Plus, he’ll sit tomorrow.
Triples are fun.
Damn. I impress myself sometimes.
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Bottom 7.
Tapia still in.
Altuve…swings and mises at ball near his eyes…looks at slider for a strike…called out on slider on the black.
Gurriel…slider low…sinker outside…sinker low…takes sinker for a strike…hits grounder up the middle for a single.
Alvarez…swings and misses a 100mph sinker…singles to right through the shift…111mph exit velocity.
Bregman…soft liner to 2nd (F4).
Tucker…slider in for a strike…fouls slider off…bounces slider in, blocked but rolls away…both runner move up …triples off the right center wall, clears Laureano’s glove by about an inch… Gurriel and Alvarez score.
Mancini…swings and misses…6-3.
End 7. A’'s 0. Astros 8.
Scoring runs in pairs was a legit game plan.
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Yuli makes me smile.
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Top 8.
Abreu pitching.
Stevenson…looks at FB strike…swings and misses FB…FB outside…curveball that looked like it got a lot of black, but called a ball…FB outside…hard grounder for 3U.
Kemp…curveball low…fouls off FB…fouls off FB…F7.
Andrus…fouls off curve…6 (dives to his left, spins as he gets up, throws) -3 (nice pick).
Mid 8. A’s 0. Astros 8.
Wow, flash that leather, JP3
Nice play on both ends.
Anybody who doesn’t think Yuli should be the first baseman can bugger off.
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Bottom 8.
Snead (LHP) pitching.
Pena…sinker inside…4 (shifted to left of 2nd)-3.
McCormick…sinker strike…FB strike…fouls off FB…changeup outside and low…swings and misses a slider. K.
Maldonado…FB strike…5-3.
End 8. A’s 0. Astros 8.
Top 9.
Abreu still in.
Brown…outside slider…fouls slider…high pop to foul territory next to 3rd, but Bregman (in shift) and Mandy can’t get there…FB low and inside…foul tips FB, but Maldy can’t hang on…swings and misses a slider. K.
Murphy…fouls off FB…bounces FB in…fouls FB…reaches for a slider and flips it to center for single.
Laureano…FB high…fouls FB…swings and misses a FB…pops up to Maldonado.
Vogt…swings and misses a low FB…fouls FB…fouls off slider…slider bounces in…F8 on slider.
Final. A’s 0. Astros 8.
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Excellent pbp. Thanks!
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Boom goes the dynamite.
Another good win.
Lance came back, Maton did his bit, and Abreu pitched 2.
Mancini, Chas, Peña, and Tucker with big contributions at the plate, and Maldy threw another runner out.
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Not only that, it was against the A’s, the best team in MLB.
What about Bregman?
Yep him too.
Big 2 out blast.
Just for one day proclaim all the called its that don’t manifest. Just once.
Tucker tied with Yordan with 74 rbi, good for 3rd in the AL.
Bregman up to 61, tied with Stanton at #10.
I know everyone thinks I’m full of shit and I don’t blame you, but today I was briefly at home and watching during the first and second (Terry Puhl) innings while my son was having a birthday party down the street. Anyway, I saw Bregman doing something slightly different with his right hand on the bat, like he was planning on leading with it, crazy as that sounds. And I thought, Hmm.
I don’t get a lot of those, honestly, but next time I do I’ll point it out.