2023 ALCS Game 6

[JimR (Coach)]

Agreed. No situational awareness trying to be a hero. He could have been up 2-0.

[WVASTRO]

@ArkyVaughan

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Let’s try this again tomorrow. Get some rest.

Eta. Not a reply. Was meant for everyone.

[MarkR (Buford T. Justice)]

Look at all the fight the Astros are putting up!

[HudsonHawk]

And on to Game 7

The good news is, Framber will not pitch.

[ArkyVaughan]

All kidding aside, that may be the quickest bottom of the ninth I ever saw. Mercifully.

[HudsonHawk]

Well, I wonder how Garcia feels about folks laughing at his strikeouts.

[MarkR (Buford T. Justice)]

4 pitches it tough to beat.

[DVauthrin (David Vauthrin)]

@HudsonHawk

@DVauthrin

@HudsonHawk

Just gotta pray for a miracle tomorrow.

It shouldn’t take a fucking miracle for the Astros to win a game at home. But, here we are.

Have you not watched this season? It will take a miracle.

No, obviously this the first time I’m watching this team. Of course, I’m aware they were under .500 at home this season. I was at the Monday game of the A’s series in September, and the Monday game against the Orioles where Pressly allowed the three-run homer to Mullins.

[Col.SphinxDrummond]

One strike out for each RBI. I would take that deal.

[JimR (Coach)]

Yep. BBG were listening.

[MusicMan (Michael Shopoff)]

I have zero reason to believe they’ll win tomorrow.

But then again, I had zero reason to believe they’d get this far.

[MarkR (Buford T. Justice)]

I think it’s more likely Stanek is just an idiot.

This is Dubon in the 8th levels of terrible:

[HudsonHawk]

@JimR

Yep. BBG were listening.

They always are. They have little use for in-game schadenfreude.

[WVASTRO]

Tomorrow. That’s all that matters right now. Fuck the rest.

[Doyce7 (Doyce Kirkland)]

Fucking Dubon was the killer tonight. The guy couldn’t find the zone and Dubon just decided that he was swinging no matter what.

[Dickntx (Richard Nelson)]

I agree it’s sucked dick on ice. If we were down 3-2 in the series that ice would be about 1000 degrees cooler.

At this point they’ve essentially used all their best arms so we SHOULD be able to take advantage tomorrow. Yes, Mad Max could go nuclear on us but he’s still a bit rusty and I think we should be able to get into their pen tomorrow.

If not this team went a lot further than I thought it would watching it all season long.

[DVauthrin (David Vauthrin)]

@MusicMan

I have zero reason to believe they’ll win tomorrow.

But then again, I had zero reason to believe they’d get this far.

I had zero reason to believe the Astros would force a game 7 down 3 games to none against the Tampa Bay Rays in the shortened COVID season and they did. Most teams don’t win three straight on the road after losing the first two games at home like the Astros have done in 2019 versus Washington and 2023 against Texas, either. Until they are officially eliminated, I’ll always believe this group of Astros has a chance.

[AstrosFanInBigD]

@Idstrosfan

In hindsight it doesn’t matter, but how the hell does Dubon swing at the 1st 2 pitches in the other batters box last inning.

I would say it very much does matter, because if Dubón gets on base there’s at least a run in and Montero/Stanek probably don’t see the light of day.

It may be a hard ask for a free swinger but a semblance of an approach was called for there.

[94CougarGrad (Amanda)]

[HudsonHawk]

@AstrosFanInBigD

@Idstrosfan

In hindsight it doesn’t matter, but how the hell does Dubon swing at the 1st 2 pitches in the other batters box last inning.

I would say it very much does matter, because if Dubón gets on base there’s at least a run in and Montero/Stanek probably don’t see the light of day.

It may be a hard ask for a free swinger but a semblance of an approach was called for there.

Absolutely. That at bat by Dubon matters everything. It was the single most pivotal moment of this game, and possibly of the season. He absolutely shat himself in the biggest moment of his career.