Wonder how much the 2 pitcher bullpen outing yesterday afternoon factored into Garcia going out for the 7th.
In Pig Latin, Laureano was kotsayed.
B7:
Puk in for the A’s
Alvarez strikes out looking
Bregman singles to LF on the first pitch
Tucker flies out F8 at the wall in CF…hit that one better than the slam, but deepest part of the yard
Diaz…0-2…foul…strikes out swinging
6-5 Astros
He shouldn’t have, imo, but I guess that is hindsight. He seemed shaky all night.
Tucker has two outfield assists tonight, in addition to his four RBI
Nice barehand play by Altuve
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Slow grounder into the shift, but Altuve had to come a ways in from short right to make that play.
That looked like a strike
Man.
That corner hasn’t been called all night.
Both teams.
Horse crap, ump!
This guy was hitting .229 with no home runs and you throw 3 straight terrible sliders. Go after him! You throw 100 mph!
Bolt has a .200 avg but against Astros it’s more like .400 and Stanek can’t find the zone
Boy, Bolt did Stanek a favor there.
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Thank God he did Stanek another favor.
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T8:
McCormick in LF
Brown, who was at the plate to end the 7th…0-2…grounds out 4-3 on a barehanded play by Altuve
Murphy singles to CF
Pinder…full count…walks, Murphy to 2B…tying run in scoring position
Machín…0-2…strikes out swinging
Bride…3-0…3-1…walks to load the bases
Bolt…full count…grounds out 6-3 in the shift on ball four…Stanek strands the bases loaded
6-5 Astros
Out of inning!
Crank up the Skynrd.
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That was a gift. Man Stanek couldn’t find the zone.
Not the corners, nor the bottom of the zone. Pretty consistently tight zone
Tough situation when you FB can’t find the zone and your splitter finishes out of the zone by design.