Pressly should never close another game for the Astros again. Being up 6-3 in the 9th and blowing it is absolutely inexcusable. Like this type of loss should piss the players off heavily.
Why embarrassing? 1 reliever gave up a 3 run lead. Demoralizing yes. embarrassing, far from it. I won't let Ryan ruin the Rockets draft haul
LOBsters littering the field and bullpen meltdowns, an Astros classic. Same core with 68 LOB in the 2019 WS.
And the worst part is, how the runners reached and the fact that he literally could not get anybody out. The only credited to him was a caught stealing. Most of his misses were bad, and he hung a meatball right over the heart of the plate for the 3 run shot.
Walks are the reason the Astros lost this game, along with the bottom of the lineup. Walks are a killer. (Although Stanek should've just walked Judge and pitched to Rizzo.) The Astros have a real problem at closer that needs to be addressed soon. Pressly has been inconsistent all season.
Astros not scoring an extra run at least in the 8th hurt too but a decent closer should be able to close out a 3 run lead.
Just checked the box score after the score was 6-3. Fuxking Pressley let’s Judge be the ******* hero. ****!
Pressly put a damper on a huge sports night for Houston but at least hopefully the team won't continue this charade of marching him out there to continue to be the definitive closer.