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You have to wonder if he changed his mechanics because the previous short arm mechanics would limit the shelf life of his career. Because his new mechanics sure as hell isn't helping his velo.

We got our first pitch clock violation!

Yeah Graveman walking Maldonado was still the biggest issue that inning. I did find it weird that there were only 5 balls hit like that by a right handed hitter in the past 9 years at Minute Maid. And Benintendi was involved in 3 of those instances and that ball was the only one he didn't catch. The side by side of the ball he caught last year vs. the one he didn't catch yesterday was really good and showed the difference in positioning. That's probably the best breakdown Jomboy has ever done outside of the Astros cheating scandal video.

This is a really good breakdown of the ball Benintendi didn't catch yesterday. I said at the time that it seemed like the initial positioning is what messed everything up and that kind of seems to be the case. You can also argue that Benintendi probably could've caught the ball if he didn't give up on it so early, but it would not have been all that routine.

I thought Ruiz would have made a lot of sense vs. the bottom of the order.

Lynn was great. I'm just saying my incoming expectations for today weren't real high with how bad he's been against the Astros in his career.

Yeah this game is the product of us using all our best relievers yesterday.

I'm actually not that pissed. Maybe it's cause my expectations aren't high or maybe it's cause I thought we had no shot at winning this game with Lynn pitching. If this was a game last year, I'd be livid.

Sheets didn't swing at a single strike...

I wonder when they were planning on throwing Joe Kelly. Cause he would have made sense to bring in against Bregman.

I blame Graveman for walking a .180 hitter in Maldonado.

I guess asking for 2 straight wins against Houston is too much to ask.

It would have been one hell of a play, but he definitely could have caught it.

All this cause Graveman walked Maldonado...

Benintendi's defense is not great...

Diekman is either gonna walk him or give up a 450 foot dong.

You got nowhere to put Yordan.

You gotta pull him. He looks lost.

Shift screwed us there.

Graveman just can't get Maldonado out.

Ruiz against the top of the order seems like a terrible idea.

Graveman trying to repeat his outing from yesterday.

No way Reylo is available today with how many pitches he threw last night right?

Says a lot that they only trust Graveman to pitch against the bottom of the order.

Fitting that his double in the previous inning was hit so poorly and he actually crushes this one and it gets caught.