55 minutes ago, white sox 80 said:

He should have brought in Richards over Dominguez. I'm not joking.

Agree. It was a high leverage situation for Dominguez, for which he has not been good at.

3 minutes ago, fathom said:

Very doubtful, but I could see them convincing themselves they need Meidroth’s grinder mentality more than slugging.

Grinders are great for utility guys.

3 minutes ago, hankchifan said:

Agree. It was a high leverage situation for Dominguez, for which he has not been good at.

If they are gonna use Dominguez at all, let him open for Fedde to get Ser over with early.

A tie ballgame in the first two innings is also probably too much leverage for Ma’amanthony.

4 minutes ago, wegner said:

If they are gonna use Dominguez at all, let him open for Fedde to get Ser over with early.

What in the world was Venable doing? Hudson was really the last pitcher in the bullpen to bring in to get out of a jam with good right-handed hitters coming up. Hudson has been good this year, but he's a soft-tossing control lefty.
It's really bizarre.
It's also strange how he closes 2 nights ago (instead of Taylor) and then now he's the first guy in.

Well Venable earns his money here, getting this gang to pull themselves up and put this game behind them.
And there is a general concern about the offense. Hasn't been great recently.

35 minutes ago, Jake said:

Colson melted down trying to be a complete hitter. I will cherish my Rob Deer shortstop.

I agree just get the hits with runners on in the clutch

5 minutes ago, CityFan53 said:

A tie ballgame in the first two innings is also probably too much leverage for Ma’amanthony.

Hold on, who said anything about 2 innings 😂

3 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

What in the world was Venable doing? Hudson was really the last pitcher in the bullpen to bring in to get out of a jam with good right-handed hitters coming up. Hudson has been good this year, but he's a soft-tossing control lefty.
It's really bizarre.
It's also strange how he closes 2 nights ago (instead of Taylor) and then now he's the first guy in.

Well Venable earns his money here, getting this gang to pull themselves up and put this game behind them.
And there is a general concern about the offense. Hasn't been great recently.

He's just a bad in-game manager.

3 minutes ago, wegner said:

Hold on, who said anything about 2 innings 😂

I guess that should’ve said “batters.” 🫠

3 minutes ago, ron883 said:

He's just a bad in-game manager.

I guess. But tonight was just baseball 101 that he got backwards.

2 hours ago, BigHurt3515 said:

Romo cannot hit the ball hard to save his life

Romo batting avg. Is down to .127, straddling the Maldonado line. Shades of Martin M.. not good memories.

11 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

What in the world was Venable doing? Hudson was really the last pitcher in the bullpen to bring in to get out of a jam with good right-handed hitters coming up. Hudson has been good this year, but he's a soft-tossing control lefty.
It's really bizarre.
It's also strange how he closes 2 nights ago (instead of Taylor) and then now he's the first guy in.

Well Venable earns his money here, getting this gang to pull themselves up and put this game behind them.
And there is a general concern about the offense. Hasn't been great recently.

Hudson has extreme reverse splits, and he was brought in because of the leverage not the inning. It just didn’t work out.

17 minutes ago, CityFan53 said:

A tie ballgame in the first two innings is also probably too much leverage for Ma’amanthony.

I would say that now Seranthony should be relegated to mop up duty,a very expensive mop up pitcher though.

One of the worse games of the season. Flush it and get back at it tomorrow!

These games happen. Having said that, I think it was a borderline disgraceful performance. Flush it and go again tomorrow

Just a very bad loss and not the way you want to start what is going to be a difficult stretch of games the next two weeks.

Saturday becomes a little more important to see how they respond.

1 hour ago, hankchifan said:

Romo batting avg. Is down to .127, straddling the Maldonado line. Shades of Martin M.. not good memories.

This has to be Romo’s last game. His at bats are just non competitive.

1 hour ago, Lukakke Appling said:

Hudson has extreme reverse splits, and he was brought in because of the leverage not the inning. It just didn’t work out.

But he's not really a high leverage pitcher with his modest K rates.

Hicks and Taylor throw 99 with high K rates - that's for leverage.

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by GreenSox

One of, if not, the worst games of the season.

Houston has now won 4 in a row. Hopefully this doesnt spark them for a longer winning streak. Really need Burke and the offense to show up tomorrow

1 hour ago, BigHurt3515 said:

Houston has now won 4 in a row. Hopefully this doesnt spark them for a longer winning streak. Really need Burke and the offense to show up tomorrow

Burke is our best chance of a stopper. Sending Siranthony to the IL would also help.

3 hours ago, GreenSox said:

What in the world was Venable doing? Hudson was really the last pitcher in the bullpen to bring in to get out of a jam with good right-handed hitters coming up. Hudson has been good this year, but he's a soft-tossing control lefty.
It's really bizarre.
It's also strange how he closes 2 nights ago (instead of Taylor) and then now he's the first guy in.

Well Venable earns his money here, getting this gang to pull themselves up and put this game behind them.
And there is a general concern about the offense. Hasn't been great recently.

Need for the Sox to start hitting homers again.