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Griever20 · 12-21-2018, 07:12 AM

American League Division Series Game 2:

October 12th, 2020

Texas Rangers – Houston Astros @ Minute Maid Park

TEX: SP Justus Sheffield(L, 10-13 4.84)
HOU: SP Collin McHugh(R, 15-7 4.20)

A pitching matchup that favors Houston, and by now, I'm a bit unsure if signing Justus Sheffield for 8y/$32M really was a good idea... time to earn your bucks here. And he has to as McHugh has been pretty good against us in the regular season, 2-1 with a 3.44ERA in five starts...

It was a cloudy afternoon, but no rain in the forecast, but were runs in the forecast? McHugh did start off the game with a walk to Lewis, and that is never a good idea... and BOOM... stolen base on the second pitch to J-Williams. And Williams took no prisoners and hit a slider into the gap... DOUBLE! TEX 1, HOU 0. Justin would move to third with one out... and Gallo with all his power... managed a flyball... to shallow left... not deep enough... and Bradley was a K.

Both starters were bleeding baserunners in the early going with Sheffield getting out of a two on, two out jam in the first and getting an inning-ending double play in the second, and us stranding a pair that inning... more runs were in the air.

Similar to game one, the Rangers were very patient and McHugh had problems with that... and when Justin Williams reached on an infield single, the bases were loaded in a hurry with walks by Gallo and Bradley with one down... Forced to throw strikes now, Billy McKinney got a high heater... and somehow hit it on the ground to first... to second... BRADLEY WITH A GREAT SLIDE BREAKS UP THE DOUBLE PLAY AND WILLIAMS SCORES! TEX 2, HOU 0.

Sheffield however was still wonky as Altuve singled, stole second, and was on his way home on a two-out line drive by Springer to center... but what looked like a base hit... turned into an out on a GREAT diving play by Martinez... three stressful innings over.

The fourth saw McHugh finally pitch a 1-2-3 inning, albeit with 85 pitches thrown already... and another leadoff walk issued by Justus Sheffield. That brought up their big trade deadline acquisition Jesus Aguilar... and the 30-year old took no prisoners and tattooed a mistake pitch by Sheffield to right field... and into a beer cup of an Astros fan, TEX 2, HOU 2.

But we answered... with a 2-out rally that started on a Joey Gallo double and knocked out McHugh with two down in the fifth. Blake Treinen came in for the second straight day, walked Bradley... walked McKinney... and the bases were loaded for our catcher Danny Jansen, batting .125 in the playoffs, 1-8. He hit a high fly ball to right center... too high... and caught.

The ship then went down when Justus allowed a 2-out walk to the same Aguilar in the 6th, and we called for the righty in Victor R. Diaz... who promptly allowed a couple of hard singles to make it TEX 2, HOU 3... our bullpen... to add insult to injury, he pitched a 1-2-3 2K seventh.

The Astros took no prisoners and got the lefty Jake Diekman in for the seventh, and their closer Ken Giles to pitch the eighth and Jeurys Familia the ninth... and Frankie Montas serving up a solo homer to Kyle Tucker did not help. Final score: TEX 2, HOU 4.

SP Justus Sheffield 5.2IP 4H 3ER 5BB 2K L
SS Royce Lewis 0-3 R 2BB SB(2)
RF Justin Williams 2-4 R RBI BB DB
3B Joey Gallo 1-4 BB DB
1B Bobby Bradley 0-3 3BB
LF Billy McKinney 1-3 RBI BB
CF Julio Pablo Martinez 0-3 BB
HR TEX: none
HR HOU: Jesus Aguilar(1), Kyle Tucker(1)
W: Jandel Gustave(1-0 0.00) L: Justus Sheffield(0-1 4.76) SV: Jeurys Familia(1 0.00)
TEX 2 HOU 4 ALDS tied at 1.
That winning run was in the air for a while. Justus was once again very wild today and only managed to strike out his first batter in the fifth... while walking a ton of people. Also, we were once again very patient, drawing nine walks, but were ice cold when the runners were on base... See you in Arlington in two days.

NLDS:
Chicago Cubs 6 – Philadelphia Phillies 1
Chicago leads NLDS 2-0.

Philadelphia Phillies 10 - Chicago Cubs 3
Chicago leads NLDS 2-1.

Atlanta Braves 5 – Los Angeles Dodgers 6(10)
Los Angeles leads NLDS 2-0.

Los Angeles Dodgers 7 - Atlanta Braves 5
Los Angeles wins NLDS 3-0, advances to NLCS.

ALDS:
Minnesota Twins 0 – Tampa Bay Rays 1
ALDS tied at 1.

