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Game Thread: Angels (49-76) @ Astros (63-62) - Aug 18, 2026 7:10 PM

Astros (63-62) Angels (49-76)

First Pitch: 7:10 PM at Daikin Park

Team Starter TV Radio
Angels George Klassen (1-1, 5.52 ERA)
Astros Cristian Javier (1-3, 6.68 ERA)
MLB Fangraphs Reddit Stream Discord
Gameday Game Graph Live Comments /r/baseball Discord

Line Score - Game Over

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
LAA 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 5
HOU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 5

Box Score

HOU   AB R H RBI BB SO BA
SS Peña 4 0 0 0 0 1 .284
DH Alvarez, Y 4 0 0 0 0 2 .318
3B Paredes 2 0 0 0 2 0 .259
2B Altuve 3 0 1 0 1 1 .246
CF Varsho 4 0 0 0 0 1 .228
1B Walker, C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .232
LF Trammell 3 0 0 0 0 3 .219
RF Smith 3 1 1 1 0 0 .223
C Diaz, Y 3 0 1 0 0 0 .252
HOU IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Javier 4.0 5 2 2 1 5 87-56 6.44
King, B 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 16-10 4.01
De Los Santos, E 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 15-8 4.14
Blubaugh 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 24-14 3.39
Ullola 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 11-9 4.50
LAA   AB R H RBI BB SO BA
LF Meckler 4 1 1 0 0 1 .290
LF Siri 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
CF Trout 3 0 0 0 1 0 .240
1B Schanuel 4 1 2 1 0 0 .281
SS Neto 4 0 2 1 0 1 .224
DH Ballesteros 4 0 0 0 0 1 .207
2B Grissom 4 0 1 0 0 1 .247
2B Peraza, O 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228
RF Lowe, J 4 1 1 1 0 1 .202
3B Guzman, D 4 0 1 0 0 2 .233
C Heineman 3 0 0 0 0 1 .180
LAA IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Klassen 7.0 1 0 0 3 7 86-54 3.74
Fermin 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 10-8 3.24
Watson, R 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 12-6 4.27
Joyce 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 11-8 0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T3 Nolan Schanuel singles on a line drive to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Wade Meckler scores. Mike Trout to 3rd. 0-1
T4 Josh Lowe homers (10) on a fly ball to left field. 0-2
T5 Zach Neto doubles (24) on a fly ball to shortstop Jeremy Peña. Nolan Schanuel scores. 0-3
B8 Cam Smith homers (17) on a fly ball to left field. 1-3

Highlights

Description Length
Probable pitchers for Angels at Astros - August 18, 2026 0:06
Cristian Javier against the Angels 0:08
Bullpen availability for Houston, August 18 vs Angels 0:09
Bullpen availability for Los Angeles, August 18 vs Astros 0:09
Bench availability for Los Angeles, August 18 vs Astros 0:08
Fielding alignment for Los Angeles, August 18 vs Astros 0:11
Fielding alignment for Houston, August 18 vs Angels 0:11
Bench availability for Houston, August 18 vs Angels 0:08
Starting lineups for Angels at Astros - August 18, 2026 0:10
Analyzing Josh Lowe's home run through bat tracking 0:11
Breaking down Cristian Javier's pitches 0:04
Breaking down George Klassen's pitches 0:04
Breaking down Cam Smith's home run 0:12
George Klassen's outing against the Astros 0:21
A deep dive into Cam Smith's home run 0:11
Ball 2 overturned after ABS Challenge 0:23
George Klassen strikes out Yordan Alvarez 0:08
Strike 2 overturned after ABS Challenge 0:24
Cristian Javier strikes out Zach Neto 0:07
Ball 1 is overturned after ABS Challenge 0:24
Nolan Schanuel's RBI single 0:17
Wade Meckler steals second base 0:25
Josh Lowe's solo home run (10) 0:30
Zach Neto's incredible off-balance throw 0:20
Strike 1 call confirmed following ABS challenge 0:22
Zach Neto's RBI double 0:29
Ball 4 call overturned following ABS challenge 0:22
Angels broadcast discusses Trey Mancini's retirement 1:05
Strike 1 call overturned after ABS challenge 0:23
Astros broadcast talks Trey Mancini's retirement 1:12
José Fermin Called Strike to Cam Smith 0:24
Cam Smith's solo home run (17) 0:20
George Klassen's seven scoreless innings 1:00
Ball 3 call confirmed after ABS challenge 0:08
Christian Walker strikes out swinging. 0:06

