Astros @ Padres, 8/9/2026 - This Regression Will Not Stand, Man

Absolutely perfect, Christian.

No notes.

Tatis crushes a 3-run HR

4-2 Padres

That’s why you don’t put runners on.

Well, he didn’t put them on. One was a soft bloop single to RF and one was an infield hit. Neither hit hard. Until that one.

End of four…4-2 Padres

Please don’t make me say ā€œoh damn that was bad luckā€, I need to ascribe malice to this

Also, I didn’t know you were allowed to drive in runs with two outs. This is good information to pass along.

Nice again then Astros waste little time in making three outs.

Halfway, 4-2 Padres

That inning was shorter than my prom night

Eight pitches. I’m surprised either lasted that long.

I think that’s exactly what it would be. For a while the ā€œhardest hit ball of the statcast eraā€ was a nondescript groundout from Giancarlo Stanton (it may still be, I’m not sure). Exit velo don’t mean shit if you don’t hit it at the right angle. Yordan excels at smoking the ball the way that matters.

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Another 2-strike meatball results in a hit.

Through five…4-2 Padres

What’s the ā€œVZā€ on Espada’s cap?

Venezuela

Valenzuela

How many laces did that ball have, Machado?

Ding Dong!

PeƱa is starting to get on my nerves.

A crisp 7-pitch effort by the Astros

4–2 Padres.