Arnold Palmer is looking frail in the Xarelto commercial.. Ugh...

No walks this inning Yordy.

I ****ing hate Rios.

this

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Goddammit, we are wasting a brilliant performance by Yordano Ventura.

At least he's giving me hope that we'll have a true ace for the future...

Scary part of their lineup now...

Are the Royals capable of hitting a breaking ball?

Brilliant minus the two moon shots

Third time through, too.

I'll forgive those - small park, and the second one was just an insanely good swing.

By looking at the cuts they're taking, it looks like the Astros actually measured the 3rd base line and know how short it is.

Despite the chicken little stuff and all the "it's not in the cards this year"/"they've been playing like this for a month and a half," the late innings yesterday and the past few innings are really the only time I've started to get annoyed/discouraged. Not putting Dyson in after Rios' walk yesterday, Zobrist's bunt, whatever the hell Cain was doing on that hanging slider, and then several of these at bats today.

People can say it's been like this for a while all they want, but I don't think that's true.... not to this level.

And that's not to say they can't win this game, of course, but it's a bit more annoying than "that's baseball" at this point.

Alex Rios is the Colin Cowherd of baseball players.

(****ing shitty as ****.)

I don't like this

The correa home run was 5 inches inside off the plate... and was still hit out. It's not a bad pitch. That's a tip your capp'er.

Uh-oh.

Kuechel would have gotten that call.

another 2-out walk. **** me, at some point, they are going to stick it up our ass

At best McCullers only makes it through 6 at this point. He took an inning too long to spot his fastball so his pitch count got away from him.

And man, the parade of mediocre relievers the Royals will get to face after McCullers comes out has got to get them salivating.

Ventura is doing an absolutely baller job today. If you can get this game to the bullpens tied, you have to see that as a huge HUGE victory.

Yep, still counts for a HR. I get the point, and I agreed. It's been a great start minus the 2 HR's.

Funny how the Astros don't go up there hacking at everything after our pitcher gives up a walk. Strange confusing strategy.

I agree. I haven't posted any of the chicken little stuff or bought into it either. I am just not expecting something good to happen like I have throughout the season and in the postseason last year. That might just be mental preparation though.

Phew - that's exactly that 2-1 pitch to Correa is the exact kind of pitch that would terrify me.

He hung that breaker over the outer third and Correa just missed it. That could've been an oppo dong really easily.

****

That's probably game.

****.

****

And there it is.

Rios is such a completely useless sack of shit.

Welp..............

Ugh. Hurtful.

Ventura has a clinical ability to get two outs and then shit his pants.

Dagger

**** you, Alex Rios.

Game. Set. Match. Clutch hitting at it's finest

What a terrible ****ing pitch

Walks suck.

Did Rios think that ball was going to go through the wall?

Two-out walks, man

That had to be a curve there ... ****ing stupid gutless pitch and pitch call

No shit...why give him anything to hit there? Make him chase or move on...****in A.

Must be nice to get big hits in big spots.

Yeah Rios should get AIDS, but Ventura got totally owned by Correa today

Like this whole goofy part, that wall has a narrative all its own.

Not too certain what you would have had Rios do differently there.

And that's why you keep working them inside. The armside run that Ventura was getting all day today took that from a perfect strike on the black to a ball that carried right into the zone and got smoked opposite field.

I know it's the third time through the order and you have to give them different looks, but they were playing with fire there.

Then again, sometimes you just tip your cap to an incredibly talented hitter. Sure, the pitch got more plate than you'd like, but most guys still don't hit it that hard. Correa did an incredible job keeping his head down on that ball.

RIP Royals. Fun season though.

The Astros starting pitching has been the difference so far. We just can't get the critical out

Rasmus up next.

Still a lot of game left guys

Two hits for us today.

Words can't describe how gutless that pitch and pitch call were. Astros deserve this series ... I'm praying for luck but not seeing it. You can't get starting pitching you can't win

Thank God for Gattis.

I really hate Rios.

Up our ass

not if we can't hit

Only down 1, but that feels like a mountain these days

Lets ROLL STROS! :clap: :clap:

Well we had to score one more run anyway...

I hate to say it, but I have zero faith in this team to come back.

Ugh.

So we hit the guy and then he goes on to win the game for them.

COME ON ROYALS, WE NEED A ****ING RALLY FOR A CHANGE

Has Pete quit yet? Cause once hes done, Im throwing in the towel.

Die?

We have got to score here

Time to answer - lets get a coulple here boys

Do you think Ventura is going be any better next year or years to come ?


Or is he at what we are going get?


I still like the kid but don't trust him any more than I trust Chiefs.

I hope these bastards get killed in the ALCS.

He's going to be a stone cold ace.

Ventura was fine, few mistakes, I just hated that last pitch call

Guys were fine

You're kidding, right? The Astros haven't won anything yet. Plenty of game left. Quit being a fool. Fool! ;)

Here's a plan, do this...

http://ww4.sinaimg.cn/large/82d4c966jw1dq91vhaeg8g.gif

It's the 6th inning..and mccullers is almost at 100 pitches. The game is not over.

It's a Mountain when you AB's have been truly HORRENDOUS. So disappointed watching this shit

You've been saying that for a week, just ****ing leave already.

Do they have other pitchers who can throw breaking balls outside the strike zone? If not we may be in good shape.

It's been an awesome 24 hours.

He tried a curve the pitch before and didn't get on top of it - it fluttered over the zone and he was lucky that Correa didn't park the damn thing.

If he could've thrown that pitch at the center of the plate, the run takes it into the RH batter's box and Correa swings over top of it.

Ventura's curve just never came around today. When it was sharp, it was low. When he found the release point, he didn't find the break. It was either a ball or a cripple pitch and very little in-between.

I don't see how you can have that much angst over the pitch selection itself with as good as Ventura's hard stuff has worked today.