Another xbh/rbi for Alex.
Bottom 7.
Pruitt in to pitch.
Altuve…pops up first pitch F6.
Pena…fouls off FB…bounces grounder by Machin…E5.
Alvarez…FB low and outside…(pick off attempt)…slider inside…takes a FB strike down the middle…(pick off attempt)…fouls off slider with Pena running…ground ball out 3-1. Pena goes to 2nd. (I missed a pitch in here somewhere).
Bregman…FB in…slider strike…lines double to right. Pena scores.
Tucker…swings and misses slider…3-1.
End 7. A’s 0. Astros 6
Smith not impressing
He has decent stuff but when he misses it’s gone.
Followed by a double play.
Top 8.
Smith pitching.
Allen…FBmisses…Crawford Box HR on a FB that is in low and inside quadrant.
Kemp…slider in for strike…slider low…fouls off FB…lines single to right.
Machin…6U-3 DP.
Brown…swings and misses high FB…slider low…slider low (checks swing)…swings and misses over a slider…slider low and out (looks like he overthrew it - either sped his arm up or let it go a little late?)…fouls off slider…lines FB to center. Single.
Piscotty…swings and misses FB…swings and tips FB…down and away FB…FB wide…6-3.
Mid 8. A’s 1. Astros 6.
He still throwing the curve?
I’m not sure what left the yard. I only saw the aftermath.
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Bottom 8.
Pruitt pitching.
Mancini…(missed the first part of his at bat)…called out on a strike that seemed at least 3" wide. K.
McCormick…slider strike…siwngs and misses a curve…slider outside (but closer than Mancini’s 3rd strike)…6-3.
Vasquez…swings and misses slider…FB strike at top of zone…lays off bouncing curveball…slider wide…F9.
End 8. A’s 1. Astros 6.
I think the HR was a down and in FB.
Freaking meatball
Now Pressly is up.
Not ideal.
We’ve done a nice job of setting up the bullpen for the ChiSox series.
Tying run to the plate with 2 out.
Cueto, Cease, Kopech, Giolito is a pretty good rotation for the series.
Not ideal.
Ballgame/sweep
Top 9.
Montero in to pitch.
Andrus…fouls off sinker…FB outside…FB outside…fouls off high FB…sharp grounder that Pena snags diving to his right, but throw is just late. Single.
Vogt…FB high and outside…fouls off FB…looks at changeup strike…changeup low…turns on a FB and lines to right for a double. Andrus to 3rd.
Bride…taps FB down the line…5-3. Andrus scores. Vogt stays at second.
Stevenson…changeup low…changeup outside…change up strike…changeup low…changeup just outside. Walk.
Pitching change. Pressly in for Montero. Murphy to pinch hit for Allen. Vogt on 2nd, Stevenson on first.
Pressly pitching.
Murphy…slider that bounces…6-5FC. Vogt out.
Kemp…lines single to right…Steveson scores. Murphy to second.
Machin (potential tying run)…looks at FB strike…fouls off curve ball…bounces grounder 1-3.
Final. A’s 3. Astros 6. Sweep.