B4:
Moreland…0-2…1-2…foul, in and out of the glove of Machete, damn…2-2…fouling pitches…full up…flies out F9…Laureano tags and scores…strong throw from Tucker, but Laureano gets down the line pretty good
(Story nixes Bauer’s no-hit bid on the first pitch of the 7th, btw.)
B4:
Lowrie singles to CF, Olson to 2B
And that’s it for Javier…Abreu in
Well that’s a disappointing end to Javier’s night.
Couldn’t miss their bats when he needed to in that inning.
His nibbling is fucking infuriating.
Couple of 10+ pitch at bats did him in.
B4:
Abreu in…
Andrus grounds into 6-4 FC to end the inning
Astros lead 5-2
T5:
Tucker pops out F5
T5:
Correa flies out F9 on the first pitch
T5:
Alvarez strikes out looking at a pitch 6 inches off the plate
5-2 Astros
Strike zone is considerably larger than it was last night.
B5:
Tom chops over the mound, Correa in to make the play 6-3
B5:
Garcia…3-0…3-1…3-2…grounds out 6-3
Didn’t watch him in ST, but I like how Abreu works
B5:
Canha…0-2…strikes out looking
5-2 Astros
T6:
Smith in for the A’s
Gurriel singles up the middle
T6:
Straw chops over the mound…Andrus fields it, runs back to 2B and still gets Straw for the 6U-3 double play
T6:
Maldonado strikes out looking
5-2 Astros
B6:
Laureano chops towards 1B, Abreu stabs it…it’s a race to the bag and Abreu barely beats Laureano to the bag…score it the rare 1U
I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a play like that before.