Detroit Tigers at Houston Astros, Jun 26, 2009 7:05 PM CDT
by Stephen Higdon on Jun 26, 2009 7:00 PM CDT
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Detroit Tigers at Houston Astros, Jun 26, 2009 7:05 PM CDT
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3 game series vs Tigers @ Minute Maid Park
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Detroit Tigers Friday, Jun 26, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Justin Verlander vs Wandy Rodriguez Clear. Game time temperature around 95.
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This should be a good pitching match up. Verlander is coming off of a disappointing outing, but still owns a 3.18 xFIP and a 3.21 tRA. Wandy, who is coming off an outstanding outing, owns a 3.80 xFIP and a 3.21 tRA. All signs, both common place and objective, point to a duel.
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Bourn steals a double from Granderson to start the game
cool
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 26, 2009 7:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cabrera takes a 3-2 change onto the tracks
less cool
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 26, 2009 7:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
better than a dp
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 26, 2009 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
bases loaded for Hunter
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 26, 2009 7:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Pence with bases loaded
He doesn’t perform well in these circumstances, i don’t think.
by entropic soul on Jun 26, 2009 7:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure it's going to be a 3 pitch strike out.
by entropic soul on Jun 26, 2009 7:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I've said it before
you are so negative
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 26, 2009 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
see
it was like a 6 pitch strike out
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 26, 2009 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel he gets trigger happy when he has bases loaded.
So i figured he’d strike out quickly.
by entropic soul on Jun 26, 2009 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and he's
0-7 with 6 Strike outs with bases loaded this year.
Looks like he has a few sac runs, but that doesn’t help with 2 outs.
by entropic soul on Jun 26, 2009 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
heh
small sample size.
But yeah, yet another reason to bat him higher up, I suppose
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 26, 2009 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
woohoo
go Adam Everett!
But strike out for us, okay
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 26, 2009 7:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
oh fuck you Adam
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 26, 2009 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
but when he plays for us...
he can’t hit…
by entropic soul on Jun 26, 2009 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
4-0 Detroit already
Even Adam Everett doubled and scored
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 7:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Derick Grisby -2002 Astros first round draft choice
I never hear anything about him. Is he still in baseball?
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 7:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Keppinger scored from first on Tejada double
“Running hard all the way”
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
RBI Single
we’ll take it
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, the Rangers are having a good game
9-1 in the 3rd against San Diego
by entropic soul on Jun 26, 2009 8:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bourn singled with two outs
I say steal second, Michael
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Balk - as good as a steal
but Idon’t know why they called the balk
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Adam Everett looks as good as ever at short
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cubs and Pirates won today
I watched the last out in the Cubs game on a Gamecast. the last out was a called strikeout .The gamecast showed the ball about a foot outside.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Tigers load the bases with one out
but Astros turn easy double play to end the innig.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What's the scoop omn Tigers bullpen?
Verlander is reaching a high pitch count
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice play by Tejada to get to ball
and flip backhand to Matsui for one out; couldn’t get Everett running to first
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
MLB.com giving me two games at once (a real simulcast)
I am watching and listenging to Astros game; but I’m getting the Diamondback audio broadcast too. I’m trying to selective listen but it ’s a challenge
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 8:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wandy's last chance for a W this game
Rests in the hands of Pudge, Matsui and probably Erstad.
by entropic soul on Jun 26, 2009 9:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Pudge doubled to start the sixth
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Matsui bunts
so Matt Kata can bat for Wandy
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
and Kata RBI single
4-3
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
WHAT????!!
Way to go Chris Burke II Matt Kata!
by entropic soul on Jun 26, 2009 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We should have a survey
to decide Kata’s official nickname
I really like “Chris Burke II”, but I also like “Eyebrows”.
Can’t decide.
by AstroAndy on Jun 26, 2009 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and Michael Bourn singled
2 on , one out (and the Diamondback audio way louder than the Astros broadcast on MLB.TV)
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ground ball to Adam Everett turns into
an inning ending double play
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He needs to remember where he came from..
and maybe drop the ball every once in while like Tejada.
by entropic soul on Jun 26, 2009 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everett batted .248 for the Astros
and has batted .242 since. His OBP this season is .320
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs"
-Earl Weaver
by bwhite2323 on Jun 26, 2009 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just mean he needs to give us a favor or two *wink*wink*
by entropic soul on Jun 26, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
He probably won’t help us with his fielding, but he may come up to the plate in a critical situation……..
