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ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« on: October 10, 2019, 11:20:38 pm »
One line drive out to retire the side after two punchouts and a walk and Gerrit Cole is through his half of the first.

No score and the Astros coming up to hit . . .


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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2019, 11:35:17 pm »
The Astros came up swinging and spraying line drives all over the place . . . four straight hits to open, a little more to come, and it's 4-0, Astros after one full inning . . .


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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2019, 11:36:17 pm »
The Astros came up swinging and spraying line drives all over the place . . . four straight hits to open, a little more to come, and it's 4-0, Astros after one full inning . . .

Finally!  Proof of life in astros bats!
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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2019, 11:41:13 pm »
Finally!  Proof of life in astros bats!
Especially George Springer. He was getting very worrisome most of the series.


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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2019, 11:42:50 pm »
Especially George Springer. He was getting very worrisome most of the series.

Trying to yank the ball out of the park every time up is good for that.
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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2019, 11:43:43 pm »
Eric Sogard hits Cole's first pitch of the second into the right field seats but that's all for now. 4-1 Astros, middle of the second . . .


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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2019, 11:52:36 pm »
Three up, three down for the Astros including a Springer strikeout . . . 4-1, Astros after two . . .


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« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2019, 11:58:30 pm »
Three and three for the Rays. 4-1 Astros, middle third . . .


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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2019, 12:11:01 am »
The Rays go to the bullpen with two out in the bottom of the third, Blake Snell wrestles Yordan Alvarez to an inning-ending fly out to left.

4-1, Astros after three . . .


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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2019, 12:24:09 am »
Cole shakes off a leadoff single and ends the inning himself with a grounder back to him at the mound.

4-1, Astros, middle fourth . . .


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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2019, 12:25:03 am »
Halfway home for our Astro fans!   4-1 in the middle of the 4th.

Will the BIG 1st inning be enough tonight? 
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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2019, 12:29:59 am »
Cole shakes off a leadoff single and ends the inning himself with a grounder back to him at the mound.

4-1, Astros, middle fourth . . .

Nobody outside of Florida wants to see the Tampa Bay Rays reach the World Series. 

Certainly not MLB or the Networks.  Not even baseball purists want to see them.   (Perhaps the NLCS winner   :bolt:       )

Luckily all paths to the World Series go thru Yankeetown. 
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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2019, 12:35:23 am »
Snell gets the side in order after a battle with Yuli Gurriel ending in a fly out . . . 4-1 Astros after four . . .


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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2019, 12:36:36 am »
Nobody outside of Florida wants to see the Tampa Bay Rays reach the World Series. 

Certainly not MLB or the Networks.  Not even baseball purists want to see them.   (Perhaps the NLCS winner   :bolt:       )
Well, I wouldn't mind seeing them get there. They'd be the Little Engine That Could if they get there.

Luckily all paths to the World Series go thru Yankeetown.
Unless they don't, somehow.

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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2019, 12:41:36 am »
Three and three for the Rays, 4-1 Astros, middle fifth . . .


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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #15 on: October 11, 2019, 12:44:04 am »
   First full Astros game I've watched all season.  Great Game.
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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #16 on: October 11, 2019, 12:59:31 am »
The Rays' bullpenners shake off a two out walk on a one-pitch fly out by Jose Altuve . . . 4-1, Astros after five . . .


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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #17 on: October 11, 2019, 01:07:38 am »
Three and three for the Rays, Gerrit Cole in full control. 4-1 Astros, middle sixth . . .


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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #18 on: October 11, 2019, 01:14:48 am »
Very swift three-and-three for the Astros including swinging strikeouts back to back on three pitches . . . but they still lead, 4-1 after six . . .


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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #19 on: October 11, 2019, 01:18:07 am »
Well, I wouldn't mind seeing them get there. They'd be the Little Engine That Could if they get there.
Unless they don't, somehow.

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All I meant was that getting thru New York proves you definitely belong there.  Right now, I still smell fluke.    Yeah...I realize 96 wins, but look at the AL East.
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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #20 on: October 11, 2019, 01:26:33 am »
great double play for the stretch.
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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #21 on: October 11, 2019, 01:26:35 am »
Cole shakes off a leadoff walk . . . the Astros take a 4-1 lead to the seventh inning stretch . . .


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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #22 on: October 11, 2019, 01:27:47 am »
All I meant was that getting thru New York proves you definitely belong there.  Right now, I still smell fluke.    Yeah...I realize 96 wins, but look at the AL East.
A Yankee-Astros ALCS would still be an intriguing view. St. Elsewhere vs. E.R. the way those two teams survived the injured lists this year.


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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #23 on: October 11, 2019, 01:31:12 am »
@Bigun, @corbe, is this on TV in our area?

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Re: ALDS Game Five: Rays vs. Astros, live thread
« Reply #24 on: October 11, 2019, 01:36:44 am »
   I'm watching on the Net, here.

http://ustvgo.tv/fox-sports-1/
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