I would trust him more if the Astros would score a couple of runs.
Bregxit!
All right Alex!
Top 6
Tucker leads off for the Astros, swings over a shoetop curve, 0-1. Fouled off, quickly 0-2. Swings at another curve at his fucking shoetops. Dogshit at bat.
1 out nobody on for Bregman takes a curve, 0-1. Low and out, 1-1. Way in front of a change up, 1-2. Smashes one just foul down the LF line, almost took the head off of a security guard sitting in foul territory with… less than ideal reaction time. 1-2 outside, 2-2. Driven to left center, Kemp looking up AND IT’S GONE! 1-0 Astros!
Third straight game for him to homer.
See you later!
I love Alex’s homer, but wish the single had come *before * it.
Come on, Chas!
Great job by Chas to work the walk.
Chas draws a walk. New pitcher.
Top 6 continued
1 outs, nobody on for Abreu takes a ball outside. Ripped to center for a single.
outs, runner on 1st for Chas. Meeting on the mound before we get to Chas. Bounced for a ball. Ball, out. 2-0 ball below the zone, called a strike. 2-1. Austin Pruitt up and warming in the pen for the A’s. Chas swings ahead of a breaking ball, 2-2. Fouled off. Low and out, 3-2. Breaking ball, low and out. Walk.
1 outs, runners on 1st and 2nd for Julks. A’s going to the pen.
Top 6 continued again…
Pruitt in to face Julks with runners on 1st and 2nd, one out. Pruitt pitched 2 innings and threw 25 pitches last night. Both of these guys went to UH. Takes a strike at the top of the zone. Fouls back an off speed pitch, quickly 0-2. Astros 0-6 with RISP so far tonight. Up and in, 1-2. Ripped up the middle off the mound, which slows it down and goes right to the 2nd baseman, 4-6-3 twin killing ends the innings.
Astros lead 1-0 mid 6.
Another variation on Julks smoking balls up the middle to no avail.
Once again we hit into a double play. Astros get 1 run from Alex’s blast but could have had more. Astros now 0 for 7 tonight with RISP.
Jack in the Box and their continued efforts to say “smoke pot” without those actual words continue to amaze me.
Damn.
Boy, I thought that one was gone.
Whew
Nice comeback from a 3-0 count
Whew!!!
Bottom 6
Kemp up for the 3rd time, takes a breaking ball outside. Fastball way in, 2-0. Javier is so fucking infuriating to watch. Takes something off and throws one down the pipe, 2-1. Fastball outside, 3-1. Takes a strike at the top of the zone, but Kemp was heading to first. 3-2 count, probably better be swinging Tony. Lazy fly to CF, 1 out.
Nobody on 1 out for Gelof, takes a bouncer for ball 1. Ripped to LF for a single, first hit of the night for Oakland. And a Coors Light commercial instead of a replay, lovely.
1 out, 1 on for Leday, another fucking bouncing breaking ball, Machete picks and bluffs a throw to 1st. 1-0. Maton warming in the pen. Another pitch down. For fuck’s sake, Javier. Somewhere in the neighborhood of the strike zone would be great. 2-0 pitch, quick meeting at the mound. Up, 3-0. Jesus Christ. Finally one in the zone, 3-1. Smashed to RF, Tucker is back, he just got under it and Tucker hauls it in on the warning track.
2 outs, runner on 1st for Brown. Ball 1, not close. Ball 2, shoe high. 2-0 Way inside and low, 3-0. Javier has no idea where his breaking stuff is going at all. Misses way low again. Fucking brutal.
2 on, 2 out for Thomas, and Dusty has seen enough. Maton on the way in.
97 pitches, more than half of the out of the zone.