Gameday Thread: Angels @ Astros 9/24 4:10

[Robrock30]

Angels 
Lineup 9/24
4:10 PST
LAA:Jhoulys Chacin(R) (5-8, 5.29)
HOU:Brad Peacock(R) (0-0, 2.86)

1. Yunel Escobar(R) 3B
2. Kole Calhoun(L) RF
3. Mike Trout(R) CF
4. Albert Pujols(R) DH
5. C.J. Cron(R) 1B
6. Andrelton Simmons(R) SS
7. Nick Buss(L) LF
8. Jett Bandy(R) C
9. Gregorio Petit(R) 2B

1. George Springer(R) RF
2. Yulieski Gurriel(R) 3B
3. Jose Altuve(R) 2B
4. Carlos Correa(R) SS
5. Evan Gattis(R) DH
6. Marwin Gonzalez(S) LF
7. Tyler White(R) 1B
8. Jason Castro(L) C
9. Jake Marisnick(R) CF

 

[eligrba4ever]

GAME 155!!!

GO ANGELS!!! Go Jhoulys Chacin!!!

Stretch the winning streak to four games, Jhoulys. Pitch deep and keep the Angels in the game!! Still going for the 4-game sweep and a final 11-0 to finish the season!!!

Pound the Astros early and often, Albert!! Still going for 600, Big Guy. 

Make some meaningful thunder, Mike Trout. Keep the MVP voters' tongues wagging about Mike Trout. Fourth place schmourth place. You be da best!

Bury the Astros' postseason just a bit deeper. They got a bunch of folks to climb over. The Astros can take out their frustrations starting Monday on the Mariners.

[daygloman]

I've gotta go to work, so I'll DVR the game and watch tonight!

Go Halos!

[Troll Daddy]

If the Astro don't make the playoffs ... I likeTrout chances as MVP.

[Guest]

Chacin 

[eligrba4ever]

Bandy's over his bad back, apparently.

[eligrba4ever]

The baseball writers who follow the Angels gave Terry their 2016 report card. The dreck drowned the bright spots and they all seemed to check in at C-minus to D-plus. The letter F was also in the conversation. The Angels didn't have a farm system that could handle the injuries. 

Rating the lineup, generally 1-5 (or 6) was solid. The back end was bad. A contender needs a solid 1-8 at least.

The pitching ... Ahhh. That pesky pitching. More than half the pitchers on the staff tonight were employed by somebody else when the Angels broke camp at Tempe.

 

[Angels#1Fan]

Lets Go Halos!

[eligrba4ever]

Buss loses the fly ball. They give Altuve a home-field double. Second and third with one out in the first.

[eligrba4ever]

Chacin pitches out of Buss' hole. Petit makes the play. Scoreless first.

[eligrba4ever]

Angels hitters appear to be having difficulty with Cy Peacock.

[eligrba4ever]

E5 is followed by two walks. Chacin in a bit of a hole in the third.

[eligrba4ever]

Sac fly scores Gurriel, who apparently beats a good throw from Kole. 1-0 Houston.

[eligrba4ever]

Wild pitch scores Altuve. 2-0.

[fan_since79]

Peacock is in perfect game form.

Watch him do it.

 

[eligrba4ever]

Albert doubles home Trout. 2-1 Houston.

[eligrba4ever]

7 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Peacock is in perfect game form.

Watch him do it.

 

Watch him not do it.

[fan_since79]

4 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Watch him not do it.

Yep. Jinxed him. He walked Escobar twenty seconds after my post.

 

[eligrba4ever]

Failos was a fail on those turd emojis in regard to Chacin tonight. Two unearned runs on four hits in 6 innings. At 99 pitches, he's probably not coming out for the seventh.

[Angel Oracle]

Chachi was more like Chacin tonight.   He seems to have righted himself recently.

In the 2017 plans?

[eligrba4ever]

Oh well. Valdez is falling further behind. Houston has scored 2 runs so far in the seventh. 4-1 lead.

[eligrba4ever]

Gonna need a big late rally again, Angels. You up for it?

[eligrba4ever]

Ortega is a useful pinch-hitter. He's now 5 for 8 in a pinch.

[eligrba4ever]

Kole drives home Ortega. 4-2 Astros. The comeback begins?

[eligrba4ever]

Trout makes it 4-3 and Kole escapes a base-running out -- although he could have made it to third.