Top 3
Astros 0
Dbacks 1
Pena leads off, takes a pitch off the plate away for a ball. Gets a 92 MPH meatball right down the middle and pops out to shallow left, 1 out.
Machete gets one right down the middle and chops to the pitcher, 1-3.
Altuve foul grounder, strike 1. Curve at the bottom of the zone, strike 2. Change up grounded out, 6-3.
Pretty putrid that inning.
Mid 3
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Bottom 3
Walker down 2-2. Smacks a curve to left, Diaz on the run and makes a nice sliding catch!
1 out.
Kelly takes a ball, fouls off a fastball, 1-1. Grounder up the middle, Altuve there, 4-3.
2 outs.
Framber carrying over his Jekyl and Hyde routine from the postseason so far this year.
Pavin Smith takes a fastball on the inside corner, 1-0. Maldy out to to talk to Framber for some reason. Takes a fastball right down the pipe, 0-2. Squares to bunt like a fuckwad, pulls back on a curveball down. 3-1. Fastball down the pipe, 3-2. Grounder between 1st and 2nd, Altuve dives and just misses it.
Runner on 1st, 2 outs.
McCarthy with a runner on 1st and 2 outs takes a fastball high. Fastball right at the fucking belt called a ball. Jim Reynolds is squeezing the shit out of him, 2-0. Way high, ball 3. Off the plate outside, ball 4.
So many parallels to Wandy Rodriguez.
Yonny Hernandez up and Blanco is warming in the Astros pen. High, ball one. Figure it the fuck out, Framber. Fucking christ. 1-0 Curve down the pipe, strike 1. Curve on the outside corner, 1-2. Fouls a curve back, still 1-2. Lined way foul up the 1b line. 73 fucking pitches and not through 3 yet. Fouls off a curve. Fastball on the knees, Hernandez a mile behind it. PONCHE!
End 3
1-0 Dbacks
Top 4
Kelly at 31 pitches starting the top of the 4th, Brantley leads it off. Takes one up and in, ball 1. Grounded to 2nd, 4-3. 1 out.
Breggers ball outside. Low and out, 2-0. Off the outside corner, 3-0. Takes a ball right at the top of the zone, oof. 4 pitch walk.
Tucker, 0 for his last 10, up with Bregman on first. Fouls off a fastball on the inside corner, 0-1. Takes low, 1-1. Pops a breaking ball foul in to the 3rd base seats, 1-2. Takes a fastball on the outside corner for strike 3. Fuck. 2 outs.
Yuli with Bregman on 1st and 2 outs, throw over. Takes a low curve, 1-0. Astros bully is still stirring, so Framber may be done. Takes a ball outside, 2-0. 2 seamer on the outside corner, 2-1. Sharp grounder right at the shortstop, 6-4 for the putout.
Mid 4
1-0 Diamondbacks
The Astros offense needs to wake up. Theyâve been pretty dormant other than the 13-run outburst in Anaheim.
So much for Framberâs having finally figured it out. Glad it is only one run.
Blanco on, Framber done after 3.
Strike 1, ball 1. Just off the corner apparently, ball 2. Inside corner at 97, strike 2. Tapped foul. Up and out, 3-2. Powder river swing and a miss at the top of the zone, 98 mph heat. PONCHE! 1 out.
Hummel up and out, ball 1. Again, 2-0. Same goddamn spot again, 3-0. SAME FUCKING PITCH FOUR GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING TIMES, ball 4.
Runner on first and 1 out for Marte. Way inside breaking ball, 1-0. Up, ball 2. Come the fuck on, Blanco. Fastball sliced to left for a single, Brantley over and holds Hummel at 2nd.
Runners on first and second, 1 out for Peralta. Maldy out to go over signs, Pena comes in as well. Swings over a shin high cutter, 0-1. Grounded foul, 0-2. Heat up and out, ball 1. Bounced a breaker, 2-2. Javier up and moving around in the bullpen. Swing and a miss on a cutter down, nasssssty.
2 outs, runner on 1st and 2nd for Walker. Breaking ball, low. Cutter just off the corner, 2-0. Swung over a breaker, 2-1. Javier throwing now in the pen. Fastball in on the hands, Walker didnât even really swing, it just hit his bat. 2-2. Good take, cutter down and away. Astros pitchers sitting a 99 pitches in the 4th. Runners moving on 3-2 bounced it, not even fucking close.
SEVENTH walk of the game for Astros pitching.
2 outs, bases juiced for Kelly who pops it high behind first base. Tucker comes in and catches it after a brief butt pucker moment where it looked like he lost it.
End 4
1-0 Diamondbacks
Astros have given up 7 walks through 4 innings
Youâve been GAMEZONE CABRERAED!
Very fortunate to only be down 1-0, so far.
Goddamn this new BlueBell song is off the chain.
Indeed I have, ha!
âAmazingâ is not what Iâd call this game, Blummer.
Just noticed itâs the 5th inning and Iâm now thinking about a 5th of something.
Itâs Diaz in LF.