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs"
-Earl Weaver
by bwhite2323 on Jun 26, 2009 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reds LOST 9-2
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wandy settled down after a rough first two innings
and held the Tigers scoreless in his last four innings
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Alberto Arias pitching for Astros
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I love watching AL mangers
trying to figure out the double switch. Now Detroit has two outfielders not playing in their preferred position, plus now the pitcher is batting in the middle of the lineup.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs"
-Earl Weaver
by bwhite2323 on Jun 26, 2009 9:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Jim Leyland ought to be familiar with managing in the NL.
by clack on Jun 26, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's been ten years
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs"
-Earl Weaver
by bwhite2323 on Jun 26, 2009 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brewers WON: Cardinals LOST
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Byrdak started the 8th inning for the Astros
With two out and two on, Chris Sampson relieves Byrdak.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Byrdak may not have started the inning
He may have relieved Arias
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chronicle says that Hampton is ready to come off DL....
and tentatively will pitch Tuesday. We also have Blum and Paulino coming off the DL in the really near future.
Who will lose their major league spots?
by clack on Jun 26, 2009 9:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I was wondering that for several innings
you’d think Kata or Maysonet .
Maybe Byrdak and Fulchino (or Backe)
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Among pitchers, Wright, Fulchino, Arias, and Paulino are probably the easiest to move down, because I think they don’t have to clear waivers. I don’t really want to move any of them off the ML roster. I would prefer to DFA Backe and hope he clears waivers and agrees to go to Round Rock. But Cooper has already said he is “saving” Backe for Saturday in case Paulino can’t pitch very long.
Among infielders, I regret to say that I believe Maysonet will be sent down, mostly based on Cooper’s usage pattern for him.
by clack on Jun 26, 2009 10:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bottom of the 8th
Astros have runners on first and second (Matsui and Erstad)
one out
Bourn batting
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t like Keppinger here because he is such a DP candidate.
by clack on Jun 26, 2009 10:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bases loaded after Bourn walked
Keppinger batting with one out
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Zumaya looking wild
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
does Zumaya ever take anything off the ball?
by clack on Jun 26, 2009 10:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
my point being that every will fastball he is throwing is like 100 mph or over. I mean, if he dials it down to 95 mph, he might get the ball in the zone.
by clack on Jun 26, 2009 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that should be “wild” instead of “will”
by clack on Jun 26, 2009 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
TIE GAME TIE GAME
Keppinger walks in run
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Tie run is walked in.
Did you see my post earlier about the Tigers leading the majors on walking in runners…on a pace to walk in 32 runs this year.
by clack on Jun 26, 2009 10:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe they can add a couple more this game
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tejada almost gets a Crawford Box grand slam...but it is caught for a sac fly.
lead run is in now.
by clack on Jun 26, 2009 10:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Long Sacrifice Fly by Tejada
Astros lead 5-4
Long comeback stretch since the second inning
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
LaTroy Hawkins to close instead of Jose Valverde
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hawkins allows a well hit ball in the gap.
but Cabrera is held to a single because he isn’t very fast.
by clack on Jun 26, 2009 10:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cabrera long single
to start the ninth
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Former Astro Josh Anderson batting
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
for some reason he always seems to punish the Astros.
by clack on Jun 26, 2009 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anderson hit a DP ball to shortstop, but he is too fast to allow the DP.
by clack on Jun 26, 2009 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grounded to Tejada
Cabrera out at second but Anderson easily beat the throw to first
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anderson steals second
and Pudge made a good throw ( a little high)
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
2 outs (pop to short left)
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
grounder to Tejada.
Astros Win!!!
Hey, DQ and HLP….you went to a good game.
by clack on Jun 26, 2009 10:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It was a great game!!
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by Stephen Higdon on Jun 27, 2009 12:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ASTROS WIN 5-4
nice comeback win
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 26, 2009 10:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Backe gets DFA'd
so says the post-game show.
Paulino activated.
by AstroAndy on Jun 26, 2009 10:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
his interview
says that he hopes somebody else picks him up so he can play in the big leagues
by AstroAndy on Jun 26, 2009 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he says he is shocked. not surprisingly, he hopes to have the luck of Nieve and get picked up by someone who will put him on a ML roster.
personally, I doubt any team picks him up, even though it’s always possible that some GM or pitching coach out there has a secret admiration of Backe’s bulldog attitude and will do so. my guess is that Backe ends up back in Round Rock.
by clack on Jun 26, 2009 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ending up working closely with Burt Hooten might be the best thing for him right now.
Post-game guys bring up the point that we don’t have a long reliever for tomorrow, and Paulino could very easily go out after four innings. Sampson’s been used a few games in a row now (I think), Backe’s DFA’d. Is Ortiz or Moehler moving to the ’pen?
by AstroAndy on Jun 26, 2009 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
with Hampton returning, it seems possible that Ortiz or Moehler could move to the pen. I suppose we will know that answer if Paulino runs out of gas and Ortiz is called upon.
by clack on Jun 26, 2009 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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