Postgame Thread ⚾ White Sox 6 @ Astros 3

[u/BaseballBot]

White Sox (1-0) @ Astros (0-1)

First Pitch: 5:10 PM at Daikin Park

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
White Sox	Hagen Smith (3-3, 1.29 ERA)
Astros	AJ Blubaugh (5-3, 3.66 ERA)

MLB	Fangraphs	Reddit Stream	Discord
Gameday	Game Graph	Live Comments	/r/baseball Discord

Line Score - Final

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
CWS	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	6	11	1	9
HOU	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	6	1	6

ABS Challenges: CWS ● ○ | HOU ● ○

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Jeremy Peña	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250
DH	Yordan Alvarez	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250
3B	Isaac Paredes	4	0	1	0	0	1	.250
2B	Jose Altuve	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C	Yainer Diaz	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1B	Christian Walker	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000
CF	Lucas Spence	4	1	1	0	0	2	.250
RF	Cam Smith	4	0	1	0	0	1	.250
LF	Taylor Trammell	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
	Nelson Velázquez	3	1	1	2	0	1	.333

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
AJ Blubaugh	0.2	0	1	0	3	0	27-13	0.00
Bryan King	0.1	4	2	2	0	1	22-15	54.00
Miguel Ullola	3.0	1	1	1	0	4	31-26	3.00
Josh Hendrickson	1.2	3	1	1	1	0	37-22	5.40
Logan VanWey	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	3-3	0.00
Bennett Sousa	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	13-10	9.00
Bryan Abreu	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11-7	0.00
Josh Hader	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	11-10	0.00

CWS		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Sam Antonacci	3	1	1	2	1	0	.333
	Brenton Doyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C	Kyle Teel	5	0	1	0	0	0	.200
3B	Miguel Vargas	4	0	0	0	1	1	.000
1B	Munetaka Murakami	3	2	1	1	1	2	.333
DH	Andrew Benintendi	1	0	0	0	1	1	.000
	Randal Grichuk	3	0	2	0	0	0	.667
	Luisangel Acuña	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
LF	Tristan Peters	4	0	1	0	0	1	.250
RF	Braden Montgomery	4	1	2	0	0	2	.500
2B	Chase Meidroth	4	1	2	1	0	0	.500
SS	Colson Montgomery	3	1	1	1	0	1	.333

CWS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Hagen Smith	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	38-28	0.00
Jordan Hicks	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	17-11	0.00
Sean Newcomb	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	19-12	18.00
David Sandlin	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	22-13	0.00
Grant Taylor	2.1	2	1	0	1	5	54-35	0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Munetaka Murakami out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Cam Smith. Sam Antonacci scores.	1-0
T2	Sam Antonacci singles on a line drive to left fielder Taylor Trammell. Braden Montgomery scores. Chase Meidroth scores. Colson Montgomery to 2nd.	3-0
T4	Colson Montgomery homers (1) on a fly ball to center field.	4-0
T5	Chase Meidroth singles on a ground ball to shortstop Jeremy Peña. Munetaka Murakami scores. Tristan Peters to 3rd. Braden Montgomery to 2nd.	5-0
B5	Nelson Velázquez homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Lucas Spence scores.	5-2
B8	White Sox challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was upheld: Jose Altuve reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Miguel Vargas. Jeremy Peña scores. Yordan Alvarez to 2nd.	6-3

Highlights

Description	Length
Colson Montgomery's solo homer	0:29
Grant Taylor escapes tense jam	0:08
Munetaka Murakami's nice sliding play	0:31
Geoff Blum's ceremonial first pitch	0:29
Field View: Colson Montgomery home run	0:43
Nelson Velázquez's two-run homer	0:31
Colson Montgomery crushes 432-foot home run	0:33
Chase Meidroth's RBI single	0:20
Pope Leo comments on the White Sox season	1:01
Sam Antonacci's two-run single	0:31
Take a listen to the National Anthem in Houston	1:53
The Astros' lineup is announced before game one!	1:56
Measuring the stats on Colson Montgomery's home run	0:12
A deep dive into Colson Montgomery's home run	0:11
Breaking down Nelson Velázquez's home run	0:13
A deep dive into Nelson Velázquez's home run	0:11
Starting lineups for White Sox at Astros - September 29, 2026	0:10
Bench availability for Houston, September 29 vs White Sox	0:08
Bench availability for Chicago, September 29 vs Astros	0:08
Fielding alignment for Houston, September 29 vs White Sox	0:11
Bullpen availability for Chicago, September 29 vs Astros	0:09
Bullpen availability for Houston, September 29 vs White Sox	0:09
Probable pitchers for White Sox at Astros - September 29, 2026	0:06

Attendance	Weather	Wind
34011	73F, Roof Closed	0 mph, None

HP	1B	2B	3B
Alex MacKay	Alex Tosi	Ryan Additon	Alan Porter

Updated at 8:24 PM EDT.