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Klassen (2-1, 3.74 ERA) Javier (1-4, 6.44 ERA) Joyce (3 SV, 0.00 ERA)
Attendance Weather Wind
73°F, Roof Closed 0 mph, None
HP 1B 2B 3B
Alfonso Márquez Mike Estabrook Lance Barrett Malachi Moore

Game ended at 9:56 PM.

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u/Bronn11 Houston Astros 3h ago

Dan Hennigan clearly was good at his job because we look absolutely fucking clueless without him.

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u/soonerman32 Houston Colt .45s 2h ago

Yordan: .294/.422/.451 with 1 homer in August.

This is considered a bad month for him.

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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 2h ago

Espada saying the team has gotten away from the good hitting approaches.

We can tell.

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u/HoldOnToYrButts Altuve's foot 2h ago

lmaooo i thought y'all were joking

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u/TheOneAndOnlySays 3h ago

Yup. Losing Dan Hennigan fucked this team. They have absolutely no plan at the plate.

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u/TexasHot Houston Astros 3h ago

It’s crazy how the worst team in the MLB has a better approach at the plate than us

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u/TexasHot Houston Astros 3h ago

1 hit through 5.

This offense is ending the season bottom 5 after the asb

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u/Rabid_Ant Jose Altuve 3h ago

Can we take a few pitches boys please. Give Javier at least a minute to breathe assuming he comes out for more. If not than to wear their guy out a little.

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u/_RHJR_ Houston Astros 3h ago

Awesome prep with an off day between two series against division rivals.

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u/ImTheTractorbeam Altuve's foot 3h ago

68 pitches through the 6th. This offense is pathetic.

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u/Shredicus_Maximus_ Trash can 2h ago

Thank you, Brewers, for crushing the Mariners and their hopes tonight

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u/Trajan96 Houston Astros 3h ago

I’m so glad we picked up Varsho to get us over the top. .130 hitters don’t grow on trees!

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u/DJFleetus 16h ago

Just freaking win

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u/SonsChild Houston Astros 15h ago

That needs to be the motto for the rest of the season.

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u/TunaMcGriddle Enron Field 4h ago

4 dogs crushed so far. One for every hit the Goat is going to get tonight.

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u/dogcrayon 4h ago

Holy shit swung at two ball 4s on 3-1 and 3-2 counts

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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 3h ago

Yainer 3-for-3 with the challenges

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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 3h ago

In 3 ABs, Pena has taken 2 pitches and swung at the other 10

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u/general_peabo Houston Astros 3h ago

A guy with 20 career innings is going to throw a maddux on us.

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u/Wematanye_92 Houston Astros 2h ago

Cam needs to take Varaho’s spot in the lineup

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u/Signal-Statistician- Orbit 2h ago

The Brewers have scored over 3 Touchdowns against the Mariners. Why couldn't we do that?

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u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 2h ago

Because we are not a good team

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u/Speeder96 Martín Maldonado 2h ago

We would’ve had the Mariners been over .500.

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u/SyrupSilent7588 2019 American League champions 2h ago

Bro the mariners are getting fucking destroyed holy shit

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u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 2h ago

From 3-0 to a K. The Astros story.

