Author Topic: Astros at Blue Jays, 8/31/19 (Read 8298 times)

MusicMan · « **on:** August 31, 2019, 02:28:11 pm »

Springer walks, Altuve singles, and Bregman delivers the SF.

Alvarez then drives one to the LCF wall, caught against the scoreboard, but for reasons I’m not even sure he can explain, Altuve is already halfway to third and is doubled off first easily.

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Lefty · « **Reply #1 on:** August 31, 2019, 02:34:31 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on August 31, 2019, 02:28:11 pm

Springer walks, Altuve singles, and Bregman delivers the SF.

Alvarez then drives one to the LCF wall, caught against the scoreboard, but for reasons I’m not even sure he can explain, Altuve is already halfway to third and is doubled off first easily.

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Tuves ran past the bag at 2nd on his way back to 1B and had to go back and touch it

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #2 on:** August 31, 2019, 02:35:29 pm »

Radio said Altuve missed second on his way back, had to backtrack.

Who wants innings to drag on anyways?

Lefty · « **Reply #3 on:** August 31, 2019, 02:36:57 pm »

Bregman and Yordan both missed HRs by a couple of feet.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #4 on:** August 31, 2019, 02:44:46 pm »

Drury tagged out on the shortest batted ball ever.

(May have hit him in the box but HPU didn't call it that way)

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #5 on:** August 31, 2019, 02:47:44 pm »

2 out walk followed by an IF hit (could have been E6).

Fisher up.

austro · « **Reply #6 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:03:25 pm »

Framber has lost the zone completely. He finally has bring a get-me-over ball into the middle of the zone and Grichuk hammers it for an RBI single. Fortunately, Vladdy Jr. tries to go 1st-to-3rd in front of Reddick and gets thrown at at 3rd.

JimR · « **Reply #7 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:03:37 pm »

Two walk, single ties the game.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #8 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:05:24 pm »

Valadez issued 1 out walks to Biggio and Guerrero.

Biggio took strike 3 for ball 3.

Single to left plated Biggio, Jr thrown out at 3rd.

2 out runner on 2nd.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #9 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:06:01 pm »

Dammit.

Hernandez unties it.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #10 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:06:34 pm »

Walks will get you in trouble faster than anything.

austro · « **Reply #11 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:06:40 pm »

What an awful curveball. "Hit me!" And Teoscar did.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #12 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:06:44 pm »

Freaking walks.

JimR · « **Reply #13 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:08:50 pm »

Quote from: austro on August 31, 2019, 03:06:40 pm

What an awful curveball. "Hit me!" And Teoscar did.

Same curve he has thrown all day. Big curve, bad location.

Walks.

austro · « **Reply #14 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:10:32 pm »

Inning mercifully over. Could have been worse without Jr's poor baserunning decision.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #15 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:15:23 pm »

Bregman walks.

JimR · « **Reply #16 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:18:12 pm »

Come on, Yordan.

austro · « **Reply #17 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:19:26 pm »

Quote from: JimR on August 31, 2019, 03:18:12 pm

Come on, Yordan.

He seems to be getting into pitchers' counts a lot these days.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #18 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:19:49 pm »

Another 1st pitch inning ending 1-6-3 dp.

JimR · « **Reply #19 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:21:30 pm »

Quote from: austro on August 31, 2019, 03:19:26 pm

He seems to be getting into pitchers' counts a lot these days.

Yep

JimR · « **Reply #20 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:22:29 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 03:19:49 pm

Another 1st pitch inning ending 1-6-3 dp.

Toro is too anxious. He is not waiting for something he can drive.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #21 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:27:23 pm »

Well shit.

austro · « **Reply #22 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:28:00 pm »

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #23 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:28:15 pm »

FB right down the fucking middle of the plate.

JimR · « **Reply #24 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:28:49 pm »

Framber seems much more under control today. So he gives up homers.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #25 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:30:52 pm »

Correction: apparently that was an 89 mph, straight as an arrow changeup that Biggio demolished.

Lefty · « **Reply #26 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:31:05 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 03:28:15 pm

FB right down the fucking middle of the plate.

Quite literally.

austro · « **Reply #27 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:31:41 pm »

Time for the offense to amp it up.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #28 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:31:54 pm »

Somebody sit on the offspeed stuff Bucholz has been throwing.

JimR · « **Reply #29 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:33:19 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 03:30:52 pm

Correction: apparently that was an 89 mph, straight as an arrow changeup that Biggio demolished.

Up

austro · « **Reply #30 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:34:02 pm »

Buchholz is trying to help us out, it would be gracious to accept his gifts.

JimR · « **Reply #31 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:35:26 pm »

Got Machete twice on changeups.

austro · « **Reply #32 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:37:18 pm »

Love those double plays.