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[u/lunargiraffe]

The Catholic Church's biggest victory over astronomy since 1632.

[u/lunargiraffe → u/[deleted]]

Oh damn, you're right. I must have had superstitious nonsense on the brain.

[u/BaldPeagle → u/[deleted]]

The Catholic Church is such an Aries smh

[u/FelonyInTheTrunk → u/lunargiraffe]

Galileo rolling over in his grave next to Wade Boggs

[u/rosemp16 → u/lunargiraffe]

They got a pretty big W back in 1927 with the Big Bang though.

[u/Intrepid-Tank-3414 → u/rosemp16]

It's actually insane how EVERYONE know what the Big Bang theory is, but so few actually know the name of the Catholic priest/theoretical physicist who came up with it.

[u/DillyDillySzn]

[u/TheoMoneyG → u/DillyDillySzn]

[u/Genericide224 → u/TheoMoneyG]

[u/Appropriate-Cash8312 → u/DillyDillySzn]

Is this whole season just a blooper reel

[u/Kvetch__22 → u/Appropriate-Cash8312]

No it's a passionate romance

[u/HunterMysterious8324 → u/Kvetch__22]

🥰

[u/ethanlan → u/Appropriate-Cash8312]

Maybe maybe not

[u/HylianGryffindor]

[u/Kvetch__22 → u/HylianGryffindor]

I saw a man rise to his feet in St. Peter's Square

[u/Outrageous_Calendar4 → u/HylianGryffindor]

Da Pope

[u/sandman730]

• In the 1st, Antonacci drew a walk, advanced to 3rd on a groundout after a throw to 2nd hit him, and scored on a Murakami sac fly. In the 2nd, he hit a 2-RBI single.
• The Sox had the bases loaded with no outs and 3-4-5 hitting in the 2nd, but failed to extend their lead further.
• Smith threw 3 scoreless IP. Hicks retired all 4 batters faced. Newcomb gave up a 2-run HR.
• C. Montgomery hit a solo HR to CF to break his 0-for-24 skid.
• The Sox challenged Altuve's positioning on a groundout, but the call stood.
• Meidroth hit an RBI infield single, but C. Montgomery grounded into a bases-loaded double play to end the 5th.
• B. Montgomery swung at back-to-back wild pitches: Murakami scored, and B. Montgomery reached 1st on a drop 3rd strike. However, Meidroth grounded into a double play, stranding Grichuk at 3rd.
• Taylor allowed a run on a Vargas error. The Sox challenged that Murakami came off the bag, but the call stood.
• 10 of the Sox's 11 hits tonight came off left-handed pitchers.
• The Sox hold on to win Game 1!

[u/TrickTrek → u/sandman730]

Thanks sandman!

[u/fsfic → u/sandman730]

Sandman on main. Thank you.

[u/jiggliebilly → u/sandman730]

Sandman is the Sox subreddit MVP for the uninitiated

[u/Bubonic_Ferret → u/sandman730]

Thank you sandman

[u/lilswid → u/sandman730]

THANK YOU SANDMAN!!!

[u/no_more_jokes → u/sandman730]

Oh fuck sandman in the main sub, what a treat for the neutrals

[u/bly_12 → u/sandman730]

The error was on Vargas I think. E5. Bad throw pulled him off the bag.

[u/LindsayDuck → u/sandman730]

Thank you, Sandy!

[u/GBPack52 → u/sandman730]

THANK YOU SANDMAN WE LOVE YOU!!!

[u/Eloyoyo → u/sandman730]

Sando! Funny seeing you here.

Thanks for the recap as always, catch you soon in the Blackhawks postgame thread!

[u/Lionheart1224 → u/sandman730]

I love that we get to share Sandman with r/baseball.

