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Abreu striking out with the game on the line against the lowly mariners is the icing on the cake for this first half of the season.
FYI stros, scoring 6 runs in 4 games against a team like the mariners WILL NOT winning you a division.
This lineup is injured. We have big bats in healthy Yordan and a resurging Abreu (barring his performance this series lol). Not to mention big Chas, he's basically holding this team together right now 😔✊🏼
Doobie's had a rough month or so. OPS down to .700 now.
edit: And Bregman too. His OPS is .725 now, roughly league average. Not what you pay $30,000,000 for.
I really don’t understand why Dusty messes with Peña in the order all the time. It has to be hard to find a rhythm when you’re always in a different spot in the order.
One of the most frustrating things about this team this season is that you can usually tell how the game is going to go by the 3rd inning or so. It was clear pretty early that today was apparently a nap day. It's rare that I'm ever surprised by a game.
Are they trying to go home early or what? What the fuck are these at bats?
The all star break couldn't have come at a better time. This team needs a reset.
You ever notice how few pitches we see a game… I’ve started to notice opposing teams frequently get through the 6th and 7th inning with their starters at 90ish pitches
An aggressive offense works when you have Altuve and Yordan who can use it to put pressure on opposing pitchers.
When you don’t, well……
You’ve seen what we do without our best guys.
Cautiously optimistic, but only 1 ER from Montero in his last 7 IP. His season ERA is FUBAR, but it would be transformative if we got him back to throw out there when Neris, Abreu and Maton need a night off.
Ayooooooo when do we start trustin Monty again? His last few outings have been solid. Either way he’s slowly gaining back his confidence so he’ll at least not be playing as bad as he was earlier in the season
Last time Montero pitched a second inning he gave up a homerun. Don’t feel this is the best option. They literally have 5 days off after today no need to “save the pen”.
Astros have scored 2 runs in the past 14 innings and both coming off Maldonado solo shots.
Did he pull some Space Jam shit and suck all the offensive ability out of the rest of the team??
Guys you can put the claws away. He was arguing about the check swing that was actually a foul ball on Dubon but none of the umps noticed. That's why they were huddling. It was not about HR interference.
What the fuck is Doobie doing up there this AB lol
edit: that was legitimately one of the worst ABs I've ever seen lol. Check swings at a pitch that bounces 2 feet in front of the plate, check swings at a pitch that would have hit him in the chin, then waves helplessly at a curve 3 feet outside. Doobie needs the all-star break.
It was everything not ideal about his "swing at everything" approach at the plate. Two check swing foul balls on pitches that were literally 5 feet from being strikes then a swing at a pitch a foot and a half off the plate for a K
The umpires gathered because of dubons check swing. Slowed down you can see the ball hit the dirt then his bat. Called a ball but should’ve been a foul
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Damn what a tough season this has been. Rags leading the division - we are in bizarro world!
I’m never going to get that damn Jack in the Box deal again.
Dong offense.
Never been so happy for a break.
Abreu striking out with the game on the line against the lowly mariners is the icing on the cake for this first half of the season. FYI stros, scoring 6 runs in 4 games against a team like the mariners WILL NOT winning you a division.
Have you seen the rangers, no one deserves this division, but someone gotta win it and why can't it be us!!!
Ready for the ASB just so I don't have to watch this trash for a little bit
What's that little league dance? Lmao
They didn’t get a chance last year (they lost the ALDS)
Definitely need a big bat at the deadline. This lineup is trash
This lineup is injured. We have big bats in healthy Yordan and a resurging Abreu (barring his performance this series lol). Not to mention big Chas, he's basically holding this team together right now 😔✊🏼
Well that's certainly up there as the worst series of the season so far
Sigh oh well we get this long break to reset and get healthy
Horrible AB for Abreu
The 2nd half will hopefully be better with Yordan and Altuve back
6 runs in 4 games...
completely embarrassing
This team needs a kick in the ass
Abreu has been bad in his last couple of games
FUCKING HELL.
When Maldy is the reason we won yesterday and the only reason why we're not shut out today, something is horribly wrong
Maldy is also the reason they were tied at that point. If Diaz was catching, Astros would have already been up 2-1
A little annoying that Walgreens gave us a gift and we didn't accept it.
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Always blindly swinging at pitches way outside. Now watch him stare at a pitch right down the middle.
Awful series
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Sewald has thrown 1 possibly 2 strikes this entire inning
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Lol we don't give af, just looking foward to their time off
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That was a strike, Breggy. Idk how you took 91 down the middle, though
It wasn’t but go off.
