Little shakeup in the lineup…Altuve leading off with Reddick in the 2 hole…
T1:
Altuve singles up the middle
I liked Altuve at the leadoff spot even before the single.
T1:
Reddick…ball way outside…foul…ball way outside…swing and a miss in the dirt…ball inside…full up…grounds into 3-6-1 double play
T1:
Bregman…ball way inside…ball in the dirt…ball inside…3-0…called strike at the knees…called strike three inches off the plate…grounds out 5-3
No score
Bregman took 5 balls and ended up at a 3-2 count.
Fucking brutal.
Are HPUs really unable to see the catcher reach out and pull their glove back in?
He’s hit well in career leading off. Hopefully this will get him going. Lord knows, he’s a train wreck now.
B1:
Semien…ball outside…foul back out of play…ball way outside…pops out F5 in foul territory
A good catcher makes it hard to tell the difference because the pull is all fluid and quick.
That strike 2 pitch was neither well framed nor particularly close.
Short answer, that was fucking horseshit.
B1:
Laureano…ball way up…foul back…strike at the knees…flies out to shallow RF
A good catcher doesn’t jerk it back, he funnels the ball towards the center of his body.
B1:
Champan grounds out 3U
No score
Brantley talked to him about that ballstrike.
Nope, this guy’s strike zone is just fucking ridiculously wide.
T2:
Brantley…ball outside…strike on the outside…ball up…ball way outside…strike called only two inches off the plate…foul…grounds out 3-1 as Brantley doesn’t bother to even jog down the line
Get in that gap!
T2:
Gurriel…ball inside…foul…lines a double to the gap in RCF
T2:
Correa…takes a strike on the outside corner…ball down and in…foul…flies out F8…Gurriel tags and moves to 3B
T2:
Tucker pops out F5 on the first pitch
No score