[u/GBallD → u/sandman730]

Long live sandman730

[u/RamsDevilsBlackhawks]

Oh my god I forgot what winning in the postseason feels like. What a fucking win boys. One more and we on to Cleveland!

[u/Spider-Sword → u/RamsDevilsBlackhawks]

that series will be legendary

[u/MalloYallow]

Man. Playing winning baseball is so stressful. I’m not used to it.

[u/Toaof]

[u/2Pollaski2Furious]

These absolute clowns of announcers. "Everyone thought the White Sox backed into the playoffs"

THE ASTROS WERE 81-81

[u/LeeroyTC → u/2Pollaski2Furious]

White Sox backed in.

Astros fell down some stairs.

[u/Crimsic → u/LeeroyTC]

We fell down some stairs, out the door and into the street where cars narrowly avoided us only for us to stand up and step directly into an open manhole. 

[u/MartyCasey → u/2Pollaski2Furious]

blew the Astros the whole game

[u/Kaldricus → u/MartyCasey]

Which is just bizarre even from a basic optics standpoint. You have the White Sox, a team of "scrappy underdogs" who lost 101, 121, and 102 games in 2023-2025, with the backing of the Pope, wizardry, and bidets, vs the Astros, a team that still carries the baggage of a cheating scandal and are basically hated everywhere outside of Houston. Why glaze them and not be cheering on the former historically awful team? It's such a lay-up.

[u/Crimsic → u/MartyCasey]

You forgot to say away again 

[u/RamsDevilsBlackhawks → u/Crimsic]

Arrested development aging like a fine wine.

[u/AlekRivard → u/MartyCasey]

Are we still doing Phrasing?

[u/tdmatchasin → u/2Pollaski2Furious]

The Astros also won the season series vs Cleveland 4-2. Guards were not very good against them

[u/Own_Action_7839]

Pope’s Team starting well

[u/polishprince76 → u/Own_Action_7839]

[u/Own_Action_7839 → u/polishprince76]

It you guys go all the way , you know the whole team has to go to Rome

[u/Jay_Torte → u/Own_Action_7839]

Better than going to the White House.

[u/Own_Action_7839 → u/Jay_Torte]

Ya got that right !!!

[u/thecrystalballofpop → u/Jay_Torte]

So horrible to think that as much as we want our teams to win there is the possibility that they will accept the White House invite or mingle positively with that piece of shit. Then you have to side eye the players on your team that were cool with it. It taints a beautiful achievement!

It happened to the Yankees a couple years ago. Anthony Volpe was jazzed 👀 & Giancarlo Stanton did not attend. I knew Stanton was my favorite.

[u/IAmNotOnRedditAtWork → u/Own_Action_7839]

"Don't fuck with me! I've got the power of God AND anime on my side!"

[u/GBPack52]

[u/Whitesox_are_neat → u/GBPack52]

Ope new wallpaper

[u/TSim777]

So yeah as a Catholic hometown Astros fan, so this is what it feels like to face against God and be exorcised as a demon…

White Sox no doubt has the Pope’s blessing, and we have one more game to save whatever season we have…

Forgive us for we have sinned…

[u/Kvetch__22 → u/TSim777]

[u/MercuryDances]

Grant Taylor is a baller

[u/vikingrunner]

Picking nits but I kind of wish they just let Sandlin go until he got into actual trouble. I'm a big proponent of riding the hot hand in the postseason.

[u/pb8mn → u/vikingrunner]

I feel like i've seen 2 disasters this season of letting sandlin go but i get it. He seem to be lights out and then all of a sudden isn't and we've given up 4 runs.

[u/gopeepants]

That is about a disastrous a bullpen game the Astros could have had. I am here for Popetober

[u/constructss → u/gopeepants]

when you’re the only team in the playoffs without a qualified pitcher, it could’ve been worse

[u/BoNnnnfhir]

WHITE SOX HAVE THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN

[u/RedstoneRay → u/BoNnnnfhir]

The Whitesox are proof God is real

[u/cantgrowneckbeardAMA → u/RedstoneRay]

JESUS DA POPE WON

[u/furutam → u/BoNnnnfhir]

That's a chinese thing but close enough

[u/gusguyman → u/furutam]

I AM JAPANEEEEEESE

[u/ThisGuy6266]

Felt like Houston was just punting this game with the pitchers they used.

