2020 ALCS Game 7, Astros @ Rays, October 17, 2020

[MusicMan (Michael Shopoff)]

@DVauthrin

It was weird that he smoked 5 hard-hit outs in game 3 I believe, and then he virtually hits nothing hard the rest of the series. He had horrible at bats the last few games.

Look at the way he expanded his zone that last at bat. The very definition of pressing. Those hard hit outs made him more desperate.

[JimR (Coach)]

@HudsonHawk

No shit. For all of Gurriel’s problems, he ended up with a higher batting average than Bregman.

This is an astonishing factoid.

[HudsonHawk]

This was only for the ALCS, but upon further review, they ended up with the same batting average. Bregman slashed .143/.200.143. Gurriel managed .143/.333/.143. Yuli did manage 5 walks while striking out twice, while Bregman mustered 1 walk while striking out 5 times, though there were a couple of spots I wished Yuli had struck out. Neither had an extra base hit or an RBI. It’s a miracle you can win at all when those are two of your “thumpers” in the middle of the order.

[JimR (Coach)]

No kidding. Dual black holes.