Those were three nice pitches by Lance. Hitter was over-matched.
Kalas didn’t even have time to go over how horrible Reddick has been in his career against Bassitt before he left the building.
B4:
Maldonado walks
B4:
Mayfield singles to RF, Maldonado to 2B
That’ll end the day for Bassit
Mayfield with a knock.
Is he gonna be the utility man next season?
Hopefully don’t need him and Toro both.
B4:
Trivino in for BoMel
Springer flies out F7
B4:
Altuve taking meatballs, hacking at slop…embarrassed on three pitches
God, Altuve looks like he’s never played the game before.
B4:
Brantley flies out F9 as Piscotty reaches over the top of the wall
Another promising inning ends with a thud.
4-1 Astros
T5:
Laureano singles to LF
T5:
Kemp flies out F9
T5:
Murphy grounds into 6-4- 3 double play.
4-1 Astros
B5:
Gurriel grounds out 6-3
B5:
Tucker singles to RF through the shift
B5:
Correa grounds into 5-4-3 double play
4-1 Astros
I would have preferred runs in that inning.
T6:
Semien grounds out 5-3
Well that turned into a disaster.
T6:
Grossman taps back to the mound, McCullers throws it into RF…Grossman all the way to 3B this n the TE1