6-5-3!
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Top 6.
McCullers pitching.
Kemp…cutter high…changeup low…sinker strike…curveball high…sinker high. Walk.
Andrus…changeup strike…changeup strike…changeup low…swings and misses. K.
Brown…changeup just low…swings and misses a changeup…6 (playing to right of 2nd) -5 (playing SS hole) -3 DP.
Mid 6. A’s 0. Astros 4.
This ump has really missed a few
Play that man!!!
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MANCRUSHCINI!
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Mancini!
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Bottom 6.
Bregman…FB high and outside…changeup low…cutter low and in…takes FB strike…changeup outside. Walks.
Tucker…FB low…can’t check on inside changeup…FB low…taps out to 5-6 FC.
Mancini…curveball strike…[Tucker steals 2nd!]…curveball outside…curve outside…swings and misses a FB…fouls off FB…bounces changeup…lines FB down 3rd base line for double…Tucker scores. Mancini is 3 for 3. No home runs today, though.
Pitching change.
Dusty’s random lineup generator turned out a run scored outlier tonight
Pena!
Good looking swing from Peña
I say why stop there? Let’s go, Chas!
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Bottom 6 continued.
1 out. Mancini on second. A’s 0. Astros 5.
Tapia in for Logue.
Pena…doubles to left on first pitch. Mancini scores.
McCormick…slider low outside…sinker low and outside…sinker low and outside…sinker way outside. Walks.
Maldonado…slider that looked outside called a strike…slider low in the dirt…fouls off sinker…fouls off slider…hits into 6-4-3 DP.
End 6. A’s 0. Astros 6.
Ground ball to short.
Slow toss to 2nd.
Throw to first.
Maldy charging hard as he can to just make it into the TV picture as the ball arrives to 1B.
Well Lance exceeded my expectations.
I was just hoping he would get into the 5th .
6 IP 0 R 2 H 4 BB 5 K
81 pitches, 47 strikes
The command was an issue (expected) but he executed pitches well in some situations and double plays helped tremendously.
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There ya go Phil.
Top 7.
Maton in for McCullers.
Murphy…sinker strike on outside part of plate…FB low…sinker strike…swings and misses a curveball. K.
Laureano…curve outside and low…sinker low…FB low…FB strike…sinker strike…singles to right on a FB.
Vogt…fouls off FB…swings and misses a curve breaking down and in…fouls off curve…FB high and away…FB outside…fouls off FB…fouls off curve…fouls off curve…swings and misses a high FB.
Machin…curve drops in for a strike…fouls off FB…hits FB to left for single. 1st and 2nd two outs.
Allen…fouls off slider…slider down and out…sinker low…pops out to Maldonado in foul territory.
At the stretch, A’s 0, Astros 6.
Viva Cuba 
Tuckerrrr! Let’s see some lefty on righty action.
It’s official, we lost the trade.