Mariners @ Astros, August 16, 2020

I wasn’t optimistic after that lead-off double, but they escaped.

LMJ did a good job in a tough part of the lineup. Couple of 2-strike mistakes got him today.

Jesus, Toro…swing the fucking bat

Hey Toro, do you need a fucking invitation to swing?! JESUS FUCKING CHRIST.

White Sox hit four consecutive homers today. A UT team I was on did that at Baylor. Our pitcher, who was big and strong with HR power, batted next. He swung his ass off and popped up to the catcher. Our bench greeted him in the dugout with cries of “rally killer!”

Machete guns down another runner on a nice tag by Altuve.

Don’t know what’s gotten into Altuve, but he’s been practicing that.

Man, that looked like it was going to be a trainwreck, but it’s another runner cut down by Machete.

Parades in with two outs and a runner on 2B…

Man, Paredes has a live arm

2-2 at the stretch.

Jesus, swing the fucking bats.

Maldonado takes strike three

Springer takes strike three

Reddick strikes out swinging

Good grief.

I woke up for that?

Now that’s not a strike?

This Lewis kid can hit a little.

I’ll say this for Dusty…he seems to manage this three batter rule pretty good.

checks his resume

Yup, he can count to three. Says so right here.

Well, bringing in Paredes in the 7th so he wouldn’t have to face a lefty in the 8th. It appears he’s paying attention. So he’s one up on Cecil Cooper.

You’re telling me the L next to their name on the lineup is which side of the plate they hit from?! I thought that was their middle initial!

Well, it’s someone else’s job to check the lineup card, so…

Nice job by Taylor

Now let’s score some fucking runs.