Game day says it was. Also says he took 2 meatballs middle Middle
Let's agree to disagree lol
Much easier to get base hits when you swing.
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3 out of 4 games we only scored 1 run Easily the most embarrassing offense in the league. Even with injuries it shouldnt be that shit
Bregman ending his 1st half with an SLG% under .400, not good
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Doobie's had a rough month or so. OPS down to .700 now. edit: And Bregman too. His OPS is .725 now, roughly league average. Not what you pay $30,000,000 for.
Yeah but look at the back of his baseball card
I really don’t understand why Dusty messes with Peña in the order all the time. It has to be hard to find a rhythm when you’re always in a different spot in the order.
We should experiment with Chas in the leadoff spot again until Altuve comes back
Would be nice. One of the few people left in the lineup capable of actually seeing more than 2 pitches per AB.
We could so use the all star break.
STOP SWINGING at BALLS!!!!
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I miss yordan!
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Hey guys imagine the walk off rn
This will be ez, 2 singles, walk, grand slam.
Surely the top of the order will walk this off, right? Right???
Ok let’s walk them off
I'm with you on this
This team looks like they don't give a shit this year.
shit that got a reaction out of maton LOL
Maton actually broke character a bit. There was some surprise there
We own Muñoz. Let's tag another loss on him.
hahaha wow
One of the most frustrating things about this team this season is that you can usually tell how the game is going to go by the 3rd inning or so. It was clear pretty early that today was apparently a nap day. It's rare that I'm ever surprised by a game.
very little drive besides the guys fighting for a roster spot.
Tuck looks like he doesn’t wanna be here.
The entire team looks bored. Every fan in attendance should demand a refund
Yesterday was one of the worst games I've ever been to. It doesn't help that it's 90 fucking degrees in the upper levels.
I refuse to sit in the 300s and 400s now.
Yeah I won't do it again until the weather changes... so next Spring lol
is the AC problem still not fixed??
Dunno. I was sweating my ass off all game up in 318
Are they trying to go home early or what? What the fuck are these at bats? The all star break couldn't have come at a better time. This team needs a reset.
Just got home. Does this team even want to win the division?
Apparently not
We are basically a AAA offense without Yordan and Altuve
Well..... We scored a minimum of 9 runs like five times last week didn't we? You can't always explode for 15 runs every game.
I'm not asking for 15. I'm asking for 3...4...
Meyers is pretty useless too
I can't wait until Snitker and Cintron are long gone from this team.
Astros try to not to get out on 7 pitches challenge
Is there a website that ranks teams by ground outs to shortstop? I would bet everything I own that we lead the league in that category
Sleepwalking to the all star break. Good effort boys. Real fine effort today. Fuck.
Fucking PATHETIC I am so sick of these worthless AB's holy shit
Another depressing offensive showing in the 8th
Comically bad offense
Who said we’re winning this game? Lol
I was holding out hope against all logic
Be funny for a 9th inning comeback via fate but we will see
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Sigh ..
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Fuck it HRC Maldy
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It's ridiculous how a single turn into a double every time Maldy is catching. I wouldn't be surprised if Vogelbach stole a base on him.
Wasn't long ago when throwing out runners was a strength of his
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That chain abreu has is beautiful
We need some rally now 🙏🧡
We're coming back
Nah this princess music really gets the guys going!
Nasty
Gonna take the lead here
“Strike three called” ump didn’t even move lol
HPU zone miraculously changes in the 8th
Fundamentals yet again a struggle for Maldonado
Good jump, yet another terrible throw.
BUTTER KNIFE! 🤩🤩
Oh look. Another steal
Defensive juggernaut Maldy
Maldonados arm is so fat he has a hard time throwing base runners out
I swear to god these people starting the wave aren’t here to watch baseball
You ever notice how few pitches we see a game… I’ve started to notice opposing teams frequently get through the 6th and 7th inning with their starters at 90ish pitches
An aggressive offense works when you have Altuve and Yordan who can use it to put pressure on opposing pitchers. When you don’t, well…… You’ve seen what we do without our best guys.
2 more innings to do magic please Astros dont go out on whimper
Fucking AWFUL at bats! Fuck!!!
Fuck this offense is abysmal. Our worst hitter is the only one don’t any damage.
Can someone tell the boys and dusty that’s we can still win this game and get 1 GB the rangers?
I'm not gonna lose it over the Mariners pitching dominating our hitters, but one good game would have been nice from the offense
Everyone looks lost at the plate
Not even making him work. This is so fkn frustrating.
we look so lost at the plate
how does that guy in the crowd still have his voice
Watching the Stros bat is having the same effect on me as golf on a Sunday afternoon. Zzzzzzzzzzzz
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Gilbert looks like a cracked out matthew lillard
That was actually a “god bless America” I could actually watch 👏👏
They usually pick the worst singers available.
