Lopez pops a fastball foul. ball one. Grounded to first, Yuli flips 3-1.
End 2.
Work calls. gotta duck out.
Okay, stupid customers needing âhelpâ.
2 on, 2 out after a Yuli (I think) single and a Garneau 2 out walk.
Stubbs takes ball 1. Takes a slider on the bottom of the zone, called a ball, 2-0. Up and out, 3-0. TAKE, STUBBSY, FOR GODâS SAKE TAKE! Pickoff to 2nd, not close. The announcers are talking about the baseball gods, and itâs awful. Right down Broadway, strike one. Sun is trying to peek out of the clouds. Breaking ball bottom 3rd, Stubby fouls it off, counts full. Runners on the move gets a center cut fastball and fouls it down the 1st base line. Still full, moving again Center cut again and Stubbs hits a hopper to first, 3U. That was fucking putrid, that was a pussball.
Mid 3
3-0 Astros.
Witt Jr.
Phillips
Hernandez
due
Devo will pitch another inning, this always ends well.
Witt takes strike one on/off the outside corner. Change outside 1-1. COD low, 2-1. Out, ball 3. This is going great. Same fucking pitch, walks him.
Phillips with a runner on 1st, fouls off strike 1. COD strike 2, Witt on the move, in there as the throw is late. Got a really good jump. 0-2, runner on 2nd. Bounced. Fastball up, 2-2. COD low and in, count is full. For fuckâs sake, this color guy is a fucking moron. COD low and in, 2 on, no outs.
Here comes Dusty. SURE AM FUCKING GLAD THAT WE FORCED A SECOND INNING OUT OF DEVO! THAT WAS GREAT!
Brian Abreu in to try and clean up Devo(read: Dusty)'s mess.
Hernandez takes up ball 1. Bunts, Abreu fields and fires to first. Mightâve had a chance at 3rd but always good to get an out.
1 out, runners on 2nd and 3rd.
Mejia takes ball one, up. RIPPED in to right center, both runs score on a single. That was a meatball.
Well, I hate you already Dusty.
3-2 Astros. 1 out.
Gordon up, Abreu throws over, not close. Again, closer. Up, ball one. Abreu looks fucking awful so far. Slider in, 2-0. Up and out. Come the fuck on, Bobby. Gordon swings at a ball and pops it foul, 3-1. Ball 4, out. Abreu looks like he needs a fucking map to find the strike zone.
Here comes Strom to kick his ass.
McBroom spikes the fuck out of ball 1. There we go, fouls back a inside corner fastball, 1-1. Swings over a low slider, 1-2. GOT HIM with a good slider at the knees, swing and a miss!
2 outs.
Cordero takes high.Slider lashed past a diving Altuve in to right center, run scores easily. That was a meaty, meaty slider spinning right down the middle. Abreu looks awful.
3-3
Starling takes a slider off the inside corner, strike 1. Pops one in to shallow left center. Entire Astros team is around the ball, caught for the 3rd out.
End 3
3-3
Top of the order due:
Springer
Altuve
Bregman
Pratto in for McBroom at 1st.
Some clown in for the other clown catcher.
Jackson Kowar in to pitch, ball one outside to Springer. Springer CRANKS ONE to right. Phillips back to the wall, jumps, OFF THE TOP OF THE WALL AND GONE!
4-3 Astros.
Correction, JUST OVER THE WALL.
Altuve takes ball one, just outside. Way out, ball 2. Way out, 3-0. RAMS an up and in fastball in to left, base hit Jose!
Runner on 1st, no outs.
Bregman takes up and in, ball 1. Low, ball 2. Kower is all over the place. Low and away. Not close, low, ball 4.
1st and 2nd, no out.
Here comes Cal Eldred to kick Kowerâs ass.
Brantley takes a slider right down the pipe, strike 1. Tardy on a high outside fastball, 0-2. Fouls off high heat. Off the outside corner fastball, 1-2. Low and in. High and out, full count now. Breaking ball just misses up and away juices the bases. with nobody out.
Yuli stands in with the bases loaded and no outs. WAY UP AND IN, Yuli ducks out of the way. Takes a fastball 6 inches outside, strike 1. Jesus, that was awful. Right down the middle Yuli flies to right, Altuve takes and Phillips throw gets to home right as Altuve does. Altuve safe, but heâs down hurt. Gets up and is limping some.
Their dickbag catcher accidentally clipped his back ankle and Altuve went ass over teakettle.
1st and 2nd, one out now. Altuve appears to be ok.
5-3 Astros.
Correa takes strike one at the knees, cheese at 97. SMASHES a liner right at their 3B. 2 outs. And apologies, 1st and 3rd, not 2nd. Runner at 2nd tagged up as well on the throw home.
Reddick takes a breaker inside. Pickoff, not close. Spinning breaking ball lined foul down the RF line, 1-1. Fouled off to the left on an outside corner fastball. Grounded in to the shift, 4-3.
Mid 4
5-3 Astros
Lopez
Witt Jr.
Phillips
due
Lopez drag bunt not well done, Abreu fields and underhands to Yuli, 1-3.
1 out.