Angels @ Astros - 9/21/19

[Lefty]

Springer 9
Altuve 4
Bregman 5
Yordan DH
Yuli 3
Correa 6
Tucker 7
Maldonado 2
Straw 8

Miley

Former Stro farmhand Patrick Sandoval, traded in the first Machete deal, on the hill for the Angels. 

[das]

Miley

...he's at it again.  He's got to be tipping his pitches.  I find it hard to believe they are just sitting on his cutter.

[Lefty]

...he's at it again.  He's got to be tipping his pitches.  I find it hard to believe they are just sitting on his cutter.

He's got the first inning blues something fierce recently.  I can't explain it.

[Aussie Astro]

He's got the first inning blues something fierce recently.  I can't explain it.

Second isn't shaping up to much better.

[HudsonHawk]

Miley is a wreck. He’s out after getting three outs. I feel bad for him, but they absolutely cannot let him pitch in the postseason.

[Aussie Astro]

Miley is a wreck. He’s out after getting three outs. I feel bad for him, but they absolutely cannot let him pitch in the postseason.

Greinke didn't inspire a lot of confidence last night either.

[Lefty]

Verlander and Cole and pray for....

[HudsonHawk]

Greinke didn't inspire a lot of confidence last night either.

Nonetheless, he has to one of the guys. I would not include Miley on the postseason roster.

[Aussie Astro]

Verlander and Cole and pray for....

Runs, and lots of them!

[Aussie Astro]

Nonetheless, he has to one of the guys. I would not include Miley on the postseason roster.

Yep, it is what it is at this point.

[HudsonHawk]

Yordan makes it 4-1. Yuli drilled, and a walk to Correa. Two on, nobody out...

[Lefty]

Runs, and lots of them!

The Yordan hears you.

[Tom Servo]

Kyle!

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[Tom Servo]

Stupid fans.

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[Aussie Astro]

The Yordan hears you.

Tucker saw the memo too.

[HudsonHawk]

Tucker with a 2-run double, off the wall, Tucker to 3B on a TE6...but....some idiots reached over and touched the ball, so they’ll send Tucker back to 2B and take a run off the board and send Correa back to 3B.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Throw the fan out.

[astrojo]

Idiot keep your hands out of the field of play!

[HudsonHawk]

Machete with an RBI groundout

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Idiot keep your hands out of the field of play!

Standing up, sticking your hands out is one thing.  Natural tendency.   Wrong,  but natural.

Bending at the waist over the railing and reaching down is pure hysteria.

Idiots.

[HudsonHawk]

Idiot fan cost the Astros a run and a tie game.

4-3 Angels.

[astrojo]

Stupid fan costs us the run and a tie game.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Idiots cost us a run.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

There seems to be a consensus.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Miley is a wreck. He’s out after getting three outs. I feel bad for him, but they absolutely cannot let him pitch in the postseason.

The Sanchez injury is looming large.

(phrase I never thought I'd use)

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Yordan makes it 4-1. Yuli drilled, and a walk to Correa. Two on, nobody out...

The Yordan shot was oppo taco just inside the fair pole and bounced off the tip top of the railroad track wall.

The Gurriel hpb was bush league garbage.   Budgirl may need to rethink things.

[Tom Servo]

The Yordan shot was oppo taco just inside the fair pole and bounced off the tip top of the railroad track wall.

The Gurriel hpb was bush league garbage.   Budgirl may need to rethink things.

I don't understand the gurriel thing at all. What was that about?

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[geezerdonk]

Miley is a wreck. He’s out after getting three outs. I feel bad for him, but they absolutely cannot let him pitch in the postseason.

They absolutely cannot allow him on the field in the playoffs.

[geezerdonk]

Can't the club eject a fan that interferes with a ball in play?

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Holy moly what a play.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Can't the club eject a fan that interferes with a ball in play?

Yes.

[austro]

That was a ridiculous double-play.

[BudGirl]

The Yordan shot was oppo taco just inside the fair pole and bounced off the tip top of the railroad track wall.