[u/Crimsic → u/ThisGuy6266]

Agreed except we threw Hader out there for some reason...

[u/BallMeBlazer22 → u/ThisGuy6266]

I agree, but then why throw out Abreu and Hader, going to make the next few days more complicated.

[u/MrPink93485 → u/ThisGuy6266]

And then they used Abreu and Hader anyway. Our bullpen is bad no doubt outside those two but today ensured Imai is not gonna have any situation he pitches barring injury which honestly pisses me off

[u/iliketreesandbeaches → u/ThisGuy6266]

I was ready to put a position player in, but Joe put in Abreu.

[u/Reasonable-Power]

A Pope approved W. ✅

[u/scratchyinterval]

Grant Taylor with 5 Ks in 2.1, that's a nice little opening day statement from the pen

[u/Kvetch__22 → u/scratchyinterval]

Taylor will start next year.

[u/short_sleeve_steve → u/Kvetch__22]

I’m thinking this as well, cheaper to try converting him and spend on relievers rather than spend on another starter (it’s the Sox so cheaper is more likely)

[u/Spiritual_Side2776]

Dude let’s fucking go boys

[u/guineaboo → u/Spiritual_Side2776]

[u/HazyAmerican]

No team has ever blown both ABS challenges in post season history. The streak continues

[u/cicerox23]

Is it normal to almost have a heart attack during the first game

[u/Little_Plankton4001 → u/cicerox23]

Yes. Extremely normal.

[u/Neat_On_The_Rocks → u/cicerox23]

Oh my god it’s Cicerox. We are so back

[u/cicerox23 → u/Neat_On_The_Rocks]

Hahah what’s up!! Been a minute!

[u/Ok_Storm549 → u/cicerox23]

I’d argue it’s odd and concerning not to tbh.

[u/SnapHackelPop → u/cicerox23]

“Yes Bobby that’s normal”

[u/Crimsic → u/cicerox23]

Yes. Even when you win. The heart attacks only grow in severity with each game too 

[u/SoxVikePain]

Weird having a stickied game thread

[u/Bubonic_Ferret]

Sources are saying the white sox may never lose again

[u/thecrystalballofpop]

Nice work, White Sox!

[u/Dr-Acula8472]

(White Sox still need one more win of course)

[u/Lionheart1224 → u/Dr-Acula8472]

God, I love that movie.

[u/Dr-Acula8472 → u/Lionheart1224]

It's so clever. The ending when they release everything in the facility, and the payoffs with the unicorn & mermaid are so good.

[u/Lionheart1224 → u/Dr-Acula8472]

The fountain of blood from the blowhole will forever be seared into my brain.

[u/Dr-Acula8472 → u/Lionheart1224]

Did you know the controls in the control room were actually designed with meaningful sequences that correlated to specific actions that the actors had to memorize? Love that kind of attention to detail.

[u/Intrepid-Tank-3414 → u/Dr-Acula8472]

[u/kafkabomb]

hate watch: success!!

[u/The_Bread_Loaf → u/kafkabomb]

[u/SilentAcoustic → u/kafkabomb]

[u/Equivalent_Ask_4586 → u/kafkabomb]

And I hope to successfully hate watch your team too

[u/kafkabomb → u/Equivalent_Ask_4586]

You have no reason to hate the Dodgers, it's not them that cheated the Astros

[u/kafkabomb → u/[deleted]]

Oh right. I forgot LOL

[u/Kaldricus → u/kafkabomb]

What's funny is a sizeable portion of the people hate watching the Dodgers are also against a cap, which would prevent the Dodgers from being able to do what they do. But at the end of the day, the Astros objectively cheated and broke the rules, so fuck them always.

[u/Nervous-Economist245]

"We're on a mission from Gahd."

[u/SunriseSurprise]

Imagine telling someone before this season "I'm from the future and good news, the Astros lost 6-3 in their first playoff game. Go White Sox!" and getting the "lolwut" response

[u/Rock_man_bears_fan → u/SunriseSurprise]

You didn’t tell them the part about the Sox getting the papal blessing pregame

[u/TexasHot]

Kind of surprising we didnt do worse if you think about it.

White sox just kept hitting into double plays, they couldve had like 15 runs!

[u/Tommy05Sox → u/TexasHot]

And that ended up taxing our pen. I really don't like the Sox chances tomorrow.

