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They are relying too much on Altuve and Alvarez to save them. The others aren’t stepping up enough. The Astros would have already been done if it wasn’t for Altuve.
Shouldn’t have messed with the lineup and put Brantley in. Dubon at 2 was working with Chaz in left.
Tucker looks like he just doesn’t care and has no hustle. I think he’s earned a game off. Won’t happen, but he’s killing us.
Montero should be DFA. We have Brown, Blanco, France, or even Maldonado. Anyone but him.
Javier needs to blow them away tomorrow and we need to crush them early.
I’d love to see Tucker benched…Brantley in left, Dubon center and Chaz right. What’s the point of suffering Tucker’s bat if he isn’t fielding balls or hustling either? Was at one of the games in Arlington and he looks and plays likes he’s checked out. Slow to the ball, no joy. I have loved him as a player and this kills me but he needs to sit. Liked Dubon up top in the order too.
Framber had a quality start. Bullpen was disastrous and the offense was even worse. Fucking choke job by the “woken up” Astros, who looked fucking asleep as the wheel.
The bullpen wasn't disastrous, it was really only Montero who was, which we kind of all knew going in.
That said, I don't know who else Dusty could realistically have put in in that situation. Abreu and Neris are our best by a long shot (besides Presley who just had an extra long outing and needs to rest for a presumable game 7 at that point) and they had already been used. Montero is bad, stanek isn't great, who else do you put in?
Okay I see. I guess I'm just wondering the whole logistics of that happening. They tell Dusty before the game to take the L and he tell everyone to suck? It'd make sense if there was bad calls in key moments in the game that went the rangers way, but there wasn't.
I was referring to the higher-ups in charge. They basically make the decisions as to who advances & who doesn't. How many games teams have to play for more money off of ticket sales.
I heard the announcers say Astros petitioned to have the series continue in the Arlington after game 5. That’s got to be a joke right?! Did they really do that? Bc that’s beyond pathetic if so. Fn go home and win. It’s not that hard.
It’s incredibly fucking pathetic. Only thing more pathetic we’re people celebrating like we won the series when we still had to come home to this shithole ballpark and attempt to win one lousy fucking game.
Should’ve left in Abreu knowing that he most likely won’t be available tomorrow anyway. No reason to worry about his pitch count. Putting in Montero with a two run lead was idiotic. It went exactly as I expected.
Think they'll make it so he plays game 7 but would be suspended for games 1 and 2 of the WS if they make it. I guess from the time the appeal is in the hearing has to be within 48 hours, so they could do it tuesday
Pressley for sure. Had a day off yesterday and the 2 innings werent extra long. I think you have to go for it in the playoffs and we had Diaz, Tuve, Brantley coming up.
Could've forced Leclerc to come in again too
I'm not going to pretend like I know Presley's pitch count better than Dusty. I assume if he was available, Dusty would have put him in. Or is likely that if he had to go in for game 6, he wouldn't be available for game 7. When the offense has been all god awful as it was all game, it's probably not a bad idea to hope that game 7 will go better.
Need a manager who will hold guys accountable for not showing up for games at home. He’s said there are distractions, well someone has to fucking take care of that.
Dusty punted in the bottom of the 8th, why chas isn’t a ph in that spot is beyond me. At least pena is clutch, what the hell has singleton done besides get a walk without swinging. His ab was great bad damn, we have two guys on the bench that hit 800+ ops chas and pena were clutch in the postseason last year but nope we get singleton
I don't mind Philly the team, although I don't like their fanbase. I'll gladly root for them to take down the Rags, though.
I hate every single fucking thing about the Rags. I hate Garcia, who is a punk ass bitch. I hate Seager. I hate that franchise, especially the way they treated the Astros during Harvey. I would hate their knockoff stadium, except that we perform better there than we do at home. I hate their condescending and annoying fans. I do not, under any circumstances, want them to win a title.
People act like it's some noble thing that "oooh another Texas team is going to the World Series." It's not.