The Gurriel hpb was bush league garbage.   Budgirl may need to rethink things.

I've been upset with him being a whiney bitch for a while.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Bregman walks,  Yordan fouls off several pitches (strike one should have been driven to Mars) then grounds softly to second.

2nd baseman dives snags it and flips it to the bag all in one motion to start the 4-6-3.

Tip of the cap.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

That was a ridiculous double-play.

Fletcher has become a pretty good player.

[MusicMan]

That was a ridiculous double-play.

One of the best I’ve ever seen


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[Lefty]

I've been upset with him being a whiney bitch for a while.

I'd think Yuli was a bit upset that it was about to hit him right in the fucking knee right before the postseason.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I'd think Yuli was a bit upset that it was about to hit him right in the fucking knee right before the postseason.

I think she was referring to Ausmus being a whiny bitch.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

I'd think Yuli was a bit upset that it was about to hit him right in the fucking knee right before the postseason.

And for those that missed it,  the first pitch to Yuli was way inside too.

[BudGirl]

I'd think Yuli was a bit upset that it was about to hit him right in the fucking knee right before the postseason.

I didn't see it.  I was in church.  He was being whiney long before today.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

3 straight 2 out hits get a run in for the Angels.

First was a shift fuck single.  Second was a nice inside out to right.

Third was a smash double in the LF cornet by pooholes.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Yuli gets an infield hit to leadoff the 4th.

[Lefty]

I think she was referring to Ausmus being a whiny bitch.

I'm attempting to watch the Stros and UT simultaneously while drinking.  At home, which puts the whole "pause, rewind, fwd" action into play.  It's harder than it sounds, so disregard anything I say.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Correa singles up the middle, Yuli to 2nd.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Tucker chops one to 1st, runners to 2nd/3rd.

Machete grounds out  to 3rd, Yuli doesn't try to score.

2 outs.

Up to Straw. He flies out to center.

All this was against Jewell (not the singer); Sandoval was on a pitch limit.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

That would have been a tough throw home had Yuli gone home.

Maybe he didn't want to test the hammy twice in one inning.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Urquidy out.

Overall good job. In the second the got 3 consecutive pop ups.  The first one landed after knicking the glove of Altuve allowing the 4th run to score. 

Needed to finish the 4th better.  He fell behind Simmons and Pujols and they both took advantage.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Abreu strikes out the side in the 5th.

Swinging, looking,  swinging.

[HudsonHawk]

Needed to finish the 4th better.  He fell behind Simmons and Pujols and they both took advantage.

He needed to not have to come in the game trailing by three runs, two on, nobody out, and have to go three innings.

[geezerdonk]

Verlander and Cole and pray for....

Snowle

[Astros Fan in Big D]

The Bard takes the mound for the Angels.

PBP for this inning will not be in iambic pentameter.

Springer lifts one to center  “And so I shall catch the fly”
Altuve looks at strike 3, unhappy he turns to hpu "O hateful error"
Bregman flies out “And have is have, however men do catch.”

[Astros Fan in Big D]

He needed to not have to come in the game trailing by three runs, two on, nobody out, and have to go three innings.

No doubt. He done good.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Name that Astro is Craig Biggio

[HudsonHawk]

So I’m assuming tomorrow will be no Springer, no Altuve, and no Correa.

[Lefty]

So I’m assuming tomorrow will be no Springer, no Altuve, and no Correa.

Yordan may need a day off, somebody has to DH

[Astros Fan in Big D]

So I’m assuming tomorrow will be no Springer, no Altuve, and no Correa.

Are you back in North America?

[HudsonHawk]

Are you back in North America?

Finally.

[BudGirl]

My mom just said Pujols must be 90 years old already.  I love her.

[HudsonHawk]

Yordan may need a day off, somebody has to DH

A day off from what?

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Abreu walks Hermosillo, who then steals second.

Cowart Ks swinging
Fletcher Flies out to right
Simmons bloops one to center Straw's throw home is not close and Simmons gets to 2nd.

