Astros @ Rays 4/24/23

That sounds promising…my feed is about 90 seconds behind for some reason

Nobody out for Tucker, takes one outside for a ball. Takes up, 2-0. Swings through a ball at the top of the zone, 2-1. Outside, 3-1. Bradley at 51 pitches. Burns the outside black, 3-2. Takes a breaking ball at the top outside corner of the zone, K looking. 1 out.

Bregs takes one up, 1-0. Even higher, 2-0. Right down the pipe cutter, 2-1. Fouls ball 3 back, 2-2. Fouls back a cutter right down the middle. Up, 3-2. Fouls back another cutter that got a ton of the plate. Popped foul to the Ray’s dugout, Bethancourt chases and hauls it in right before he bumps into the rail and flops half way into the dugout. 2 outs.

Abreu gets a center cut fastball, way behind it fouled off, 0-1. Fouls back a heater at the top of the zone, 0-2. Fouled back again, fastball late. Takes a curve on the inside corner, strike 3. 3 outs.

Mid 3, 3-2 Astros.

This pitcher has thrown more pitches right down the middle that haven’t been punished than anyone else I’ve ever seen pitch at the big league level.

Ty is at the game, he’s probably still a pitch behind Hudson, though.

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Urquidy is throwing pus

Jose serving up gofers dammit

Jeez ump. What the fuck?

And we’re tied again

Bottom 3

Diaz up fouls one back off the ump, 0-1. Low and out, 1-1. Fastball fouled back, 1-2. Way up, 2-2. Sweeper way outside, 3-2. Urquidy is at 42 pitches. Fouled back a heater. Smashed back up the middle over Urquidy’s head for a leadoff single.

Wander Franco swings through a center cut heater, 0-1. Just low and out change, 1-1. Sweeper down, 2-1. Out, 3-1. Center cut fastball ripped down the RF line for a double, 2 and 3rd, nobody out. Urquidy is leaving all of his pitches either up in the zone or not close at all. Pretty putrid.

Arozarena takes a ball that gets fully in the bottom outside square for a ball. Wow blue. Deep fly to right, Tucker backing up and catches it right in front of the wall. Both runners tag, 3-3 now with a runner on 3rd and one out.

Lowe with the infield in, swings over a low breaker, 0-1. Can’t hold up on a sweeper that just about hit his foot, 0-2. Change off the bottom of the outside corner swing and a miss! 2 outs!

Ramirez up now, takes one just under the zone, ball 1. Sweeper way out, 2-0. Back to this bullshit again. Sweeper out, a little closer than the last one, fucking christ, 3-0. Urquidy at 57 pitches. Misses by a fucking mile outside on another sweeper, walk.

Paredes with runners on 1st and 3rd, and Maldy and the rest of the infield head out to chat.

It’s pretty clear to me why the Rays are 29-2 or whatever they are. There’s no give in their lineup. Hopefully the Astros will get back to full strength sooner than later.

Someone is stretching in the pen. Can’t tell who.

That’s back to back 4-pitch walks. Though to be fair at least two pitches were strikes.

Paredes with runners on 1st and 3rd and 2 outs, just under the zone, could’ve been a strike but Maldy boxed it, 1-0. Bounced, 2-0. This is fucking painful. He’s going to leave one in the zone and get hammered here in a second. Up and out, 3-0. 7 straight misses, one was close. Up and away again, fucking christ, walk.

Josh Lowe up, and here comes the pitching coach, and he looks pissed.

Jose Ks Lowe…but not.

Jeezus.

What a bed shitting by Urquidy.

Fucking Jose has to go.

My fuck what a mess.

Jesus fuck, Jose

Josh Lowe up with the bases loaded and 2 outs and a very rattled Urquidy on the mound catches the outside corner with a change, strike 1. Top of the zone fastball, swing and a miss, 0-2. Misses low and out, good looking but a ball, 1-2. Fouls off a changeup off the outside corner. Slapped another changeup outside foul, still 1-2. Fastball on the hands, fouled back. Urquidy at 68 pitches. Slaps one up the middle, Dubon gets to it and jump throws to first but too late, everyone safe. 4-3 Rays.

Bethancourt swinging for the downs and swings at a pitch 4 feet outside, 0-1. Swings at another one way off the plate, 0-2. Seth Martinez up in the pen. Fouls off another sweeper off the plate, 0-2. Slapped in to shallow center for 2 more runs. Threw the same pitch for the 5th fucking time in a row, fucking idiocy. Didn’t even try to bounce one or go high heat.

Urquidy’s stuff isn’t fooling anyone.

And here comes Dusty, 3 batters too late.

By all means, keep throwing the exact same fucking pitch he’s fouling off until he finally hits it. That’s just fucking brilliant