Battle for the silver boot continues in Houston 05/11-05/13

[DT LUNA]

He's had several issues recently

Worried about his family.

 

[Kelleyman]

Have to earn this one. All close ones going against us

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

This ump has a wide zone, but it's been pretty even for both teams.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Worried about his family.

That too. But also injuries.

 

[Nightcrawler]

The Astros organization is a bunch of douchebags.

I have mlb at bat and they post the major highlights of each game.

I watched the clip where springer got hit on the elbow and it was the Astros announcers with the call.

They were saying stuff like “ given Cole Hamels history with George springer..... this might be intentional”

Cole is probably the nicest guy on the team. What a crock of shit.

I used to enjoy watching the Astros announcers while our team was still good. Remember we used to beat the Astros all the time. Those guys made so many excuses like “ the rangers must have a lucky rabbits foot because EVERYTHING is finding a hole”

“ the Astros are confident and know they can beat the rangers. We just gotta break through”

“ Astros are not intimidated by the rangers and know we have more talent”.

 

[Kelleyman]

Reddick took a bit of swat on the hard tag

 

[Kelleyman]

Guzman with the snag on tough catch back to the ball. Looks like a natural. Gallo might not handle that as easily

 

[DT LUNA]

Do they want it? We'See. C'mon Kela

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Kela not getting some close calls

 

[jta4437]

This ump is dogshit, ball 1 to McCann was right down the middle of the plate, it just wasn't where Chirinos was asking for it

 

[DT LUNA]

WIN

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Mazel, mazel... good things!

 

[DT LUNA]

Mazel, mazel... good things!

Hebrew?

 

[Kelleyman]

Great win. Seems like the ump was depended on the glove. Like seeing Kela bear down. Great pitching still

 

[jta4437]

Ball 1?

 

[Nightcrawler]

1-0 shutout win in Houston!

Suck on that fat Nolan.


We aren’t gonna win a ton of games this year, but it would make our season less miserable if we could beat the Astros more than expected.

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

Hebrew?

The words, yes. Me, not so much

 

[Nightcrawler]

No doubt tonight, but Profar definitely outplayed Odor.

Should be interesting to watch with both of them in the lineup at the same time.

 

[saddles]

 

[saddles]

I was encouraged about pitching prospect Brett Martin after I read the following from Scott Lucas this morning.

Had I not been there in person, I'd not have more to say about Brett Martin than "get 'em next time." Truthfully, it wasn't a good outing even in person, but it was instructive in the later innings. In the 2nd, Martin lost the handle, missing on 15 of 26 pitches and walking three. His defense (including his own) didn't help, but he escaped with only two runs allowed. Down 2-0 to Fernando Tatis Jr. with a blowout inning looming, Martin nailed two curves for called strikes and then zipped a fastball by for a swinging third strike. Martin then induced a double-play grounder from Josh Naylor.

In the later innings, Martin worked hard to establish his change and slider. The change came and went; he didn't always have a feel for it. But when on, it was deceptive and effective. In fact, three of Martin's four strikeouts came on swings against changeups. Fitting his height and overhand delivery, the slider was mostly downhill and on the slurvy side. It was his least effective offering, but even it worked occasionally and was at least another look. His less-frequent fastballs sometimes caught opponents off guard.

So, again, not a great night, but Martin is working to become a complete pitcher, truly using all of his offerings instead of simply showing them. I'd rather watch that than a truckload of fastballs and curves.