Score is 6-3

Pujols walks.
Calhoun out 3-1; nice stop by Yuli

[Lefty]

A day off from what?

Whatever the rest of them regularly need a day off from.

[chuck]

A day off from what?

Trotting around the bases every ten at bats or so will really take it out of you.

Plus, with these expanded rosters there's more people than ever you have to high five.

[HudsonHawk]

Whatever the rest of them regularly need a day off from.

They need a day off from playing baseball.  Unless Alvarez is worn out from picking splinters out of his ass, he needs to be in the lineup.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

The Bard still pitching

Alvarez Ks swinging “And what a pitch … !”
Gurriel 6-3 “And when he caught it, he let it go again.”
Correa Ks swinging “O my offense is rank, it smells to heaven.”

[HudsonHawk]

Correa out of the game.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

They need a day off from playing baseball.  Unless Alvarez is worn out from picking splinters out of his ass, he needs to be in the lineup.

He might be suffering from the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

[Lefty]

They need a day off from playing baseball.  Unless Alvarez is worn out from picking splinters out of his ass, he needs to be in the lineup.

Just a joke about Hinch's propensity to sit guys on schedule regardless of opponent or situation.  I'm not complaining about it.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Devo in, pitches a clean inning.

[Lefty]

Chandler Rome tweet:  A.J. Hinch said last week Carlos Correa was going to play something similar to a spring training schedule during this homestand. This is the second game of his first back-to-back since coming off the IL. We will know for sure after the game.

[HudsonHawk]

Name that Astro is Craig Biggio

Wrong!!!

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Wrong!!!

I missed it. Who was it?

[HudsonHawk]

I missed it. Who was it?

Mike Hampton

[HudsonHawk]

For being a fucking giraffe, Tucker runs really well.

[HudsonHawk]

Toro with a pinch hit sac fly. 6-4

[Astros Fan in Big D]

For being a fucking giraffe, Tucker runs really well.

Yes he does.

[Tom Servo]

Wtf?

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[HudsonHawk]

And Stubbs stomps his dick to kill the rally.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Garcia (not Jerry) in to pitch

Tucker hits a sky high foul pop up that bounces off the catcher's glove, eventually legs out a double to left center
Stubbs walks,  ball 4 is a wp, Tucker to 3rd
Toro hits for Straw, hits a SAC F9, Tucker scores
Springer Ks swinging
Pitching change: Buttrey
Altuve reaches on an infield hit,  Stubbs cut down easily at third.  Thought the ball got through the infield. It didn't.

6-4 Angels

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Somebody grab pbp

[astrojo]

And Stubbs stomps his dick to kill the rally.

With Bregman and Alvarez up.

[HudsonHawk]

Between the idiot fans and the dumbshit baserunning...

[HudsonHawk]

Astros with three quick groundouts in the 8th. 6-4 Angels

[HudsonHawk]

The shift has killed the Astros tonight

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Between the idiot fans and the dumbshit baserunning...

. . .and 1 IP with 4 ER from Miley

[HudsonHawk]

8-4 Angels

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Center cut meatball.

[HudsonHawk]

. . .and 1 IP with 4 ER from Miley

And I’m afraid Hinch is going to run his usual AAA lineup out to back up Verlander tomorrow. They’d better fucking win another game because the A’s ain’t losing another one.

[BudGirl]

Maybe they win the division tomorrow.  Today's not looking good.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Astros should be able to get home quickly.
Oakland up 9-0 on Arlington.

[BudGirl]

And I’m afraid Hinch is going to run his usual AAA lineup out to back up Verlander tomorrow. They’d better fucking win another game because the A’s ain’t losing another one.

I'd like to see the real line up tomorrow and have a division win to celebrate at home.

[HudsonHawk]

It’s amazing to think Rondon was once considered closer material.

[HudsonHawk]

I'd like to see the real line up tomorrow and have a division win to celebrate at home.

I would too, but that’d be bucking the trend.

[BudGirl]

Maybe bucking the trend is what's needed.  After all the starters need to play again together before the playoffs too.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

With JVs 20th win at stake,  I bet AJ goes full strength.