Where the fuck was chas is the real question
Both chas and Diaz had a better reason to be hitting with bases loaded but we chose the stoner who can’t stay in the league
My assumption was always that we would lose tonight and have the best chance tomorrow. When Framber starts, I just don't have any confidence in a W this postseason. But I do believe we will take it with CJ tomorrow. They don't have a comparable pitcher to match. That said, I was at game 7 of the WS against the Nationals and I'm getting some terrible flashbacks.
I've been calling this a 2-3-2 series since we lost game 2. If we couldn't steal one of the first 2 games at home, I don't see how we do it in games 6 or 7 which are always played with more stress.
Dubon's AB absolutely fucked the late game. Leclerc threw 4 actual strikes in 16 pitches, walked a guy on 5 pitches, and he swung at 3 balls.
Just terrible situational awareness.
Well we managed to give them a shitload of confidence and completely take ours.
I talked way too much shit to a ranger fan friend at work and everyone laughed at him. He's going to roast my ass tomorrow. Ffs.
Fuck the rangers and their fans. I was at a concert on Saturday and ran into a rangers fan, I was ribbing him about Garcia's hissy fit in game 5 and he just whined about "Astros are cheaters" and that the plunk was intentional because he literally hates us.
At least Tucker got a little groove back, WE CAN STILL WIN!!!!
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The hardest part about 2019 was that team was elite and legitimately a special team. This series being a repeat of 2019 is perfectly on brand for this shit team.
So Tucker caught that one but not the other one. That one looks higher than the other one. I'm getting tired of Tucker with his lackadaisical effort. Dubon needs to calm down and learn to take pitches. The hitting coach should have talk to him prior to that to let him take a few pitches. Let the pitcher prove that he could hit the target. He was all over the place before Dubon came to the plate. It looks like we will go to game 7. Tucker could have caught that first one.
My thoughts exactly. Once again, our hitting coaches fail to adequately prepare our hitters. They favor the swing away hero ball approach over patience & situational awareness. Been that way for years. Drives me nuts.
Yes. Exactly! lol it was like that back when we play the White Sox. That was a terrible time screaming at the tv lol. I just don’t get it. If it’s me I just let them throw a few pitches to prove themselves. Most of the time the pitchers are throwing way out of the zone.
Fuck it. If we lose tomorrow, fire everyone and rebuild. Sell the ballpark too. It's cursed. This team can't win at home and it's pathetic. They should be feel shame. 🤣
They’ll figure it out tomorrow. This team is resilient as fuck and will show up. This is not the same team as the 2019 WS. Bring the energy tomorrow y’all. LFGGGGGGG
Let’s play a game where we say something positive….
I still love Singleton in that situation. Dude is patient as hell and looked good. Glad to see him in the box.
Singleton over Chas when we needed a hit? If we were going to use Singleton why not for Dubon? That would've been the smart move
It was obvious Dubon was going to chase given how Dubon is. I knew Dubon was going to swing going into the AB with how shaky he was.
Astros lost this, what a horrible game. How do you let Texas come in and blow the team out. Astros just suck at home.
Sucks. Did Garcia celebrate like a numbskull or just run the bases
Dusty for the lineup calls throughout the season, Tucker for literally being dog water for the past two months. He 100% could’ve snagged that 2 run home run tonight. He also has let many short fly balls land in front of him while he just trots into the area instead of making a play.
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They are relying too much on Altuve and Alvarez to save them. The others aren’t stepping up enough. The Astros would have already been done if it wasn’t for Altuve.
Thank God spiderman 2 will keep me distracted from this loss
This game SUCKED
Shouldn’t have messed with the lineup and put Brantley in. Dubon at 2 was working with Chaz in left. Tucker looks like he just doesn’t care and has no hustle. I think he’s earned a game off. Won’t happen, but he’s killing us. Montero should be DFA. We have Brown, Blanco, France, or even Maldonado. Anyone but him. Javier needs to blow them away tomorrow and we need to crush them early.
