Fuck we just can't get the big hit to break games open. 

Hawk Harrelson just said

"Oh Dag Gummit"

All three outs were smoked

Damn Damn Damn

such a great team defensively, sigh

Ball just died

All three outs were smoked to center and just hung. My god.

Playing these guys feels so much like the Twins in the early 2000s. Great defense.

Just now, fathom said:

Yoan has simply no power

I think he misses the old ball more than anything. 

Cease just has to keep challenging, no walks.

Good to get something there...made him work.  Need that first xbh to take control

Victory was left on the bases as always. 

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Yoan has simply no power

And we all laughed at Parkman when he said the power may never return from getting Covid

Just now, Quin said:

All three outs were smoked to center and just hung. My god.

Jose's ball was not smoked. But Yoan and Luis both had very similar hits that got tracked down. 

1 minute ago, hi8is said:

All three outs were smoked

I love ya man, but Jose's was not

And the Astros were pretty bad defensively last year...thought that was a gapper for sure off the bat.

Yoan hit that ball over 100 mph easy. Any elevation and its gone.

 

Just now, almagest said:

Yoan hit that ball over 100 mph easy. Any elevation and its gone.

99.4. More elevation definitely makes that more likely to be a gapper. 

Need a zero here after taking the lead

1 minute ago, ron883 said:

And we all laughed at Parkman when he said the power may never return from getting Covid

Parkman said a lot of things, most of them absolutely silly. 

Yoan smoked that ball.

1 minute ago, ron883 said:

And we all laughed at Parkman when he said the power may never return from getting Covid

What next?  Giolito was surely robbed by LaRussa running him out there in the 5th...

Keep the walks down and you keep them from scoring.

1 minute ago, almagest said:

Yoan hit that ball over 100 mph easy. Any elevation and its gone.

Didn't quite catch it cleanly.

So tired of watching liners right to them.  We have to catch a break at some point.