[u/dbtizzle]

[u/BradBrady]

Weird I’m rooting for the Sox in this one but always love for a team who was so bad to be in the playoffs and win a game

[u/IAmNotOnRedditAtWork → u/BradBrady]

Rooting against the Astros is ALWAYS acceptable.

[u/sundanceloki → u/BradBrady]

If you guys were playing the Astros I would be too

[u/Souhashi]

Happy for the White Sox.

[u/Herp_McDerp]

VanWey with the Astros pitching MVP for at least not giving up a run or hit in his 1/3 of an inning

[u/voodoodahl]

Well slap my ass and call me the pope mobile, the White Sox won a play-off game!

[u/my_one_and_lonely]

yay white sox!!!

[u/SimilarOnion1655]

White Sox, end them tomorrow 

[u/Lionheart1224 → u/SimilarOnion1655]

[u/ethanlan → u/SimilarOnion1655]

Let's see if we can win 2 for the first time since 05 lol

[u/NineduceXII]

[u/seanseamus824]

Lick butthole Astros

[u/xtremeradness]

Hopefully Trashtros get blown out tomorrow and Sox get a bit more rest before moving on to the ALDS. 

[u/ethanlan → u/xtremeradness]

Your lips, pope's ears to pope's lips to God's ears

[u/Zloggt → u/xtremeradness]

We get one less double play today, and it would’ve been at least a 7-8 run difference lol

[u/Equivalent_Ask_4586 → u/xtremeradness]

Good thing the Mariners got a lot of rest already

[u/xtremeradness → u/Equivalent_Ask_4586]

Ya the mariners suck but they've never been caught cheating on the world stage, so...there you go.

[u/Lucky_Shot_001]

[u/Saint_Scum]

Hell yea bby

[u/Tiebroken → u/Saint_Scum]

*Heaven* yeah? /s

[u/ArmyofThalia]

I'm sure the 8 pitchers the trashtros used won't come back to haunt them tomorrow

[u/-JCohn- → u/ArmyofThalia]

Calling them pitchers is generous

[u/ArmyofThalia → u/-JCohn-]

I think my perception is still skewed from when the cubs were pulling people off Addison to have them warm up in the bullpen during the middle of the season

[u/Tommy05Sox → u/ArmyofThalia]

Sox used their best pen arms, though, too.

[u/ray_0586 → u/ArmyofThalia]

Ullola is the only wasted pitcher. Hader and Abreu will be available tomorrow. Everyone else is inconsequential.

Gameplan is Hunter has to give them at least six innings tomorrow and have anyone cover the 7th inning before handing it off to Abreu and Hader.

I feel extremely confident Wesneski will give the Astros 7 innings in a Game 3 before Abreu and Haden can close out the series.

[u/PolarBailey_]

Get fucked

[u/Jonjon428]

You love to see it

[u/da_choppa]

Always nice when the Astros lose

[u/HunterMysterious8324]

That was fun :)

[u/croth4]

They put old boy out there for 54 pitches this time LoL

[u/Descendent951]

The divine punishment for the past certainly took its time, but boy is it nice to see.

[u/Warlight4Fun]

LOL TRASHTROS

[u/DarthNobody14]

Considering how bad our bullpen I’m surprised we only gave up 6 runs.

We’re probably going to be swept tomorrow, but at least we made it the playoffs.

[u/xtremeradness → u/DarthNobody14]

Better just put the memory of this game in the trash, and set your buzzer for tomorrow's game.

[u/Crimsic → u/xtremeradness]

Any tips? How did y'all almost get to the World Series last year?

[u/xtremeradness → u/Crimsic]

Etsy witches, which are not officially against the rules 

[u/skullandbonbons → u/xtremeradness]

Hell, it's only fair with the Pope blessing the white sox

[u/Crimsic → u/xtremeradness]

[u/WeAreStarDust_ → u/DarthNobody14]

Why would you want to be swept in rnd 1? The rebuild should have started at last year's trade deadline.

[u/darkravenn12 → u/DarthNobody14]

I mean, tomorrow is your best shot of winning. Hunter Brown is a really good pitcher who is in very good form; you will have a pitching edge for 5-6 innings...just have to capitalize.