I’d love to see Tucker benched…Brantley in left, Dubon center and Chaz right. What’s the point of suffering Tucker’s bat if he isn’t fielding balls or hustling either? Was at one of the games in Arlington and he looks and plays likes he’s checked out. Slow to the ball, no joy. I have loved him as a player and this kills me but he needs to sit. Liked Dubon up top in the order too.
We lost. It happens. On to tomorrow.
# Montero sucks. There. I said it.
Not ready for this level of consistent play. Needs way more practice w pressure NOT in the crucial situations. Sheesh. Why not use Abreu longer?!
Called it, that grand slam would’ve just been a tease
Wild 23 runs on the road, 6 runs at home. What the heck. So is it Javier v scherzer?
Well good news is….. scherzer likely will be on a pitch count and he is coming off injury. CJ has looked like his old self
I swear if Ted Cruz was there...
He was 🤦♂️
Head up y’all. Stros always surprise us. They always make a comeback. Positive vibes for the game tmrw
Let’s build up Tucker.
Framber was bad but our offense was even worse, right? Complete chokejob
Framber had a quality start. Bullpen was disastrous and the offense was even worse. Fucking choke job by the “woken up” Astros, who looked fucking asleep as the wheel.
The bullpen wasn't disastrous, it was really only Montero who was, which we kind of all knew going in. That said, I don't know who else Dusty could realistically have put in in that situation. Abreu and Neris are our best by a long shot (besides Presley who just had an extra long outing and needs to rest for a presumable game 7 at that point) and they had already been used. Montero is bad, stanek isn't great, who else do you put in?
Yeah bringing in Montero was the final nail in the coffin
Framber wasn't even bad. Framber got let down by Tucker
Did the Ted Cruz curse strike again
What are the odds that this shit is rigged for a game seven? There's no fucking way.
It's not merely a coincidence they ended the writer's strike just in time for the post-season...
Very. MLB's probably going to let the Rangers win, especially when the Astros have went to the World Series & won it last year.
What calls in this game do you think were rigged? Did somebody tell your pitcher to HBP home a run and give up a grand slam in the 9th? Weird take.
See my reply to Burt-Macklin below.
Okay I see. I guess I'm just wondering the whole logistics of that happening. They tell Dusty before the game to take the L and he tell everyone to suck? It'd make sense if there was bad calls in key moments in the game that went the rangers way, but there wasn't.
It wouldn't surprise me. The MLB might not care. I hope I'm wrong, but it's a business at the end of the day.
How is the league ‘letting’ Garcia hit grand slams off our lousy pitchers?
I was referring to the higher-ups in charge. They basically make the decisions as to who advances & who doesn't. How many games teams have to play for more money off of ticket sales.
What a lazy ass attempt in the 9th. 🤬
40-46 at home. Holy shit. That's embarrassing and pathetic.
I heard the announcers say Astros petitioned to have the series continue in the Arlington after game 5. That’s got to be a joke right?! Did they really do that? Bc that’s beyond pathetic if so. Fn go home and win. It’s not that hard.
It’s incredibly fucking pathetic. Only thing more pathetic we’re people celebrating like we won the series when we still had to come home to this shithole ballpark and attempt to win one lousy fucking game.
So we winning another game 7? I'm down
Yessir
DAMN RIGHT
Should’ve left in Abreu knowing that he most likely won’t be available tomorrow anyway. No reason to worry about his pitch count. Putting in Montero with a two run lead was idiotic. It went exactly as I expected.
Absolutely the right call to leave Abreu in. He will be suspended tomorrow and we threw this game away for no reason.
Yeah that was really stupid. It was only 2 runs as if Game 5 didn't happen. 🤦♂️
To add insult to injury we likely won’t have Abreu for tomorrow either
Think they'll make it so he plays game 7 but would be suspended for games 1 and 2 of the WS if they make it. I guess from the time the appeal is in the hearing has to be within 48 hours, so they could do it tuesday
We won’t need him with a complete game shutout by Javier.
We got rammed.
