Tomorrow the batters need to slow the **** down and work the count. Earlier you get to the pen, the better especially since Morrow should be unavailable. If you draw some walks to work with, great. Kershaw's beatable but you can't let him establish quick innings.

I hope the team isn't as down in the dumps as I am right now. I feel like we missed our chance. However I've felt that way at least two other times this post season and we bounced back.

Need Dallas and JV to give us one more epic performance.

bearkatag15 said:

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He better be no where near the mound tomorrow...

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Are you ****ing kidding me?! I never thought I'd say Giles has balls. But he's got balls. You can't make this **** up

bullard21k said:

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That's fake courage. That dude has looked like a scared puppy dog for 5 straight outings.

He wants no part of taking the mound the rest of this series.

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Wish he just had tge balls to tell Hinch "no thanks". This guy praying for complete games from starters so he won't have to go in.

Dodgers had this **** served up on a silver platter tonight. We didn't hit, and that didn't help. But only thought in my mind when Giles was sent out was "Ballgame"

Even though Harris **** the bed those 2 hits would have been enough. Until numbnuts was summoned. Nobody is arguing that we didn't play well. But that game was still ours. Why Hinch went away from the piggyback starters that has worked so well 2x this postseason is anybody's guess. But we let this one slip away. Big time.

HossAg said:

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Why would we be more confident about a game where we face Kershaw? That's why we should have won tonight. Hinch ****ed up with the bullpen decisions.

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I'm coming confident because Keuchel. As well as it being at home where we are 6-1 this postseason

His only bad decision was Giles for Devo

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Giles comes across creepy af.

Didnt think it was possible but I have even less confidence in him now after watching that interview.

Why did I click that link.


Damn.

After I've heard a few of his interviews, he really strikes me as very low intelligence.

He does not have it upstairs. How many times this year did we hear Sparks say Giles ran into some trouble but hung on for the save"? My sphincter slams shut every time I see this guy walking to the mound.
When Billy Wagner trotted out there the only thought was "we got this". No matter the lead or situation. He is just plain scared. No matter what bull**** he is spouting in this interview. Nobody is perfect, but damn. This guy is guaranteed to **** op in high leverage situations.

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SoupNazi2001 said:

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Love all the second guessing from the Texags keyboard managers who can predict every at bat and inning. If it was up to Texags, Springer and Marwin would have never played to get out of their mini slumps. The offense got 2 hits tonight, maybe the bigger issue.

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Not much second guessing tonight. It was all first guessing. The decision didn't make much sense. He's pitched 6 times this post season and given up 7 ER before tonight. Hinch didn't even let him warm up last night!

And this all comes 1 night after everyone praised him to high heavens about going with what felt right and not over managing.

I'm glad you can be happy in tonight's loss, though.

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Heck, I thought Morton should have been pulled after 6. I was a little surprised he came back out for the 7th. What Giles did was highly predictable.

Didn't Giles do fine in his first inning his last outing?

BMX Bandit said:

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Didn't Giles do fine in his first inning his last outing?

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Nope. Gave up two runs in LA IIRC.

Not in his first inning

Struck out Seager
Turner ground out
Bellinger fly out

I'm not saying I was okay with the move. In fact, I didn't like it. But he did no good for one inning last time out. That game, everyone rightly complained Hinch sent him back out

LAD -145

i'll see you at the crossroads

peace

The 'stros offense, Hinch's decision & Giles' performance yesterday were absolutely pathetic.

However, how many of us would have been ecstatic with a 3-2 lead going back to LA?

Just win today. Our guys can beat their guys including Kershaw.

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jopatura said:

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Tomorrow the batters need to slow the **** down and work the count. Earlier you get to the pen, the better especially since Morrow should be unavailable. If you draw some walks to work with, great. Kershaw's beatable but you can't let him establish quick innings.

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If you try to work the count against Kershaw you will quickly be 0-2 as evidenced in game 1.

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Yep

Watching strikes 1 & 2 go by, then swinging at a pitch in the dirt was productive game 1

Just find a way to win tonight.

Bats need to come alive tonight. That is all.

Reddick is going to resurface at some point. I think tonight is the night.