12-21-2018, 07:12 AM	#48
Griever20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 3,648	2020 ALDS Game 2 American League Division Series Game 2: October 12th, 2020 Texas Rangers – Houston Astros @ Minute Maid Park TEX: SP Justus Sheffield(L, 10-13 4.84) HOU: SP Collin McHugh(R, 15-7 4.20) A pitching matchup that favors Houston, and by now, I'm a bit unsure if signing Justus Sheffield for 8y/$32M really was a good idea... time to earn your bucks here. And he has to as McHugh has been pretty good against us in the regular season, 2-1 with a 3.44ERA in five starts... It was a cloudy afternoon, but no rain in the forecast, but were runs in the forecast? McHugh did start off the game with a walk to Lewis, and that is never a good idea... and BOOM... stolen base on the second pitch to J-Williams. And Williams took no prisoners and hit a slider into the gap... DOUBLE! TEX 1, HOU 0. Justin would move to third with one out... and Gallo with all his power... managed a flyball... to shallow left... not deep enough... and Bradley was a K. Both starters were bleeding baserunners in the early going with Sheffield getting out of a two on, two out jam in the first and getting an inning-ending double play in the second, and us stranding a pair that inning... more runs were in the air. Similar to game one, the Rangers were very patient and McHugh had problems with that... and when Justin Williams reached on an infield single, the bases were loaded in a hurry with walks by Gallo and Bradley with one down... Forced to throw strikes now, Billy McKinney got a high heater... and somehow hit it on the ground to first... to second... BRADLEY WITH A GREAT SLIDE BREAKS UP THE DOUBLE PLAY AND WILLIAMS SCORES! TEX 2, HOU 0. Sheffield however was still wonky as Altuve singled, stole second, and was on his way home on a two-out line drive by Springer to center... but what looked like a base hit... turned into an out on a GREAT diving play by Martinez... three stressful innings over. The fourth saw McHugh finally pitch a 1-2-3 inning, albeit with 85 pitches thrown already... and another leadoff walk issued by Justus Sheffield. That brought up their big trade deadline acquisition Jesus Aguilar... and the 30-year old took no prisoners and tattooed a mistake pitch by Sheffield to right field... and into a beer cup of an Astros fan, TEX 2, HOU 2. But we answered... with a 2-out rally that started on a Joey Gallo double and knocked out McHugh with two down in the fifth. Blake Treinen came in for the second straight day, walked Bradley... walked McKinney... and the bases were loaded for our catcher Danny Jansen, batting .125 in the playoffs, 1-8. He hit a high fly ball to right center... too high... and caught. The ship then went down when Justus allowed a 2-out walk to the same Aguilar in the 6th, and we called for the righty in Victor R. Diaz... who promptly allowed a couple of hard singles to make it TEX 2, HOU 3... our bullpen... to add insult to injury, he pitched a 1-2-3 2K seventh. The Astros took no prisoners and got the lefty Jake Diekman in for the seventh, and their closer Ken Giles to pitch the eighth and Jeurys Familia the ninth... and Frankie Montas serving up a solo homer to Kyle Tucker did not help. Final score: TEX 2, HOU 4. SP Justus Sheffield 5.2IP 4H 3ER 5BB 2K L SS Royce Lewis 0-3 R 2BB SB(2) RF Justin Williams 2-4 R RBI BB DB 3B Joey Gallo 1-4 BB DB 1B Bobby Bradley 0-3 3BB LF Billy McKinney 1-3 RBI BB CF Julio Pablo Martinez 0-3 BB HR TEX: none HR HOU: Jesus Aguilar(1), Kyle Tucker(1) W: Jandel Gustave(1-0 0.00) L: Justus Sheffield(0-1 4.76) SV: Jeurys Familia(1 0.00) TEX 2 HOU 4 ALDS tied at 1. That winning run was in the air for a while. Justus was once again very wild today and only managed to strike out his first batter in the fifth... while walking a ton of people. Also, we were once again very patient, drawing nine walks, but were ice cold when the runners were on base... See you in Arlington in two days. NLDS: Chicago Cubs 6 – Philadelphia Phillies 1 Chicago leads NLDS 2-0. Philadelphia Phillies 10 - Chicago Cubs 3 Chicago leads NLDS 2-1. Atlanta Braves 5 – Los Angeles Dodgers 6(10) Los Angeles leads NLDS 2-0. Los Angeles Dodgers 7 - Atlanta Braves 5 Los Angeles wins NLDS 3-0, advances to NLCS. ALDS: Minnesota Twins 0 – Tampa Bay Rays 1 ALDS tied at 1. __________________ MLB 2012 - The Toronto Ban Jays The Montreal Expos... Exposing the New MLB? MLB 2015 - Being the Brewmaster(ended) MLB 2013: The Blue Jays That Never Were(concluded)