Of course I know bubkus so there's that.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

TE2, 4-pitch 2 out walk.

Shitty baseball continues.

[HudsonHawk]

With JVs 20th win at stake,  I bet AJ goes full strength.

Of course I know bubkus so there's that.

Reddick and Brantley did no start tonight. Correa left the game early. I’d be shocked if Springer, Gurriel and Correa play tomorrow.

[HudsonHawk]

Last chance for the Astros, down 8-4

[HudsonHawk]

Astros whimper in the 9th, go down 8-4

Magic number remains at 1

[Astros Fan in Big D]

For those who missed this game,  congratulations.

[Aussie Astro]

I have to decide if I am setting and alarm for 2.00 am to watch, not knowing the line up isn't helping.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

AJ said Correa's exit was planned.

Talked about Miley's frame of mind,  acknowledged that he's only got 1 start before decisions have to be made.

[Lefty]

For being a fucking giraffe, Tucker runs really well.

Agreed.  Lidge was the baby giraffe, is Tucker a full grown one?

[HudsonHawk]

Agreed.  Lidge was the baby giraffe, is Tucker a full grown one?

I think so. Tucker isn’t uncoordinated, he’s just tall and lanky. He’s built like Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio, and both of them could run too. It’s just awkward to see nowadays.

[HudsonHawk]

AJ said Correa's exit was planned.

Talked about Miley's frame of mind,  acknowledged that he's only got 1 start before decisions have to be made.

For me, I just couldn't trust Miley. I know that’s harsh, but it’s not that he’s had a rough outing or two. He’s been shockingly horrible for his last six or so starts. Like, having no business in the big leagues horrible. I don’t know what happened, and I feel for the guy because until August he’d been having a good year. But it’s the postseason...hard decisions have to be made.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

For me, I just couldn't trust Miley. I know that’s harsh, but it’s not that he’s had a rough outing or two. He’s been shockingly horrible for his last six or so starts. Like, having no business in the big leagues horrible. I don’t know what happened, and I feel for the guy because until August he’d been having a good year. But it’s the postseason...hard decisions have to be made.

Totally agree.

Who is the 4th starter?

[HudsonHawk]

Totally agree.

Who is the 4th starter?

Gotta be Urquidy or Valdez. 

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Gotta be Urquidy or Valdez.

I agree and that prospect is only slightly less worrisome than Miley.

[austro]

I agree and that prospect is only slightly less worrisome than Miley.

Perhaps it's naive, but I have confidence in Urquidy. He just seems bulldog tough.

[Lefty]

Perhaps it's naive, but I have confidence in Urquidy. He just seems bulldog tough.

Much moreso than Valdez.  He just can't throw  strikes with regularity, but when he does, damn is he good.

[moriartp]

Perhaps it's naive, but I have confidence in Urquidy. He just seems bulldog tough.

I’m right there with you.

[WVastro]

I think in a 5 game series Miley is on the roster along with Urquidy. Miley starts with a short leash. Sometimes when you have a “new season” (post-season) it can be a mental reset.

[Lefty]

I think in a 5 game series Miley is on the roster along with Urquidy. Miley starts with a short leash. Sometimes when you have a “new season” (post-season) it can be a mental reset.

Would Hinch and the Nerd Cave think about an opener for Miley?  Rondon?  Devo?

[JimR]

Would Hinch and the Nerd Cave think about an opener for Miley?  Rondon?  Devo?

Would Hinch and the Nerd Cave think about an opener for Miley?  Rondon?  Devo?

Ugh.

[MusicMan]

Would Hinch and the Nerd Cave think about an opener for Miley?  Rondon?  Devo?

Remember Robson’s opener?


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[juliogotay]

Gotta be Urquidy or Valdez.

I may trust Valdez less than Miley.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

I may trust Valdez less than Miley.

Me too. Miley at least has some skins on the wall.

Might be choosing between high wire over crocodiles vs sharks though.

[Knoxbanedoodle]

Remember Robson’s opener?


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Is that Queen's pawn or King's knight?