takes strike one at the ankles.

Terrible call.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #67 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:25:22 pm »

Yuli with a single...6-0...bases still loaded...

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #68 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:28:23 pm »

Almost a grand Machete.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #69 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:32:46 pm »

To the 8th.

Astros up 6-0.

Smith in to relieve Cole, who was spectacular.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #70 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:37:26 pm »

Smith with a clean 8th.

Lefty · « **Reply #71 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:38:08 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on August 22, 2019, 09:21:03 pm

I wonder if he has business cards that read:

Michael Brantley
Hitter

Would you go with:

Hitter
Professional Hitter
Hit Machine
Uncle Mike

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #72 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:39:05 pm »

Quote from: Lefty on August 22, 2019, 09:38:08 pm

Would you go with:

Hitter
Professional Hitter
Hit Machine
Uncle Mike

I like hitter.

The professional is implied.

MusicMan · « **Reply #73 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:40:39 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on August 22, 2019, 09:21:03 pm

I wonder if he has business cards that read:

Michael Brantley
Hitter

In bone, with Silian Grail lettering

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Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #74 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:42:33 pm »

Reddick hits one just to the wrong side of the RF pole, then grounds out.

Jake hits for Springer, Ks swinging.

Straw hits for Altuve, grounds out 5-3.

End 8
Astros 6-0

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #75 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:43:02 pm »

Quote from: Lefty on August 22, 2019, 09:38:08 pm

Would you go with:

Hitter
Professional Hitter
Hit Machine
Uncle Mike

Have Bat - will travel.

Have bat - will travel, reads the card of a man.
A bat with some power in a savage land
His fast bat for hire heeds the calling strike
A soldier of fortune is the man called Uncle Mike.

JimR · « **Reply #76 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:46:08 pm »

This game pisses me off even more about last night.

Texifornia · « **Reply #77 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:46:23 pm »

Quote from: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 22, 2019, 09:43:02 pm

Have Bat - will travel.

Dr. of Hitology

MusicMan · « **Reply #78 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:50:51 pm »

Um, Joe?

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austro · « **Reply #79 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:51:28 pm »

Jesus, now they're going to have to get Osuna hot.

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #80 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:52:00 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on August 22, 2019, 09:50:51 pm

Um, Joe?

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A pitching clinic it has not been.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #81 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:52:07 pm »

Strikeout, single, homer, homer.

Biagini not sticking to the script.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #82 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:52:21 pm »

Get Osuna out there.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #83 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:55:08 pm »

6-3 grounder, 2 outs.

MusicMan · « **Reply #84 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:56:36 pm »

And a walk brings the closer in to a game we had a six run lead going to the ninth.

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Lefty · « **Reply #85 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:56:54 pm »

Quote from: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 22, 2019, 09:43:02 pm

Have Bat - will travel.

Have bat - will travel reads the card of a man.
A bat with some power in a savage land
His fast bat for hire is heeds the calling strike
A soldier of fortune is the man called Uncle Mike.

Damn, man, perfect.

astrojo · « **Reply #86 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:56:57 pm »

Biagini is a mess.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #87 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:57:21 pm »

Biagini is hot garbage tonight.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #88 on:** August 22, 2019, 09:57:58 pm »

2 out, 4 pitch walk ends Biagini's night.

Osuna coming in with a man on 1st.

jbm · « **Reply #89 on:** August 22, 2019, 10:00:08 pm »

Wow, this is brutal.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #90 on:** August 22, 2019, 10:00:13 pm »

Tying run at the plate...

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #91 on:** August 22, 2019, 10:00:29 pm »

Osuna goes 3-0 to Rodriguez.

Make it 4-0.

Good grief.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #92 on:** August 22, 2019, 10:01:05 pm »

THROW STRIKES!!!!

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #93 on:** August 22, 2019, 10:01:15 pm »

9 straight balls before that strike.

MusicMan · « **Reply #94 on:** August 22, 2019, 10:01:16 pm »

Thank you Jesus.

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austro · « **Reply #95 on:** August 22, 2019, 10:01:26 pm »

That was entirely unnecessary.

JimR · « **Reply #96 on:** August 22, 2019, 10:01:52 pm »

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #97 on:** August 22, 2019, 10:02:52 pm »

Wow, that was close.

astrojo · « **Reply #98 on:** August 22, 2019, 10:03:03 pm »

Exhale. That was ridiculous.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #99 on:** August 22, 2019, 10:03:05 pm »

Reddick makes the catch at the wall.

Astros win 6-3.

What a dick stomping 9th.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #100 on:** August 22, 2019, 10:03:35 pm »

Reddick hit the ball hard in each of his ABs.

Lefty · « **Reply #101 on:** August 22, 2019, 10:35:24 pm »

Fuck. If anyone had to make that catch, I'm glad it was Josh, in RF, over the wall.

MRaup · « **Reply #102 on:** August 23, 2019, 12:50:29 am »

Quote from: Lefty on August 22, 2019, 10:35:24 pm

Fuck. If anyone had to make that catch, I'm glad it was Josh, in RF, over the wall.

Not over the wall, but right at it.

Reddick still playing great OF while scuffling horribly at the plate.