Gordon fouls off strike one. Inside, ball 1. low, ball 2. Grounded to Altuve in shallow right. 4-3. 3 outs.
5-1 Astros, end 4.
Bregman Brantley Yuli due up in the 5th.
Bregman takes just low, ball 1. Meatball grounded softly to Mondesi at short, 6-3. 1 out.
Brantley takes outside, ball 1. Seeing Dusty Baker in an Astros hat makes me feel uncomfortable. Fouled off, 1-1. Swings through a pitch right down the middle, 1-2. Slaps an outside corner pitch against the shift for a single.1 out, runner on 1st.
Yuli takes outside, ball 1. Chopped foul down the 3rd base line, 1-1. Low. outside, 3-1. Pickoff, not close. Chopped foul down the 3rd base line, count is full. Yuli drives one to left, Gordon makes a nice play at the fence, Brantley has to scramble back to 1st.
2 outs.
Correa pickoff at first, CLOSE but safe. Fouled straight back, 0-1. Swings over a breaker, 0-2. Low. Chases a high fastball, ponche.
5-1 Astros, Mid 5.
Franco McBroom Lopez due.
Franco fouled back the first pitch. Slapped back up the middle for a base hit.
No outs.
McCullers up to 67 pitches.
McBroom takes a breaker on the outside corner, strike 1. Low, ball 1. Way wide, Machete plays it on a hop and fires to first, but runner gets back in time, 2-1. Double play ball to Bregman 5-4-3!
2 outs.
Lopez takes inside, ball 1. Breaking ball on the inside corner, 1-1. Just outside, 2-1. Chases a bouncer, 2-2. Grounders to Yuli, flips to Long Locks Lance, 3-1.
End 5
5-1 Astros
Reddick
Diaz
Maldonado
due up
Very encouraging outing from LMJ thus far.
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Very much appreciate the play by play.
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Reddick gets one center cut and lines it right at Dozier, 1 out.
PHing for Diaz Kyle Tucker. Smashes the first pitch on one hop right at the first baseman, 3-1. 2 outs.
Two hard hit balls for nothing.
PHing for Maldonado is Garneau. Up and out, ball 1. Top of the zone, strike 1. Fouls off a sinker, 1-2. Powder river, Garneau a mile behind it, strike 3.
Well that was a quick trip to the bench.
Mid 6
5-1 Astros
Merrifield
Mondesi
Dozier
due.
Astros going to the bullpen, here comes big Cy Sneed looking just as lumberjackish as ever.
Merrifield fouls back strike 1. Ball, in. Bottom of the zone fastball, strike 2. Splitter fouled off, 1-2. The KC announcers are loving Cy’s side story. Heater in fouled back. Fouled off another fastball up. Taken high. Apparently Cy drives from Alaska to Florida every year for Spring Training. 10 days, 5000 miles. Ball outside, 3-2. Fastball fouled off. Hasn’t gone to the splitty with 2 strikes yet. Drives a low fastball to center, caught on a line. 1 out.
Mondesi fouls off strike 1. Fouls off an inside fastball off his front shin. OUCH! 0-2. Lots of hopping around happening right now. He’s okay. Pounded inside, ball 1. Splitty popped high to center. Oh hey, Straw is playing center now. 2 outs.
Dozier with nobody on and 2 outs takes ball one, low. Man, Sneed’s splitter is divebombing. Fouls down the RF line off the extended netting, 1-1. High fastball popped to right, someone that is not Josh Reddick hauls it in. Maybe Tucker?
3 outs.