Lambert gives up 2 in the first
Yordan responds with a solo shot in B1
A two-out Walker single is followed by a Cam triple to tie it 2-2 in B2
Btw, you get the dulcet tones of Kevin Eschenfelder on PBP tonight
Vazquez works a 9 pitch walk
Pena with an excuse me single through the right side, and it’s 3-2
First and second, two out, Kirby throws 3 straight balls nowhere near the zone, gets a very generous strike one call, balks the runners over by pumping to an uncovered first base, and they put Yordan on
Paredes chops one deep behind 3b, throw to first is nowhere close, Pena never stops running and two runs score on an infield single
ETA: Raleigh and Wilson argued that it was foul - replay down the line showed it was very clearly fair
Wow! Not your typical Kirby outing.
That was pretty awesome
Only Wainwright had a lower ERA against the Astros since 1990.
That’s probably no longer the case.
Stros with some mighty fine baserunning this inning by Walker, Smith and Pena
Trammell bounces to first, but the Astros put up 4 in the second, and hang more than 40 pitches on Kirby’s ledger
Btw I drove for 10 hours today so don’t expect my PBP to last long…
I have a bad attitude about how much time the Astros commentators take off.
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Yes, but we’re spoiled by one of the best (if not the best) booths in the game.
As I am reminded by Alan Ashby showing up.
2 outs nobody on…took 35 more pitches to get out of the inning
Lambert works around a one-out walk as Ashby drones on about old times. He’s very nice about it, and a deserving addition to the Astros HoF, but good lord he’s boring to listen to.
I was kinda hoping he’d stay around for the rest of the game…Esh only said about 2 sentences that whole half inning
Astros down in order in the third.
End 3, 5-2 good guys,
T4:
Donovan singles to RF
Raleigh flies out to center. Broadcast spotlights Raleigh’s tough season. For reference, his BA, OBP, and SLG are all lower than Nick Allen.
Robles rung up looking after a successful ABS challenge by Vazquez early in the count
Brock Rodden - apparently a real name and not a CPU generated character - strikes out swinging
No, that can’t be a base hit?!?
Cam flies out
Vazquez chops one the SS can’t come up with, they rule it a hit??
Pena pops out
Alvarez hits a laser single to RF
Vazquez gets back picked at second,. Of all the stupid ways to end an inning.
End 5, Astros up 5-2.
That’s it for PBP for me