Astros @ A's, 07/21/2023

Hell yeah

Astros lead 3-1 after 4.

TUCK!

Astros now lead 5-1!

King Tuck!!!

** sigh **

Time to pull Framber …

Hey Framber, how about you stop fucking going 3-0 and 3-1 on every hitter on this fucking dumpster fire of a baseball team?

Just a fucking thought.

Jesus fucking Christ, fuck off Framber.

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Shoulda pulled him before …

Yeah. Pull your ace at 75 pitches in the 5th inning.

Definitely smart baseball strategy.

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3 runs so far. Sound smart to you?

That was fugly, but at least it’s over and we still have the lead.

Yeah, but protecting a 4 run lead is a lot easier than protecting a 1 run lead

You do realize that pulling a starter before 5 innings + isn’t just some zero sum move where you’re tired of watching him pitch, right?

The bullpen, even after the ASB, is still thin. The fewer innings stacked on them in the middle of a series, the better.

I get that. But we need to win, and Framber was clearly no longer effective.

Hensley walks but with 2 outs.

Because the bullpen has been super effective lately?

No no, it’s as simple as just saying a pitcher is no longer effective to get the win. We’ve got a chessmaster on our hands here.

Well, we’ll see.

** sigh **

I stand corrected …