I missed the first inning. I see that Zobrist already got to us. And Pence with an error that apparently didn't cost us. He's been looking shaky out there recently. The last guy that got a hit looked like he was 12-years-old.
Yea, he got him. That was a plus defensive play. I'd say that Pence gets on half of the time in that situation. We haven't seen that kind of SS play in Houston since the days of Adam Everett. Manzella's made a few plus plays this season but nothing like that. Tejada was always drifting between average and below average defensively with the extremely rare great play.
Zobrist is 2-for-2 and halfway to the cycle. Man, he'd look good in an Astros uniform. Throw in a stolen base.
Too bad we already traded him(Zobrist) away. Crawford would look nice in an Astro uni! Wishful thinking.
Myers is battling out there and got out of a jam in the last inning but he's already at 71 pitches after 3. I'd be happy if he can go 5 at this point. Slugger Kevin Cash ends the perfect game bid with his 2nd hit of the season. He's now hitting .111 with 6 SO and no BB.
Kepp has had a couple of big hits against RHP this week. It's still a weakness of his but nice to see either way. That looked like a tough pitch to hit too from that last angle. It was coming fast and inside with some good movement.
That pitch was right at Berkman's head. He had to display his puma-like reflexes before striking out on a ball in the dirt on the next pitch. That's no way to treat a potentially future teammate.
Pence looks like he needs to break down and rebuild his entire approach at the plate. He's taking some horrible, off balance hacks and getting way out in front of pitches. I can't remember him taking more than a couple of pitches the other way for hits this season.
Pence just...I dont know how to say it. Swings at too many bad pitches for my liking whether it be inside, away, high or low. Bad pitches that make me ask wth are you swinging at or seeing?
Man, I thought Zobrist would leg out a triple there and be a HR short of the cycle. He already has 2 doubles, a single and a steal with no outs in the top of the 5th.
Zobrist has 1 more total base than the Astros so far in this game. He just went for his 2nd steal but we got him. On second look, I don't know if he meant to do that but it almost looked like he avoided the tag. He stopped short on his slide with Feliz expecting him to go all the way into the bag. His momentum caused him to hop up and then he tagged 3rd. I'm not sure that Feliz even got him.