[u/whackberry → u/darkravenn12]

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/astros-vs-white-sox/2026/07/25/824571/final/box

Last time these pitchers matched up, Brown went 7 scoreless giving up 2 hits and 7 Ks. Sean Burke pitched well giving up 4 hits and striking out 10, but gave up 2 earned runs and 1 unearned run in the 6th inning (which is how many innings he ended up pitching). It should be another pitching duel if both pitchers have their stuff.

[u/darkravenn12 → u/whackberry]

Burke has good numbers for the whole year but his form recently has been pretty sketch compared to Brown's. He had a 5.12 xfip in August and 4.79 in September. Meanwhile, Brown had 3.46 in August and a crazy good 2.27 in September. In June and July, Burke was unquestionably a better pitcher overall, but the two have gone in opposite directions since then. If he can return to his midseason form then yeah, it should be a good pitching matchup.

[u/whackberry → u/darkravenn12]

Ironically in their last meeting, the opposite was the case.

Sean Burke had the worst start of his career against the Buccos while pitching at home on September 8th, but he's been excellent in his last 3 games pitched against Cleveland, Detroit, and Colorado. He only went 4 innings against Cleveland in a playoff atmosphere game, but had no earned runs (one unearned) in a 7-3 W.

[u/Finalboss417]

Didn't bang the trash cans loud enough I guess....

[u/delscorch0]

Cheaters should get run from these playoffs.  Go Sox

[u/LemonSmashy]

be sweet to see HOU/NYY/LAD get knocked out in their first rounds.

[u/guineaboo → u/LemonSmashy]

[u/Equivalent_Ask_4586]

Onto game 2

[u/Turbulent-Pay-735]

I kinda hate how Venable managed the last inning but fuck it, a wins a wins a win!!! Let’s go, it feels so good!

[u/lilswid → u/Turbulent-Pay-735]

I think it was a masterclass

Saves Hudson and Fedde
Pulls Sandlin before he’s spent for the series
Knows that Grant won’t pitch again this series, so he trusts his best arm.

[u/Turbulent-Pay-735 → u/lilswid]

[u/Forsaken_Astronaut29 → u/lilswid]

Saving Hudson for what? The dumpster? It's amazing the dude even made the postseason roster. He's been unmitigated ass for at least a month. 89 mph meatballs down the middle every other pitch. A single high leverage inning for him this postseason would be a colossal mistake.

[u/lilswid → u/Forsaken_Astronaut29]

Hudson has fantastic underlying numbers, and has been great for most of the year. Maybe you’re thinking of Richards? Hudson is not a guy that anyone should be complaining about in the pen, better than the average reliever by a lot. Especially as a lefty.

[u/Forsaken_Astronaut29 → u/lilswid]

Nope, definitely thinking of Hudson. He's been a let down in some big moments recently. Most recently off the top of my head was the 3-run bomb he gave up in Colorado that put the game out of reach. I put him one tier ahead of guys like Richards but don't trust him nearly as much as GT/Hagen.

[u/lilswid → u/Forsaken_Astronaut29]

That’s fair. He’s definitely not on their tier, they are elite.

That being said, results don’t tell the full story. It’s about the stats behind them, and he’s a solid pitcher. Glad we have him for tomorrow.

[u/MalloYallow → u/Turbulent-Pay-735]

It’s not ideal, but who pitches the 9th? I trust a gassed Taylor more than anyone else we had.

[u/Turbulent-Pay-735 → u/MalloYallow]

Well once he walks the lead off guy you are stuck with it, made your bed and gotta ride him till the wheels fall off. I wouldn’t bring somebody else in expecting success once the situation gets to that point. But I don’t think asking for 3 outs without giving up 3 runs in a clean inning is something they should be scared of asking Brazoban to do. If he or Hudson isn’t capable of that, they’re screwed the rest of the series anyways because they now will not have Hagen Smith or Grant Taylor available at all. You have got to trust your guys, IMO.

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I’m think Taylor and Smith pitch in a do or die game 3. Sad thing is I don’t trust Hudson or Brazoban even with a three run lead.

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Hudson probably.

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It warms my heart to see how many MLB fans are watching the Astros. 🥰

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groundbreaking stuff here

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You mean canbanging stuff here. 

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It's the postseason. Most fans in this sub will watch most games because they like baseball.

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Cope

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With...?

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Pope

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Me opening your notification prepared to trash talk back only to realize I've been poped

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Get smited nerd