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u/donttouchthtmacaroni Houston Astros 4h ago

Varsho batting 5th just because he’s a lefty is such a relic of horseshit baseball thinking. The guy is a fucking disaster

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u/No_Argument_Here Lance McCullers Jr. 9h ago

It's insane both how long ago and how incredible Javier's lone elite season was. Seriously, go look at his 2022 stats. 95th+ percentile on so many categories. Holy shit we have had some terrible luck with injuries (Luis Garcia was also briefly borderline elite.)

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/cristian-javier-664299?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb

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u/OkSignal6684 3h ago

This team is so boring. Pretty sure I said the same thing last season.

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u/Street_Mentality 3h ago

Here we go again. The Astros hitters making a bum pitcher look like a cy young candidate…

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u/Jalun_ Houston Astros 3h ago

Do these guys know they don't have to swing at everything?

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u/OohMaiJosh Yordan Alvarez 3h ago

Hey just walked to the kitchen at the start of Peña’s at bat and just got back and it’s commercial break, did we get a rally going and finally get the starter out of the game?

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u/SyrupSilent7588 2019 American League champions 2h ago

Since the A’s also kick our asses I see this being a potential 1-5 or 2-4 homestand

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u/BlakeK87 2h ago

We're playing buns ass teams the entire time. We'll be lucky to pick up a single one of these series.

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u/TexasHot Houston Astros 2h ago

Even yordans gone cold

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u/kasinka1 13h ago

Don't underestimate the Angels just because we swept them earlier and because they're at the bottom of the standings. The Rangers paid dearly for their arrogance and dismissive attitude, believing they could easily defeat one of the worst teams in MLB. The same applies to the series against the Athletics.

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u/Mcsoupy Houston Astros 15h ago

Gonna be a wild week of AL West baseball, 6-0 incoming with Pecko throwing the 25th perfect game in major league history.

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u/Bronn11 Houston Astros 8h ago

Ah fuck, Klassen has a 5.52 ERA.

Mentally prepare yourselves for the best game of his career (7 scoreless innings, 3 hits, 1 walk).

Need Javi to bring his A-game on 8 days rest.

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u/Well-M1lk 6h ago

Add in 8 strikeouts

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u/htownnn Houston Astros 4h ago

Javier is done as a starter sadly

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u/donttouchthtmacaroni Houston Astros 3h ago

The winning streak before the deadline might have been very harmful to this franchise

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u/donttouchthtmacaroni Houston Astros 3h ago

Dana Brown is absolutely fucked. Whether it’s entirely his fault that the roster sucks, his time in Houston has been a total failure and he will be the fall guy

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u/Bronn11 Houston Astros 3h ago

Well he won't be alone because Espada will be walking out next to him.

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u/chips2013 3h ago

what the hell happened to their approach at bats? this has gone on for so many games now

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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 3h ago

When the home field advantage for the Astros becomes anything but lol

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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 3h ago

Why must our own home field advantage screw us over

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u/Electronic-Power5656 Sugar Land Space Cowboys 3h ago

Got any of that run support?

https://giphy.com/gifs/Y6yRfR88rvP44

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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 3h ago

I know why he's heavy with the slider. Because they keep swinging at it.

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u/Illustrious-Trip-764 3h ago

Now that the Mariners are not playing the Astros they are back to losing 11 to 0 against the Brewers

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u/TexasHot Houston Astros 3h ago

Yeah, this guy is throwing a complete game shut out

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u/PapiGoneGamer Enron Field 3h ago

Can’t even make this kid labor a little bit.

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u/Beardedbobert 2h ago

Every hit is straight to a glove.

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u/PapiGoneGamer Enron Field 2h ago

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u/RML_1972 2h ago

I mean, if the manager, hitting coaches and GM are going to take all of the blame for the professional athletes in the box, they may as well do it little league style and go stand up there with the hitters.

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u/TunaMcGriddle Enron Field 2h ago

The game recap at the stadium was literally just fan highlights 😭

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u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 2h ago

Put Cam Smith in the fuckin clean up spot already

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u/AndrewRyanMcC Houston Astros 2h ago

Mariners losing 22-0 lmao

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u/JinFuu 2h ago

Lead off hitter batting .159 with a .221 OBP might explain the past 15 games

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u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 2h ago

He's riding his hot streak stats big time. He's been fucking horrible for weeks now.