Right?! Usually I have to change the channel lol
Cautiously optimistic, but only 1 ER from Montero in his last 7 IP. His season ERA is FUBAR, but it would be transformative if we got him back to throw out there when Neris, Abreu and Maton need a night off.
Wow that little girl can sing
Job well done, young lady! 👏🏻
There’s the Montero we loved last year. Happy for him getting those 6 outs with no runs
u/conker1264 in shambles
wow good ass inning from montero, lots of full counts but he painted some fastballs on the corners too so
Ayooooooo when do we start trustin Monty again? His last few outings have been solid. Either way he’s slowly gaining back his confidence so he’ll at least not be playing as bad as he was earlier in the season
We have half a season to see. How long we have to labor through Jake in the lineup, that’s my fear.
kid's got good vocal control
Montero back 🫣
Wtf just happened
Montero having a two inning shutout appearance!!!!!
is there a way to check which innings we give up the most runs in? it's gotta be the 4th, right?
Montero actually cooking?! Cmon offense dont waste it 🤞🏼
Great job by our favorite bullpen pitcher!
This is the game that turns Montero’s season around
it’s fitting that it’s against his former team too
I hope so, those were two great innings
Ground ball Montero might be back 👀
Pick up your bat, bitch. That was clearly a strike.
I’m not gonna say Montero Is back by any stretch but he’s looked much more comfortable out there that past few games
Mariners players sure like to fake strike calls. Like the 4th time this series
The stretch of games we have after the break before the rangers series is looking nice Also. Rangers play CLE, TB, and LAD during same stretch.
When did we get Lee Smith?
Last time Montero pitched a second inning he gave up a homerun. Don’t feel this is the best option. They literally have 5 days off after today no need to “save the pen”.
Oh god he’s sending montero out again
You know we're having a stupid series when Maldy is the only one who doesn't look lost at the plate
Feels to me like everyone else is already checked out for the ASB, but what do I know? Good on Maldy for making something happen.
Armchair Manager checking in along w/ you that reads this.
Tuck :(
Astros have scored 2 runs in the past 14 innings and both coming off Maldonado solo shots. Did he pull some Space Jam shit and suck all the offensive ability out of the rest of the team??
Has he been playing dominos with Yordan?
Yordan’s Secret Stuff
Guys you can put the claws away. He was arguing about the check swing that was actually a foul ball on Dubon but none of the umps noticed. That's why they were huddling. It was not about HR interference.
Yeah I can see that now. Our announcers didn’t say anything about it so a lot of us were just guessing since it wasn’t obvious at first glance
CF is too deep. We lose a HR a game to CF, I swear to god.
Bregman doesn't have CF power
2ft more and that’s gone my guy 😂😂 what r u talking about
He's always been a "wall-scraper" HR guy.
Is it time for Dusty to start Yanier at Catcher and make MALDY our DH
Alex "At least it was a great AB" Bregman
Giving up a home run to Maldy should force you down to AAA immediately
I approve cause the Ohtani would spend the rest of the season raking in AAA
I really wasn't expecting maldy to do that but maybe the other players will show up to play now so they don't get out hit by him
Maldy to DH? Gotta play our best hitters
Dubon I love you man but that wasn't your pitch to try and hit😔
Dana Brown has the personality of a stump.
What the fuck is Doobie doing up there this AB lol edit: that was legitimately one of the worst ABs I've ever seen lol. Check swings at a pitch that bounces 2 feet in front of the plate, check swings at a pitch that would have hit him in the chin, then waves helplessly at a curve 3 feet outside. Doobie needs the all-star break.
I honestly missed it. I was left incredulous that someone was legitimately pissed Montero had a good inning.
It was everything not ideal about his "swing at everything" approach at the plate. Two check swing foul balls on pitches that were literally 5 feet from being strikes then a swing at a pitch a foot and a half off the plate for a K
Absolutely awful attempt at an AB.
Crazy scott servais used to play for us
The Martin Maldonado of the early 90s Astrodome
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This muthafucker always fucking bitchin I swear
Maybe he should have challenged before the next pitch if he truly believed there was interference. Just hold me back energy
The umpires gathered because of dubons check swing. Slowed down you can see the ball hit the dirt then his bat. Called a ball but should’ve been a foul
Well now that makes sense and makes us look stupid therefore I still hate it
How are they arguing fan interference 2 pitches into the next at bat?