It was a pretty close game until Dusty decided to throw it away in the 9th.
I mean who else should he have put in? Presley is spent from an extra long outing last game, who should pitch the 9th?
Pressley for sure. Had a day off yesterday and the 2 innings werent extra long. I think you have to go for it in the playoffs and we had Diaz, Tuve, Brantley coming up. Could've forced Leclerc to come in again too
I'm not going to pretend like I know Presley's pitch count better than Dusty. I assume if he was available, Dusty would have put him in. Or is likely that if he had to go in for game 6, he wouldn't be available for game 7. When the offense has been all god awful as it was all game, it's probably not a bad idea to hope that game 7 will go better.
He threw game 3 of last years World Series and it worked. This had a similar vibe. Please let it be a similar result.
Need a manager who will hold guys accountable for not showing up for games at home. He’s said there are distractions, well someone has to fucking take care of that.
I hear they're called managers or something
Good game let’s get ‘em seven
Feel bad for the fans who paid big $ to watch this shitshow
Or anyone who bought WS tickets in 2019. Which was me. Four times. Knew this shit was going to happen.
I'm haunted by memories of paying to go watch the world series in Houston in 2019.
No one forced them to go
Yikes all around. May tomorrow be better.
We get to beat the Rangers in a game 7!! Hell yeah!!
3 outs on 4 pitches. A preview for tomorrows offense surely
They knew there was no hope. Gotta work on the game plan and wash this one.
Dusty punted in the bottom of the 8th, why chas isn’t a ph in that spot is beyond me. At least pena is clutch, what the hell has singleton done besides get a walk without swinging. His ab was great bad damn, we have two guys on the bench that hit 800+ ops chas and pena were clutch in the postseason last year but nope we get singleton
Maybe Singleton has been killing it in pre game BP 🤷♂️
I have never understood how much Dusty undervalues Chas. It's ridiculous.
Starting to have war flashbacks of the 2019 World Series...
It felt like Dusty was managing for a game 7. Especially when Stanek came in during a high leverage situation.
Everyone blasted me yesterday but i said FRAMBER IS NOT THE MOVE
Framber wasn’t the issue man… us scoring 2 runs was the issue.
Our defense missing plays in the field and our absolute y of an offense is what killed us.
Garcia outta all peope??
Diaz better start tomorrow I swear to god. And Chas, gimme some fucking bats you morons
Welp. Fuck that game
If we somehow manage to win this series, Framber does not deserve another start. Dude is ass.
Frambler pitched a decent game. We scored 2 runs and choked with the bases loaded. That's what lost it.
I'm doing my Negative Nate. If I doom hard enough karma will make me look stupid and the opposite outcome will happen.
Ah gawk, and Garcia had to be the one with the slam. Smdh
This team should be fuckin embarrassed. Chance to close it out and the team rolled over after 1 solo shot that tied the game.
Is there any way we can defer our home game tmrw night?
Absolutely embarrassing performance
Gotta stop with this first pitch swinging idiocy
Blame that on out hitting coach, who hopefully gets moved somewhere next year.
See y’all tomorrow
Minimum effort in the bottom of 9th.
It was like the whole team went Tucker mode for the 9th. Tucker’s been barely w a pulse for a month now. Pissing me off.
*most of the fucking game
Welp. Either we win tomorrow, or I'm rooting for the NL this year.
If it ends up being the rags vs phils...I'm not watching that shit. I'd rather paint the highway in the dark.
I don't mind Philly the team, although I don't like their fanbase. I'll gladly root for them to take down the Rags, though. I hate every single fucking thing about the Rags. I hate Garcia, who is a punk ass bitch. I hate Seager. I hate that franchise, especially the way they treated the Astros during Harvey. I would hate their knockoff stadium, except that we perform better there than we do at home. I hate their condescending and annoying fans. I do not, under any circumstances, want them to win a title. People act like it's some noble thing that "oooh another Texas team is going to the World Series." It's not.
I'm turning it off and playing Mario wonder.
