Game Thread: 05.22.18 Gs @ Stros

[LHG]

LF - Gorkys
RF - Andrew
C - Buster
1B - Brandon
3B - Evan
SS - Brandon
DH - Pablo
CF - Austin
2B - Kelby
SP - Andrew

Belt with the best numbers against Gerit Cole - 4 for 16 with a home run and 5 RBIs. Only Posey (2 for 14, with 4 Ks) and Crawford (4 for 18 with 5 Ks) have more than 3 ABs against Cole.

This is a really tough two game road series for the Giants, facing, by far, the best starting rotation in the 2018 MLB season to this point.

Oh, and this is the free game of the day on MLB TV

 

[msgkings322]

A big chunk of my May prediction assumed 2 losses here. Hope I'm wrong!

 

[SFGRTB]

I always really use to look forward to games against Houston

 

[SFGRTB]

Brandon Crawford's brother in-law has thrown less fastballs this year and significantly more curveballs, which has really helped him become the Ace the Pirates thought they drafted.

 

[SFGRTB]

Oh boy.... we've got Affeldt in the booth

 

[LHG]

Oh boy.... we've got Affeldt in the booth

You must be a big fan, you sound enthused.

 

[LHG]

Brandon Crawford's brother in-law has thrown less fastballs this year and significantly more curveballs, which has really helped him become the Ace the Pirates thought they drafted.

Yet it seemed he threw quite a few fastballs in that first inning.

 

[SFGRTB]

You must be a big fan, you sound enthused.

 

[LHG]

Nice first for Suarez, gets 'em in 9 pitches.

 

[LHG]

The umpire is not calling pitches at the knees but it calling balls slightly outside the zone.

 

[SFGRTB]

The umpire is not calling pitches at the knees but it calling balls slightly outside the zone.

He's also calling pitches slightly out of the zone at the knees

 

[LHG]

He's also calling pitches slightly out of the zone at the knees

As Panda just found out.

 

[LHG]

Nice to see two quick innings from Suarez. Hopefully, the offense can figure out Cole for at least one run.

 

[LHG]

This inning not looking good. And against the bottom of the order too.

 

[SFGRTB]

I remember watching Tony Kemp when he was at Vanderbilt. They visited Eugene to play the Ducks. People were heckling him because of his size. Now he's playing CF for the Astros

 

[SFGRTB]

Might be switching over to that hoops game soon

 

[LHG]

This is getting ugly. What happened to the pitcher who threw those first two innings? Can we get him back into the game?

 

[LHG]

Suarez is fooling no one. Even the two outs were scary (intentional out to advance the runner and a deep fly ball to center).

 

[SFGRTB]

This umpire fucking blows

 

[SFGRTB]

That never touched the plate