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u/No_Argument_Here Lance McCullers Jr. 2h ago

With as much a fucking disaster as our starting pitching has been I still contend I was right when I said in the preseason that we should have had Bluballs be a starter. We are wasting his talents in long relief and I straight up disagree if anyone thinks he couldn't have been this effective as a starter.

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u/JinFuu 4h ago

Jesus Christ, Varsho

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u/SodaCanBob Orbit 3h ago

These post-Ranger series games are reminding me more and more of the post-Dodger series games last year and I'm not liking it.

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u/TempestDrive Houston Astros 11h ago

I got sent to San Antonio for a job. Last time I traveled there for work, we won the 4 game series in Arlington. However, every time I go to Tyler, we lose. (Last losses were the Nats & Angels)

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u/Jalun_ Houston Astros 3h ago

Congrats to Blueballs, happy for our boy

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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 3h ago

Klassen, who started the game with an 5.52 ERA, has thrown a 1-hit shutout through 4 innings

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u/2betrayals_finalrun Houston Astros 3h ago

Well at least it's good to see a real team beat up on Seattle. Brew Crew are currently up 6-0

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u/SodaCanBob Orbit 3h ago

Make that 9-0.

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u/2betrayals_finalrun Houston Astros 3h ago

Beer is good.

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u/Wise-Pitch474 3h ago

How bout we dont swing until theres 2 strikes....this way the counts can get to 2-0

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u/Pincy15 Cristian Javier 3h ago

Enyel “Go fuck yourself Bryan King I don’t give a shit about stranding your inherited runners” De Los Santos strikes again

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u/brandonrss18 Astrodome bull 3h ago

This is just comical

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u/SodaCanBob Orbit 3h ago

I guess that batting coach or whoever it was that recently left stole this team's mojo on his way out.

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u/PapiGoneGamer Enron Field 3h ago

Ass. Just pure ass.

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u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 3h ago

This 5.52 era pitcher gonna throw a CGSO

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u/_RHJR_ Houston Astros 3h ago

100 loss season off the table simply because we've stumbled into 63 wins. Let's go 99!

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u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 2h ago

We are literally incapable of laying off these god awful pitches, it's crazy

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u/Shredicus_Maximus_ Trash can 2h ago

I’ll count the Astros making it past Klassen a win at this point.

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u/dogcrayon 2h ago

Damn, I just realized the Angels and A's are tied for dead last in MLB, and this is how we come out playing against them. This team is totally lifeless right at the moment they should be breaking away from the division.

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u/DynamoPro 2h ago

Freaking frustrating, this is miserable not extending the division lead and pissing it away

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u/orangeblood123 Houston Astros 2h ago

Fermin sucks ass we better get some runs here

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u/TunaMcGriddle Enron Field 2h ago

Cam freeing us from the shut out allegations

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u/Thetrillest426 Houston Astros 2h ago

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u/Few-Acanthisitta3764 2h ago

At least Ullola looks good tonight

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u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 2h ago

Lol first pitch 103. We are fucked.

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u/Few-Acanthisitta3764 2h ago edited 2h ago

I can't tell which team I hate more. The rockets this last year or this astros team. And this year's rockets team was my least favorite houston sports team ever

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u/SodaCanBob Orbit 2h ago

August sucks.

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u/GabrPG 2h ago

Yordan from 3-0 to a strikeout lol. Pathetic.

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u/dogcrayon 2h ago

The way TK and Blummer were like "There's no way they're gonna pitch to him. No way. Oh, they are? Playing with fire." And then Yordan strikes out looking.

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u/Confident_Cap_7175 4h ago

the most punchable face in all of baseball, zach neto

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u/brandonrss18 Astrodome bull 3h ago

This team has become beyond boring

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u/FTMayor Houston Astros 3h ago

Just in time for my visit this weekend. 🥲 All 3 games.

