Look at the wheels on Uncle Mike
Well, shit, now Yainer won’t play again for a week.
Does Blum not know that we’ve already had a Baby Bull?
Thought there might be a play at the plate, but he scored easily.
End of five…5-0 Astros
Montero in
HPU has been pretty tight tonight.
Was there some compelling reason to remove Brown and replace him with Montero beyond the sportsmanlike desire to give the A’s a fighting chance?
Not really. Third time through the order BS?
Dunno.
He threw a fair number of pitches.
Maybe trying to let Brown finish out with a sense of confidence?
Middle of six…5-0
That could have been ugly.
- Not an extraordinary amount. He did walk a few guys in his last inning. Maybe that was it.
Meyers has had three at bats. He’s seen four pitches. Gotta get your hacks in, I reckon.
Kalas suggested the Astros pulled Brown early as part of monitoring his workload.
Peña works a 2-out walk
Peña picked off
End of six…5-0
Neris in
Neris sets em down
At the Stretch…5-0 Astros