B3:
Maldonado…fouling off pitches…finally taps one back to the mound
Looks like Brantley is out
Not the way I wanted to get Meyers in the lineup.
B3:
McCormick strikes out swinging
B3:
Meyers, pinch hitting for Brantley…0-2…1-2…2-2…strikes out looking at ball three.
1-1
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That was some serious screwing over of a hitter by the HPU.
It’s been a wide zone, which I for one appreciate. But that was a bit much.
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Tough AB for the young guy. Growing pains.
It will be nice to see him get a couple more AB in the same game so he has a chance to get some rhythm
T4:
Arraez walks
T4:
Sano homers to LF on the first pitch…Arraez scores
T4:
Cave lines out to LF
Jeebus that was a bomb
T4:
Larnach singles to LF on a ground ball against the shift
Normally I would say " just put it behind you. Lance. 3 runs won’t be enough to win this"
But now, I say " Crap I hope the Astros can manage at least 3 more:
Some statcast evidence
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McCullers’ curve/slider is a lot flatter now than it was in 2017. Some of them stay on the same plane all the way in.
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T4:
Simmons…0-2…1-2…flies out F7
That one sure did. It stayed belt high and ended up over the center of the plate.
Alvarez actually looks pretty natural in left.
T4:
Kepler takes strike two as TK loses track of the count and rings him up…but you gotta get three in this league. Kepler then singles to CF, Larnach to 2B