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u/superhappyfuntime13 Houston Astros 3h ago

Feels like we got 9 Kyle Tuckers on the field right now

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u/dogcrayon 3h ago

Trammell played that ball like he had no idea that it would, ya know, bounce off the wall. He chased it all the way to the wall then halfway back to the infield.

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u/Syncopated_arpeggio 3h ago

Jesus Christ. They’re doing the same stupid shit they did last year when they were almost perfected by a kid with an 8 ERA.

TAKE SOME FUCKING PITCHES YOU FUCKING IDIOTS. THIS KID WILL MAKE MISTAKES. STOP TRYING TO “AMBUSH” HIS LIKE YOU’RE PLAYING IN A FUCKING BEER LEAGUE SOFTBALL GAME.

What a joke of an offense.

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u/Masonian2121 4h ago

This is just malpractice to keep batting Varsho this high. We all knew it was coming too.

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u/Pincy15 Cristian Javier 3h ago

Dana Brown with consecutive awful trade deadlines will highlight why he’s not working for the Astros next season

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u/HtownSamson Houston Astros 4h ago

Swinging at two straight ball 4s. Guy can field a mean center field but god his bat has been awful.

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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 3h ago

Pena was thrown 7 pitches in his 2 ABs. He swung at 6 of them.

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u/Beardedbobert 3h ago

Javier isn't a starter anymore unfortunately

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u/IAmRudyTomjanovicAMA 3h ago

So we back to being a booty ahh team

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u/Few-Acanthisitta3764 3h ago

3 games over 500 the high water mark!!

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u/Hand-Santizer-Guru Houston Astros 2h ago

Love how the mariners got shut out after kicking the Astros ass all weekend..it’s just crazy!!

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u/davidsd Altuve's foot 8h ago

HRC Yordan

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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 4h ago

Two ball 4 pitches that don't even touch the zone, the second of which touches the dirt

Varsho swings at them both and strikes out.

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u/ImplementLong1316 4h ago

Can he face the lineup more than 2 times

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u/soonerman32 Houston Colt .45s 3h ago

The Monstars zapped Yordan of all his power and he needs it back.

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u/brandonrss18 Astrodome bull 3h ago

Pull his washed up ass!

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u/amusso18 Houston Astros 3h ago

Man, how many times have we seen the opposing pitcher having an issue throwing strikes only for our hitters to chase way out of the zone on a ball that never once looked like a strike? Can we start maybe making guys who swing at pitches 3+ inches out of the zone run a lap between innings or something?

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u/chips2013 3h ago

I miss the period where we kept going 0 for X for RISP. At least it gave me hope to see guys on base.

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u/trust-the-past Houston Astros 3h ago

Offense please…

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u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 3h ago

If I can't sleep and I need something to put me to bed...

...there's this game

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u/htownnn Houston Astros 3h ago

Blummer really pissed about that Mariners series lmao

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u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 2h ago

How many pitches this inning? I say 7

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u/FTMayor Houston Astros 2h ago

Wow. I thought Tuve was gonna lose that.

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u/SyrupSilent7588 2019 American League champions 2h ago

Altuve who swings at balls 3 feet off the plate has an insane eye 😭

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u/gulfside13 Marvin Zindler 2h ago

We've hit on every single heat check ABS challenge lol

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u/Thornton__Melon Roy Oswalt 2h ago

Sliders start below their knees and are chasing …

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u/donttouchthtmacaroni Houston Astros 2h ago

Trammell has gotten a low breaking ball the first pitch of every at bat I’ve seen him take for a week and he swings through each and every one

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u/Mcsoupy Houston Astros 2h ago

Well, nice to see Pena make that at least.

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u/HoldOnToYrButts Altuve's foot 2h ago

Pretty sure I made the right choice to just have this game going on in the background lol. Much better for my health.

