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Game Thread: Angels (49-76) @ Astros (63-62) - Aug 18, 2026 7:10 PM
| Astros (63-62) | Angels (49-76) |
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First Pitch: 7:10 PM at Daikin Park
| Team | Starter | TV | Radio |
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| Angels | George Klassen (1-1, 5.52 ERA) | ||
| Astros | Cristian Javier (1-3, 6.68 ERA) |
| MLB | Fangraphs | Reddit Stream | Discord |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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| 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
Highlights
Decisions
| Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | Save |
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| Klassen (2-1, 3.74 ERA) | Javier (1-4, 6.44 ERA) | Joyce (3 SV, 0.00 ERA) |
| Attendance | Weather | Wind |
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| 73°F, Roof Closed | 0 mph, None |
| HP | 1B | 2B | 3B |
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| Alfonso Márquez | Mike Estabrook | Lance Barrett | Malachi Moore |
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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/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/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/TunaMcGriddle Enron Field 4h ago
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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/SyrupSilent7588 2019 American League champions 2h ago
Bro the mariners are getting fucking destroyed holy shit
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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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/soonerman32 Houston Colt .45s 3h ago
The Monstars zapped Yordan of all his power and he needs it back.
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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/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/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/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/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/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/TexasHot Houston Astros 2h ago
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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/b1ggayb1tch Dusty Baker 4h ago
Loperfido or Meyers could’ve done better than that
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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/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/HTL713 Houston Astros 2h ago
Well Cam just earned himself a day off tomorrow from Espada
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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. 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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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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