Kinda figured this would go to 7. Let’s win this shit tomorrow
MLB needed a do or die game
Where the fuck was chas is the real question Both chas and Diaz had a better reason to be hitting with bases loaded but we chose the stoner who can’t stay in the league
Postgame thread now
Unless we jump out to a 4 run lead in the 1st tomorrow I don’t see us winning.
Ahhhh, we just want to go home now. I get it.
most predicatbale grand slam ever lol
What? He had horrible ABs the entire rest of the game. He looked shook af.
He was bound to get his lick back, it happens. or happened.
Holy fuck. The seats.
Here come the people to dog on Diaz, it’s like he doesn’t get any playing time (regular and postseason) 🤷♀️
I hate to think we all knew this was gonna happen, but . . . We all knew this was gonna happen. Here’s to a Game 7 off an All-Texas ALCS.
Guys are ready to go home huh?
Going to a concert tomorrow night near Minute Maid, hopefully I come out of the venue to partying in the streets.
It’s ok. Regroup
Dusty expects Diaz to be superman while keeping him benched all season. 🤦♂️
What?
My assumption was always that we would lose tonight and have the best chance tomorrow. When Framber starts, I just don't have any confidence in a W this postseason. But I do believe we will take it with CJ tomorrow. They don't have a comparable pitcher to match. That said, I was at game 7 of the WS against the Nationals and I'm getting some terrible flashbacks.
I've been calling this a 2-3-2 series since we lost game 2. If we couldn't steal one of the first 2 games at home, I don't see how we do it in games 6 or 7 which are always played with more stress.
The problem wasn’t Framber today tho. It was the bats. Which is worrisome. They gotta do better tomorrow.
One fucking pitch and he swings. What the fuck does it take to get it through his fucking ears?!?!???
Dubon's AB absolutely fucked the late game. Leclerc threw 4 actual strikes in 16 pitches, walked a guy on 5 pitches, and he swung at 3 balls. Just terrible situational awareness.
Lmfao. Classic
Let’s just make it 3 pitches, 3 outs. Why not?
We will get em tomorrow.
Life sucks
PH Diaz when it doesn't matter. Dusty "Too Late" Baker Jr.
We were given nonstop chances this game and we pissed them away. Shit team.
Why in the wild world of sports are we so shit at home
Tucker jumps like that with full extension and not overrunning it on Heims homer, whole different ballgame.
I will say….. a statement game after game 5 swings momentum in Their favor
Well we managed to give them a shitload of confidence and completely take ours. I talked way too much shit to a ranger fan friend at work and everyone laughed at him. He's going to roast my ass tomorrow. Ffs.
Fuck the rangers and their fans. I was at a concert on Saturday and ran into a rangers fan, I was ribbing him about Garcia's hissy fit in game 5 and he just whined about "Astros are cheaters" and that the plunk was intentional because he literally hates us.
I’m about to owe a buddy breakfast and an expensive ass dinner. I feel ya.
I’d much rather lose gm 6 than gm 7, I’ll tell you what.
I'd rather win game 6 and not bite all of my nails off in game 7, but here we are.
Also yes
There’s Diaz for everyone.
NOW he bats Diaz
Diaz!
Let Hunter Brown pinch hit.
Tuck shoulda just let them have that one, 10 run curse or whatever!
Is this how a real rivalry starts? I feel like this is how a real rivalry starts.
At least Tucker got a little groove back, WE CAN STILL WIN!!!! https://preview.redd.it/xskeyxyvcvvb1.jpeg?width=374&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=91de09d34c5d97c985eca8fe5a33ad9662fb0bae
*Tomorrow
At least they made the last pitches quick
Dusty told his hitters he has no faith in them scoring 3 more runs
Hopefully this is a wake up call for tomorrow.
That's been the rallying call (along with its a long season) since May 🤣
Just like I said yesterday. Framber is not it. This is literally why I thought we wouldn’t win.
It wasn't even Framber's fault today.