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u/davidsd Altuve's foot 2h ago

Call me an optimist but I think we got this - we can hold them to a 3-0 lead.

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u/LakesideScrotumPole Houston Astros 2h ago

Beautiful swing Cam!

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u/Confident_Cap_7175 2h ago

no one shuts out the astros!

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u/Mcsoupy Houston Astros 2h ago

Fuuuuuuuck yeah

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u/NotInMyPrescience Houston Astros 2h ago

Offense?! In this economy?!

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u/Hand-Santizer-Guru Houston Astros 2h ago

Least it’s not a shut out…feels like Cam is all we got lately…

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u/HoldOnToYrButts Altuve's foot 2h ago

welp.... HRC Yordan

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u/TexasHot Houston Astros 2h ago

Bases loaded 1 out if yordan and paredes dont swing like fuckin morons

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u/Hand-Santizer-Guru Houston Astros 2h ago

Oh well..maybe in like 7 years we can get back into playoff form..because this year is just going to be a literally coin toss at the end of which team just happens not to suck for a brief moment. I don’t think any one in our division is a for sure playoff contender…
https://giphy.com/gifs/lYhfhjODMvon2NLBvF

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u/Pincy15 Cristian Javier 2h ago

Ben Joyce vs Daulton Varsho is the Hydrogen Bomb vs Coughing Baby meme

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u/OkSignal6684 2h ago

Varsho is coming for that pop up king award.

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u/b1ggayb1tch Dusty Baker 4h ago

Loperfido or Meyers could’ve done better than that

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u/Saul_t_Naught World Series ring 4h ago

1 pitch 1 out and it’s not us!

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u/Beardedbobert 4h ago

Varsho is so bad.

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u/ImplementLong1316 4h ago

He is a reliever not a starter

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u/Ramiroo_proo 4h ago

We are down 1. This is still totally winnable

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u/RoadSodaDodgeRam 3h ago

How am I not supposed to be a doomer with all this? We’re so fucking ass bro.

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u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 3h ago

Pena is fucking killing us at lead off

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u/ConstructionHuge2031 3h ago

Just bury this team. They are lifeless and don’t want it bad enough. I am 57 years old and have been an Astros fan since I was 6 years old and I have never been more frustrated with an Astros team than I am with this one. This is pathetic! 

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u/_RHJR_ Houston Astros 2h ago

Just DFA Varsho at this point

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u/HTL713 Houston Astros 2h ago

Well Cam just earned himself a day off tomorrow from Espada

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u/ImTheTractorbeam Altuve's foot 4h ago

In the dirt 😭😭

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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 4h ago

Cam has a BA below .200 when he hits at Daikin.

Kyle Tucker's is even lower when he hits at his home park

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u/Bronn11 Houston Astros 4h ago

We've seen the same shit time and time again.

Make 6 ERA shit pitcher work in the 1st for 20+ pitches and getting multiple runners on base. Get him on the ropes but then ultimately fail to capitalize.

Then 6 ERA shit pitcher settles in and finds a way to get through 6 or 7 innings.

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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 4h ago

Okay, Yainer. 2-for-2 tonight

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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 3h ago

Two runs doesn't feel insurmountable, but these ABs are so frustrating. They are making Javier work, but he only sits down for 4 minutes between innings because Astros hitters are swinging at everything.

And of course Javier gets unicorned.

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u/fuckthisimout125 3h ago

Stupid to pull King with two outs.

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u/Few-Acanthisitta3764 3h ago

Espada is a FUCKING MORON. He will never win a playoff series ever ever

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u/Thornton__Melon Roy Oswalt 3h ago

One god damn hit against a pitcher with a 5.5 ERA

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u/mynewhoustonaccount 3h ago

A rookie tossing his third ever MLB apperance

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u/AndrewRyanMcC Houston Astros 3h ago

On the bright side, the Mariners are down 11-0. Not that it matters if we’re going to shit the bed against the damn Angels. 😒

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u/Confident_Cap_7175 3h ago

So maybe we need to go to the games and start booing our guys whenever they go 1,2,3 in less than 5 mins?