Lefty · « **Reply #33 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:37:31 pm »

4 leadoff walks = 4 DPs is hard to do

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #34 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:37:47 pm »

Holy crap.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #35 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:38:27 pm »

Quote from: JimR on August 31, 2019, 03:33:19 pm

Up

On a freaking tee.

Good to see Jake getting into the theme of the game.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #36 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:38:53 pm »

Four inning ending double plays in five innings. Historic.

austro · « **Reply #37 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:49:15 pm »

Haha, joke's on them: now they can't get a double play.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #38 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:53:45 pm »

Quote from: austro on August 31, 2019, 03:49:15 pm

Haha, joke's on them: now they can't get a double play.

Idiots.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #39 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:56:13 pm »

2 on 2 out for Yuli.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #40 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:59:12 pm »

2 rbi double for La Piña!

austro · « **Reply #41 on:** August 31, 2019, 03:59:17 pm »

Yuli doing Yuli things! Helped out by Fisher playing the ball kind of questionably.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #42 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:02:30 pm »

Toro needs to take a deep breath at the plate.

austro · « **Reply #43 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:04:19 pm »

Yeah, a single there would have been very big.

Lefty · « **Reply #44 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:10:26 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:02:30 pm

Toro needs to take a deep breath at the plate.

Tell him if he doesn't calm the hell down he doesn't get to go to Tim Horton's after the game.

austro · « **Reply #45 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:16:44 pm »

Gotta love those 2-out RBIs.

austro · « **Reply #46 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:19:46 pm »

Reddick with a lead-off single in the top of the 7th. Nice to see him starting to hit again.

austro · « **Reply #47 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:20:37 pm »

Ok, Jake, time to do something useful. And for God's sake, don't hit into a double play.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #48 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:21:12 pm »

Quote from: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:19:46 pm

Reddick with a lead-off single in the top of the 7th. Nice to see him starting to hit again.

Good to see more hits for Josh.

austro · « **Reply #49 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:26:16 pm »

Bases loaded for Altuve. Let's hope it's patient/selective Altuve.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #50 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:26:30 pm »

Bases loaded for Altuve.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #51 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:27:33 pm »

Quote from: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:26:16 pm

Bases loaded for Altuve. Let's hope it's patient/selective Altuve.

Negative.

austro · « **Reply #52 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:28:06 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:27:33 pm

Negative.

So frustrating.

austro · « **Reply #53 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:30:55 pm »

Bases-loaded walk for Bregman cuts the lead to 6-4. Jays bringing in a lefty to face Yordan.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #54 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:30:58 pm »

Walk makes it 6-4.

Still loaded for Alvarez.

austro · « **Reply #55 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:34:58 pm »

Oh, shit, Yordan had a curve to destroy there and fouled it off.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #56 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:36:00 pm »

Swing the bat!!!!

austro · « **Reply #57 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:36:01 pm »

Yordan Ensbergs another strike three.

JimR · « **Reply #58 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:36:23 pm »

Good grief, Yordan.

JimR · « **Reply #59 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:37:19 pm »

Quote from: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:34:58 pm

Oh, shit, Yordan had a curve to destroy there and fouled it off.

Sort of his life. Fouls

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #60 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:37:34 pm »

He has gone from chasing down to not looking down.

austro · « **Reply #61 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:38:04 pm »

Quote from: JimR on August 31, 2019, 04:36:23 pm

Good grief, Yordan.

It's not like that was out on the edge or something. That's a strike, and he needs to defend against it.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #62 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:38:35 pm »

Quote from: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:38:04 pm

It's not like that was out on the edge or something. That's a strike, and he needs to defend against it.

He needs to drive that shit.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #63 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:39:15 pm »

One of our tasks is to get Smith back into form.

JimR · « **Reply #64 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:40:12 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 04:37:34 pm

He has gone from chasing down to not looking down.

His ABs lately suck. That one was horrible.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #65 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:49:40 pm »

That HBP looked intentional, but I can't think of why they'd do that.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #66 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:50:13 pm »

Toro completes his awful day at the plate appropriately.

austro · « **Reply #67 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:52:10 pm »

How can a team of hitters like the Astros have 9 walks and only 4 runs?

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #68 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:52:56 pm »

Quote from: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:52:10 pm

How can a team of hitters like the Astros have 9 walks and only 4 runs?

Really wish you hadn't asked that.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #69 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:54:02 pm »

2 on, Brantley hits for Machete.

austro · « **Reply #70 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:55:43 pm »

Aaaaaaarrrrrggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #71 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:56:21 pm »

3-1 FB popped up on the infield. Crap on a stick.

Now it's up to Diaz (hitting for Jake).

