A’s @ Astros, September 15, 2022

LMJ on the bump

T1:

Kemp grounds out 4-3
Machin walks
Murphy strikes out swinging
Machin to 2B on a wild pitch
Brown walks
Laureano strikes out swinging

No score

B1:

Peña flies out F7 on the first pitch
Diaz grounds out 5-3 on the first pitch
Alvarez takes strike one, takes strike two, 1-2…foul…foul…foul…flies out F7

Astros go quickly…no score

T2:

Vogt strikes out swinging
Garcia strikes out looking
Thomas…full count…strikes out swinging

No score

B2:

Bregman…3-0…walks
Tucker doubles to LF, Bregman to 3B
Gurriel quickly down 0-2…1-2…foul…2-2…pops out to SS on ball six in the dirt
Mancini lines out to 1B on the first pitch
Vazquez rolls out 4-3

That was a shit inning

No score

Bad luck for Mancini, but that’s on Yuli.

Pitiful AB

T3:

Allen lines out to CF
Kemp strikes out looking
Machin strikes out looking

No score

Yordan RBI mode engaged

B3:

McCormick…full count…walks
Peña strikes out swinging
Diaz strikes out swinging
Alvarez doubles to CF, McCormick scores…that ball is no longer round
Bregman…full count…grounds out 6-3

Astros take a 1-0 lead

So much nibbling

Infuriating to watch.

T4:

Murphy…full count…doubles to LF…A’s first hit. Hanging slider right down the middle
Brown…full count…walks
Laureano grounds to 1B, Yuli goes to 2B to force Brown, relay throw to McCullers who awkwardly stretches, does the splits and is ruled to have come off the bag….Astros challenging…call upheld…score it 3-4 FC, Murphy to 3B Laureano at 1B
Vogt walks to load the bases
Garcia singles to LF on the first pitch, Murphy scores, Laureano scores, Vogt to 2B
Thomas grounds out 3U, Vogt to 3B, Garcia to 2B
Allen…0-2…1-2…strikes out swinging

But the A’s take a 2-1 lead

Keep pounding that alley!

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B4:

Tucker strikes out swinging
Gurriel grounds out 6-3
Mancini doubles to LCF
Vazquez doubles to LCF, Mancini scores
McCormick strikes out swinging

2-2

So inefficient. But I can think of worse ideas than piggybacking him and Javier in a game 3.

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T5:

Kemp lives out to 1B
Machin grounds out 3-1
Murphy strikes out swinging

2-2

B5:

Peña grounds out 6-3 on the first pitch…again
Diaz…full count…walks
Alvarez flies out F7
Bregman…3-0…pops out to 2B

2-2

T6:

Brown strikes out swinging
Laureano strikes out swinging
Vogt flies out F7

2-2

B6:

Tucker…3-2…singles through the shift
Tucker caught stealing on the first pitch…replay shows he may have been safe, but Astros lost their challenge
Gurriel…0-2…lines out to 1B…woulda been a hit with a runner on 1B
Mancini…full count…walks

So if Tucker doesn’t run, the Astros would have bases loaded and nobody out…how’s that for bad luck

Vazquez…0-2…1-2…grounds into 6-4 FC

Still 2-2