[Official] Reds @ Astros

[Castor27]

As always, no PBP in the thread. If you need that try one of the game cast sites. Keep discussion to this series. If it is not about this series it goes somewhere else.

6-1 Mike Leake, RHP vs. J.A. Happ, LHP 7:05 on FSH

6-2 Mat Latos, RHP vs. Wandy Rodriguez, LHP 6:10 on FOX

6-3 Bronson Arroyo, RHP vs TBA 1:05 on FSH

[tellitlikeitis]

WWW.

Back to their winning ways at home.

[LonghornFan]

Just glad to see they made it safely out of Colorado. Christ that was sickening to watch.

[jim1961]

Just glad to see they made it safely out of Colorado. Christ that was sickening to watch.

Im sure Colorado would have been fine with us staying another week ;)

[Rocketfan713]

My least favorite Astros jerseys. Still love the cap though. :grin:

[Rocketfan713]

good lord lee is slow as hell

[Bear_Bryant]

Why the F wasn't Carlos taking a lead??? Are you kidding me????

[Rocketfan713]

OT, but Johan got a no hitter.
This gif of a fan running on the field is hilarious LOL

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[tellitlikeitis]

Dare I say it... J.A. Happ pitched a decent game.

[codell]

Martinez (both of them) in the lineup tonight. Look at all of those lefties!

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[Scarface281]

What channel is the game on?

[tellitlikeitis]

Ugh....

[mastraw18]

What channel is the game on?

Fox. The Channel 26 Fox.

[tellitlikeitis]

This start probably won't help Wandy's trade value...

[tellitlikeitis]

On the bright side...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Jed Lowrie now leads all NL shortstops in HR with 9.</p>&mdash; Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/209068785334886400" data-datetime="2012-06-02T23:47:37+00:00">June 2, 2012</a></blockquote>
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[codell]

Wandy is destroying his trade value these last 2 games.

[conquistador#11]

it's tenrun park all over again.

[Bear_Bryant]

Robbed.

[jim1961]

Anyone sure we are not still in Colorado :confused:

[conquistador#11]

we should be down one run, blahh.. i know houston's air isn't the cleanest but it's not going to make a ball bounce up that high. idiots.

[Bear_Bryant]

Gotta love these Astros

[Rocketfan713]

LMAO AT THE REDS

[codell]

Horrible defensive play by Martinez there. Late jump and dove when he had no chance to catch it.

[Poloshirtbandit]

what the hell, I turned the game off seems like 2 hours ago Astros were down 8 now they are only down 1 run?

lol

[rocketfan83]

Altuve was getting some love earlier saying that he should definitely be starting the all star game

[Rocketfan713]

Altuve was getting some love earlier saying that he should definitely be starting the all star game


agreed. only other person that has a case is dan uggla. 2nd base is really weak this season especially now that utley is injured.

[stobbartjohn]

Brandon Lyon felt upstaged by all the awful pitching tonight, so decided to show them how it's really done.

Even in this crazy game, he manages to be the worst pitcher on show. Guy's horrific

[conquistador#11]

how did Lyon get back in the rotation again? oh yeah, what the mills loves him some Lyon.
=/

[Rocketfan713]

oh god...chapman again.

[Bear_Bryant]

sheesh, y'all are giving Lyon a hard time. He's actually pitched really well this year.

[tellitlikeitis]

Definitely not a fan of shuttling Jordan Lyles back and forth between Houston and OKC. Keep him in OKC until September.

[Nick]

sheesh, y'all are giving Lyon a hard time. He's actually pitched really well this year.

Agreed. He's having a good year.

When youre starting pitcher gives up 9 earned runs, you're not going to win any games... regardless of how your bullpen is.

Mills has done a fantastic job with the bullpen this year... and when you have spotty starting pitching from 3/5ths of your rotation, its a good thing to have. I firmly believe that management of the bullpen is the single-most important job of any manager... its the one thing that their decision making process affects each and every game (more-so than in-game strategy, lineup decisions, and overall day-to-day tweaks/adjustments with hitters and pitchers).

[713]

Wait, Houston still have a baseball team?

[codell]

So this is quite interesting:

Matt Downs was optioned to make room for Lyles.

The Astros have no one to play 1B!

Looking at everyone on the roster, only Bogusevic and Gonzalez have any sort of time at 1B, and that time was only a handful of games and was in the minors.

[Nick]

So this is quite interesting:

Matt Downs was optioned to make room for Lyles.

The Astros have no one to play 1B!

Looking at everyone on the roster, only Bogusevic and Gonzalez have any sort of time at 1B, and that time was only a handful of games and was in the minors.

Castro could play first, no?

[codell]

Castro could play first, no?

He's not played 1 game there in the minors.

The only guys on our roster that have any time at 1B, are Bogey, Gonzalez and Chris Johnson. All their time is from the minors though and only a handful of games.

I would put my money on Bogey starting there today.

[tellitlikeitis]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Brett Wallace just walked into the Astros clubhouse.</p>&mdash; Zachary Levine (@zacharylevine) <a href="https://twitter.com/zacharylevine/status/209306200095997952" data-datetime="2012-06-03T15:31:01+00:00">June 3, 2012</a></blockquote>
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[J.R.]

Lee to DL, Wallace called up

[713]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Brett Wallace just walked into the Astros clubhouse.</p>&mdash; Zachary Levine (@zacharylevine) <a href="https://twitter.com/zacharylevine/status/209306200095997952" data-datetime="2012-06-03T15:31:01+00:00">June 3, 2012</a></blockquote>
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[codell]

Well guess Downs is done with the Astros.

[tellitlikeitis]

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[juicystream]

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Guy passed out during Friday's game that was sitting next to us. Will have more pics later from the game.

[Scarface281]

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Guy passed out during Friday's game that was sitting next to us. Will have more pics later from the game.

Nice, building a tower on his head.

[codell]

Lyles needs to work on his concentration when pitching to #9 hitter. Geez.

[tellitlikeitis]

Very nice outing from Jordan Lyles today.

[codell]

I sure hope Jed Lowrie is injured, or else, why in the heck is Marwin G. batting here with the game on the line?

[tellitlikeitis]

Just a day off for Lowrie.

[bustanut82]

Very good outing for Lyles unlike when I went to watch him pitch vs the Rangers last week. He shows promise!

[xcrunner51]

Fernando Martinez has really crapped the bed so far. 1/9 with 5k's :eek:

[Scarface281]

Fernando Martinez has really crapped the bed so far. 1/9 with 5k's :eek:

On the other hand, Berry Wallace was pretty good today. He really slimmed down.

[juicystream]

Nice, building a tower on his head.

The most hilarious thing was the guy didn't even know him. Security eventually put an end to it.

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This was in the middle of a competitive game (5th inning or so).

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