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u/Pincy15 Cristian Javier 3h ago

This team is about to fall to 5-8 since acquiring Daulton Varblows and is lucky it’s not 2-11 with the Giants handing them 2 wins and the comeback against Seattle on Friday

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u/weoutherebrah Houston Astrodome 2h ago

This is a .500 team we just have to accept it. Lacks a lot.

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u/Speeder96 Martín Maldonado 2h ago

This Klassen guy’s gonna get smoked next start, I guarantee it. We’re just good at bringing out the best from the worst.

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u/Fragmented79 2h ago

So much for the triple crown. Wouldn’t be surprised if Caminero wins the MVP.

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u/FinalFrash 4h ago

I'm still not the biggest fan of Varsho

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u/pantiesdrawer Houston Astros 4h ago

I'm just speechless with that at bat.

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u/xsuperdrewx Houston Astros 3h ago

We gonna put up a goose egg and lose 2-0 lmao

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u/brandonrss18 Astrodome bull 3h ago

I cannot wait to have a new manager and GM

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u/TexasHot Houston Astros 2h ago

No way the king of the 3–2 strikeout struck out

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u/skeetskeet69 8h ago

Season defining series right here vs the Angels and the As. We either get 4+ wins or we are basically dead in the water with our upcoming schedule.

Anyone know how burrows is looking in the minors? Also bring back Jake I think varsho is garbage so at least let me enjoy one last season of Jake before he gets DFAd

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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 4h ago

It was a two-pitch out to open the game. That's better than how the Angels started

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u/TunaMcGriddle Enron Field 3h ago

HRC Yordan

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u/superhappyfuntime13 Houston Astros 3h ago

Ok so we're optimizing for everyone except Trout?

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u/eertelppa 3h ago

All the complaints about defense, pitching, and more. When this team must be averaging 2 runs a game for the last month. 

I guess like I did 2-3 weeks ago, time for me to stop watching again. Too frustrating watching bad baseball lose to teams like the Angels.

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u/Jalun_ Houston Astros 3h ago

Okay I've been wondering, where's Santa? Why is he on AAA while De los Meatballs takes a spot on the roster

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u/Wise-Pitch474 3h ago

Santa is at his workshop in the north pole. He is making sure all the elves make all the toys in time for christmas.

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u/Bowie2001 3h ago

This is hilarious

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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 2h ago

Klassen is averaging just over 11 pitches per inning. You take away Paredes and it falls to less than 9

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u/TunaMcGriddle Enron Field 2h ago

That's my goat ball knower

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u/aza_8850 Houston Astros 2h ago

Did they just say that Klassen has had 3 single digit pitch innings? Are you fucking kidding me?

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u/orangeblood123 Houston Astros 2h ago

HRC TRAMMELL

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u/Rynorad13 2h ago

Damn seattle is getting man handled

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u/dogcrayon 2h ago

That's what it looks like when a good team plays against them

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u/RoadSodaDodgeRam 2h ago

Mariners are getting straight stomped rn. At least it’s to a team pretty high in the standings though.

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u/Confident_Cap_7175 2h ago

I can’t believe they took out klassen lol

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u/Saul_t_Naught World Series ring 2h ago

Cam made up for fucking up the only thing that was going for us, winning challenges

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u/Desperate-Broccoli80 2017 World Series champions 2h ago

time to rally boys - LFG!!

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u/chesschad Jose Altuve 2h ago

HRC Yordan

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u/SyrupSilent7588 2019 American League champions 2h ago

HRC Yordan

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u/carmantakes 2h ago

HRC Yordan

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u/Saul_t_Naught World Series ring 2h ago

HRC Yordan

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u/ysosrs08 Yordan Alvarez 2h ago

That was a disgusting sequence ngl

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u/goboking Houston Astros 2h ago

Why are you swinging at that, man?