fullback44 said:Yes, Dusty wasn't putting Presley in and wasting his arm, we will need Presley tmrw night for sureDanwell Home said:
They punted when montero was brought in
Montero means we threw in the towel
Youd think Brown and France are better options if needed than JV on short rest but who knows. Hopefully el Reptil throws 6 innings and its not a problem, less the 8th (Abreu's spot).W said:
have to think Montgomery and JV are available tomorrow
all hands on deck
Aggie8587 said:
Win tomorrow, or Altuve's legendary moment in game 5 will largely be forgotten. That would be a true travesty
rocketman1806 said:
Enlighten me with your wisdom oh great one
AggiEE said:
Altuve
Brantley
Bregman
Alvarez
Abreu
Tucker
McCormick
Diaz
Pena
For the love of all that is Astros, play this friggin lineup just once.
An .800+ OPS hitter sitting all playoffs is a tragedy. If we get a massive lead early, THEN put in the "defensive replacement pitcher whisperer Maldonado" (BS)
Danwell Home said:Goose83 said:
I'm worried that the Astros are emotionally spent after Game 5, much like the 1975 A&M football team was after the Texas win, and in turn got steamrolled by Arkansas.
The Astros are the antithesis of TAMU football
This is exactly why I would have brought Abreu back out. I truly think we got Dustied tonight between this and the pinch hitting (no Yainer PH to lead off the 7th; PH Jon in the 8th rather than Yainer or Chas)Mathguy64 said:fullback44 said:Yes, Dusty wasn't putting Presley in and wasting his arm, we will need Presley tmrw night for sureDanwell Home said:
They punted when montero was brought in
Montero means we threw in the towel
You can't over use Pressly when you likely will be without Abreu tomorrow.
Stros by 6, or not at all. I don't see us staying in a close game. But, who knows. Scherzer had a crappy game 3, but it was his first start in over a month. Maybe he repeats his performance, or maybe the rust is off. Either way, I don't think he has more than 80 pitches in him, so we need extended ABs, and swinging for base hits, not long balls. If we can run him by the 4th, I like our chances.TyHolden said:
I like the Stros by 2-3 tomorrow. Gonna be electric.
wangus12 said:
Yeah if tomorrow was anywhere else, I'd take us 9/10. Unfortunately its at ****ing home and I'd give us a 25% chance.
The Astros organization should return the cost of tickets for the ALCS games
I look at this way...imagine if we didn't steal game 5. This game would have been THE WORST.Kashchei said:Danwell Home said:Goose83 said:
I'm worried that the Astros are emotionally spent after Game 5, much like the 1975 A&M football team was after the Texas win, and in turn got steamrolled by Arkansas.
The Astros are the antithesis of TAMU football
Even with a dynasty I still have BAS. Would love to be super confident about tomorrow, but 2019 still haunts.
And it just had to be the Ragners. If it was the Rays or the O's or another team I respected it would be one thing, but these guys are all dbags of the highest order.
RED AG 98 said:This is exactly why I would have brought Abreu back out. I truly think we got Dustied tonight between this and the pinch hitting (no Yainer PH to lead off the 7th; PH Jon in the 8th rather than Yainer or Chas)Mathguy64 said:fullback44 said:Yes, Dusty wasn't putting Presley in and wasting his arm, we will need Presley tmrw night for sureDanwell Home said:
They punted when montero was brought in
Montero means we threw in the towel
You can't over use Pressly when you likely will be without Abreu tomorrow.
iBrad said:
Games 4, 5, and 6 against the Rays in 2020.
I agree, 7th was the best time and not doing it forced him to make a worse decision in the 8th.Mathguy64 said:RED AG 98 said:This is exactly why I would have brought Abreu back out. I truly think we got Dustied tonight between this and the pinch hitting (no Yainer PH to lead off the 7th; PH Jon in the 8th rather than Yainer or Chas)Mathguy64 said:fullback44 said:Yes, Dusty wasn't putting Presley in and wasting his arm, we will need Presley tmrw night for sureDanwell Home said:
They punted when montero was brought in
Montero means we threw in the towel
You can't over use Pressly when you likely will be without Abreu tomorrow.
He couldn't PH Diaz in the 8th in that spot. Not with Maldy next. You would be stuck doing a double switch and putting Kessinger in the 9hike and he would be leading off the 9th.
He needed to do it in the 7th.
grand slam incoming. brace yourselves
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I can't specifically remember anything happening to Pena in May, but he certainly could have some nagging injury.Mathguy64 said:
I'm convinced he's been hurt since May.
redline248 said:
Bases loaded with one out...letting Dubon hit was a huge mistake. That should have been Yainer's chance. To make it even worse, he went and put Kessinger at SS after pinch hitting for Pena. If you're not moving Dubon to SS after that, why are you letting him have that huge AB?
Going to be interesting to find out. I was thinking an injury too, but his defense has not missed a beat.Beat40 said:I can't specifically remember anything happening to Pena in May, but he certainly could have some nagging injury.Mathguy64 said:
I'm convinced he's been hurt since May.
He's got a lot of work to do in the offseason. He appears to be a really hard worker, so I think he's going to put in the time.
Texas A&M said:
We've had 10 playoff games so far this year. Five have been on the road and five have been at home.
Average score for the 5 home games: Astros 2.8, Opponents 5.2
Average score for the 5 road games: Astros 7, Opponents 3
I would think that they'd have to break out of this ineptness at home at some point, but then I remember that they're under .500 at home for the year.
Supposedly a personal issue (GF or something) caused him to lose focus during the regular season but his defense have been excellent so if his mind was drifting you'd think it would also impact his defense.n_touch said:Going to be interesting to find out. I was thinking an injury too, but his defense has not missed a beat.Beat40 said:I can't specifically remember anything happening to Pena in May, but he certainly could have some nagging injury.Mathguy64 said:
I'm convinced he's been hurt since May.
He's got a lot of work to do in the offseason. He appears to be a really hard worker, so I think he's going to put in the time.