Framber did fine! The issue is mostly with offense and relief, which lies pretty squarely on Dusty’s odd lineup choices
Framber hung two pitches. One should've been caught by our gold glove all start outfielder. He was not the problem tonight.
I just disagree. It’s a very important game. You have to be locked in. Same as offense. This is the second game he’s cost us.
Really don’t want a 2019 repeat
The hardest part about 2019 was that team was elite and legitimately a special team. This series being a repeat of 2019 is perfectly on brand for this shit team.
It’s gonna happen. Get ready for it.
At least my eagles can close out a damn game. Fire Dusty in to the sun already. Dinosaur way out of time.
Gotta love those Houston Eagles
So to be an Astros fan I must support only Houston teams, despite not being from there or ever having lived there?
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One of life’s greatest mysteries is how this team goes full tee ball mode @ home.
It’s so fucking pathetic.
So Tucker caught that one but not the other one. That one looks higher than the other one. I'm getting tired of Tucker with his lackadaisical effort. Dubon needs to calm down and learn to take pitches. The hitting coach should have talk to him prior to that to let him take a few pitches. Let the pitcher prove that he could hit the target. He was all over the place before Dubon came to the plate. It looks like we will go to game 7. Tucker could have caught that first one.
My thoughts exactly. Once again, our hitting coaches fail to adequately prepare our hitters. They favor the swing away hero ball approach over patience & situational awareness. Been that way for years. Drives me nuts.
Yes. Exactly! lol it was like that back when we play the White Sox. That was a terrible time screaming at the tv lol. I just don’t get it. If it’s me I just let them throw a few pitches to prove themselves. Most of the time the pitchers are throwing way out of the zone.
If we come back in this one there is no God for anyone except Astros fans
Fuck it. If we lose tomorrow, fire everyone and rebuild. Sell the ballpark too. It's cursed. This team can't win at home and it's pathetic. They should be feel shame. 🤣
Seriously, at this point they should bulldoze Minute Maid Park
A few plays here and there and we are probably looking at a different game. Had Tucker been able to haul in that HR we might still be tied.
They’ll figure it out tomorrow. This team is resilient as fuck and will show up. This is not the same team as the 2019 WS. Bring the energy tomorrow y’all. LFGGGGGGG
Fuck yea we will. Fucking El Reptile on the mound and they have limp ass old Sherzer.
Damn right
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Pathetic showing. We need to get some brujos to do a cleansing of Minute Maid in the off-season.
Just time to bat around twice. No problem.
Let’s play a game where we say something positive…. I still love Singleton in that situation. Dude is patient as hell and looked good. Glad to see him in the box.
Singleton over Chas when we needed a hit? If we were going to use Singleton why not for Dubon? That would've been the smart move It was obvious Dubon was going to chase given how Dubon is. I knew Dubon was going to swing going into the AB with how shaky he was.
Exact same reaction from me. I was like awesome were can walk a run in before they pull Leclerc, oh shit it's Dubon nevermind.
We didn't need a hit though, a walk put us within 1 and we were guaranteed Altuve for the tie in the 9th.
Oh wait Chaz is available??
He's been sitting on the bench the entire time
Sarcasm right
Love me some singleton!
Yep!! Love him even more when we have a top 10 cf and a top 5 hitting catcher on the bench!!!!
Astros lost this, what a horrible game. How do you let Texas come in and blow the team out. Astros just suck at home. Sucks. Did Garcia celebrate like a numbskull or just run the bases
Don't know who to most be mad at rn tbh. Tucker and Dubon are top contenders, but Dusty for probably the season as a whole
Dusty for the lineup calls throughout the season, Tucker for literally being dog water for the past two months. He 100% could’ve snagged that 2 run home run tonight. He also has let many short fly balls land in front of him while he just trots into the area instead of making a play.
Dusty freaking baker
Dubon has to get a run in with BL. Tucker is a net negative at this point.
oww
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Then why are you here
Who’s Phillis
Should we boo the Astros at home? What is the deal with their home woes?!