The Spleen · « **Reply #72 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:57:17 pm »

If Michael Fucking Brantley has the yips now, this is going to be a long week.

austro · « **Reply #73 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:57:35 pm »

Jeez, I forgot about the HBP. So they have flat-out *given* us 10 baserunners.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #74 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:58:42 pm »

FUCKBALLS!!

austro · « **Reply #75 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:58:45 pm »

Leave the high FB alone. Hit the low FB.

The Spleen · « **Reply #76 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:59:14 pm »

Quote from: austro on August 31, 2019, 04:57:35 pm

Jeez, I forgot about the HBP. So they have flat-out *given* us 10 baserunners.

Just like that they've flipped back into a raging team slump like during the White Sox and A's series.
Their entire offense at the moment is the other team stepping on its dick.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #77 on:** August 31, 2019, 04:59:29 pm »

That dude was begging to be scored on.

Good grief.

austro · « **Reply #78 on:** August 31, 2019, 05:04:48 pm »

Sneed says "hey, fuckers, this is how it's done."

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #79 on:** August 31, 2019, 05:05:02 pm »

Nice outing from Sneed.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #80 on:** August 31, 2019, 05:09:42 pm »

Springer sticks to his guns, goes to one knee trying to hit a 3 run leadoff homer.

austro · « **Reply #81 on:** August 31, 2019, 05:10:58 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on August 31, 2019, 05:09:42 pm

Springer sticks to his guns, goes to one knee trying to hit a 3 run leadoff homer.

Hey, someday it'll happen!

austro · « **Reply #82 on:** August 31, 2019, 05:13:00 pm »

What a disappointing game. I hope tomorrow turns out better.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #83 on:** August 31, 2019, 05:13:06 pm »

What a shitty game.

Texifornia · « **Reply #84 on:** August 31, 2019, 05:13:40 pm »

Who is this Giles guy?

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #85 on:** August 31, 2019, 05:13:51 pm »

And Giles strikes out the side to end it. Threw hanging Sliders right down the center of the plate for strike three on all of them.

JimR · « **Reply #86 on:** August 31, 2019, 05:29:04 pm »

Quote from: The Spleen on August 31, 2019, 04:59:14 pm

Just like that they've flipped back into a raging team slump like during the White Sox and A's series.
Their entire offense at the moment is the other team stepping on its dick.

Good grief, man. Chill.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #87 on:** August 31, 2019, 07:14:00 pm »

Quote from: JimR on August 31, 2019, 05:29:04 pm

Good grief, man. Chill.

The last week theyve scored 11,15, 8, 8, 7, and 4. Anyone who thinks this offense is slumping simply hasn't been paying attention.

WVastro · « **Reply #88 on:** August 31, 2019, 08:30:36 pm »

Quote from: JimR on August 31, 2019, 05:29:04 pm

Good grief, man. Chill.

In medieval times the “spleen” was “vented” in order to reduce anger. I’ve always thought that’s the origin of his moniker.

austro · « **Reply #89 on:** August 31, 2019, 08:43:13 pm »

Quote from: WVastro on August 31, 2019, 08:30:36 pm

In medieval times the “spleen” was “vented” in order to reduce anger. I’ve always thought that’s the origin of his moniker.

I may be wrong (I often am), but I think he's the poster formerly known as "Roger Cedeno's Spleen", christened when MMPUS opened with the flagpole in CF and Roger Cedeno out there running "interesting" routes to the ball. I always thought that was one of the funniest names on here.

The Spleen · « **Reply #90 on:** August 31, 2019, 08:51:26 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on August 31, 2019, 07:14:00 pm

The last week theyve scored 11,15, 8, 8, 7, and 4. Anyone who thinks this offense is slumping simply hasn't been paying attention.

Talking about the last 2-3 days, not a whole week. They should have scored much more with the 3,876 walks they've gotten, including multiple runs walked in. They also fell very quickly into a slump from a hot streak after Baltimore. But it's just a stretch of shitty baseball (that I'm venting about), and it will pass. The bullpen and injuries are still the real concern.

Yes, I used to be 'Roger Cedeno's Spleen.'

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #91 on:** August 31, 2019, 09:07:45 pm »

I amused myself back then imagining that Roger Cedeño was Cesar's alter ego when he wanted to move around incognito.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #92 on:** August 31, 2019, 10:31:14 pm »

Quote from: The Spleen on August 31, 2019, 08:51:26 pm

Talking about the last 2-3 days, not a whole week. They should have scored much more with the 3,876 walks they've gotten, including multiple runs walked in. They also fell very quickly into a slump from a hot streak after Baltimore. But it's just a stretch of shitty baseball (that I'm venting about), and it will pass. The bullpen and injuries are still the real concern.

Yes, I used to be 'Roger Cedeno's Spleen.

That's like m saying, yes I know you were 3 for 4 with two home runs and five runs batted in, but you grounded out in the 8th inning...you're in a slump.