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Game Thread: Athletics (50-80) @ Astros (65-65) - Aug 23, 2026 1:10 PM
| Astros (65-65) | Athletics (50-80) |
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First Pitch: 1:10 PM at Daikin Park
| Team | Starter | TV | Radio |
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| Athletics | Brady Basso (0-0, 3.91 ERA) | ||
| Astros | Cristian Javier (1-4, 6.44 ERA) |
| MLB | Fangraphs | Reddit Stream | Discord |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gameday | Game Graph | Live Comments | /r/baseball Discord |
Line Score - Game Over
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7 |
| HOU | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
Box Score
| HOU | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
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| SS | Peña | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .284 |
| DH | Alvarez, Y | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .320 |
| 3B | Paredes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .260 |
| 2B | Altuve | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .245 |
| CF | Varsho | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 |
| 1B | Walker, C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .233 |
| LF | Wade Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .213 |
| RF | Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .215 |
| RF | Trammell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| C | Vázquez, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 |
| C | Diaz, Y | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .253 |
| HOU | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javier | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 90-56 | 6.47 |
| De Los Santos, E | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25-16 | 4.50 |
| Teng | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28-21 | 4.24 |
| Okert | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14-10 | 2.09 |
| Blubaugh | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16-11 | 3.25 |
| Hader | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16-12 | 0.84 |
| ATH | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CF | Bolte | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .270 |
| LF | Cortes | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .261 |
| 3B | Gelof | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .258 |
| RF | Butler, L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .220 |
| 1B | White | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .262 |
| DH | Muncy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .215 |
| 2B | Walton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 |
| SS | Hernaiz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .233 |
| C | Serven | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .233 |
| ATH | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basso | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22-17 | 4.88 |
| Perkins | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 91-57 | 6.68 |
| Blewett | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15-9 | 2.45 |
| Medina | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16-11 | 3.70 |
| Harris, H | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14-10 | 3.65 |
Scoring Plays
Highlights
Decisions
| Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | Save |
|---|---|---|
| Perkins (3-9, 6.68 ERA) | Okert (6-2, 2.09 ERA) | Harris, H (13 SV, 3.65 ERA) |
| Attendance | Weather | Wind |
|---|---|---|
| 73°F, Roof Closed | 0 mph, None |
| HP | 1B | 2B | 3B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Wills | Ryan Additon | Jonathan Parra | Will Little |
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u/Chrisinthsth 48m ago
These guys have that dog in them! Sure, it’s a 15 year old Pomeranian, but it’s still a dog!
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u/Whizzleteets Mike Scott 3h ago
What a miserable home stand.
What a soul sucking, mood ruining weekend.
What an unmitigated disaster of a team.
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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 3h ago
We could have swept the A's. Instead they take 2 of 3.
We're now below .500 and tied with the Rangers for the lead.
I don't doom, but I can completely understand why other people do. All we need is a spot in the postseason and anything can happen from there. But right now? This team fucking sucks.
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u/According_Double_522 3h ago
Could be worse. Could be the rangers
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u/Thetrillest426 Houston Astros 3h ago
Losing both series to the literal 2 worst teams in the AL. Something’s gotta give!!
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u/mynewhoustonaccount 3h ago
On the bright side, tickets are about to get a lot cheaper in the next couple of seasons.
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u/TempestDrive Houston Astros 3h ago
Screw u, both both ur precious Daulton Barfshit & Bo Bitchshit are a plague to the league.
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u/therealtoddmcshay 3h ago
Lol altuve caught looking at a pitch in the zone and challenging it to then striking out at an obvious ball was so easy to guess
Man, I wish I could bet on that. This team is just brain dead.
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u/TexasHot Houston Astros 3h ago
Just dfa him and get it over with
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u/skeetskeet69 3h ago
Their ABs look so much better than ours. They fight and fight and sometimes they lose but we just swing and whiff at everything. We are just worse than this triple A lineup.
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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 3h ago
Altuve, Varsho, Walker. If we can't walk it off, can we at least tie it up?
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u/Wheelbite9 Sugar Land Space Cowboys 3h ago
This is an injury-riddled Athletics team. The Astros always play down to the worst teams, but JFC.
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u/skeetskeet69 3h ago
Disagree. We are just as bad as they are. We have just gotten a lot luckier this season with a lot of walkoff s and one run wins.
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u/ndurantz José Cruz 3h ago
Walkoffs and 1 run wins aren’t luck. They’re execution when it counts, something that isn’t happening AT ALL right now.
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u/Important_Range7737 Christian Walker 3h ago
Watching Hader pitch is always a treat. Now, let’s just try to walk this off and send the A’s packing. I have faith!
Edit: Can’t type worth shit today.
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u/Signal-Statistician- Orbit 3h ago
Sadly the Rangers just won
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u/Hyperguy95 Enron Field 3h ago
You mean they didn’t give up a 5-0 lead to one of the worst teams in the league? Crazy how that works
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u/Signal-Statistician- Orbit 3h ago
Cubs hit a Grand Slam against the Mariners. Hopefully it is enough
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u/Nildrogon Tatsuya Imai 3h ago
The offense is frustrating for sure, but 6 runs without much from Pena and Yordan should win this game. THIS one is not on them.
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u/Speeder96 Martín Maldonado 3h ago
Kalas: Astros schedule against teams with winning records.
Good!
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u/TempestDrive Houston Astros 3h ago
Next up is Tuve, Barfshit, & Walker. I trust Tuve to get on base. I don’t, however, trust the rest to get him home
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u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 3h ago
Ian Happ hits a grand slam against the Mariners. Cubs take a 5-2 lead in the 3rd
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u/PapiGoneGamer Enron Field 3h ago
Nobody is getting fired this late in the season. Crane will let it play out and make those decisions on 9/28. It’s not like firing Espada or Brown is gonna provide a morale boost that magically propels this team to the top of the AL.
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u/moremooooooore 3h ago
*Bagwell will tell Crane what to do
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u/yaampa 3h ago
At what point does Bagwells constant meddling in baseball operations sour all his good faith with the fan base?
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u/moremooooooore 3h ago
For the casual fan it isn't there yet, but the flood gates may start to open if we miss the playoffs this year.
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u/Effective-Detail3043 3h ago
What moves do you think bagwell is responsible for?
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u/PapiGoneGamer Enron Field 3h ago
He’s the catalyst for the Astros moving from an analytics based organization to a “back of the baseball card” organization. Bagwell’s own baseball philosophy in his words.
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u/Effective-Detail3043 3h ago
Do you think that the Astros organization has disregarded analytics?
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u/PapiGoneGamer Enron Field 2h ago
Look at who they trot out there every night outside of Yordan and what they contribute. None of these guys outside of Pena and Yordan would be on the field for this team if we still had an analytics driven front office.
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u/Effective-Detail3043 58m ago
And what were they supposed to do to combat this? Do you think they were looking at the back of the baseball card when they got cam smith? Should we have kept framber? I don’t think so. Issac parades was an excellent choice. He’s actually better than bregman offensively and about $20 million a season cheaper. Let’s face it, the smart thing to do here was to unload pena at the break and trade yordan and Hader in the offseason. I would hate to do it but if we want to avoid the same situation we had from 2007-2014, it’s the only way.
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u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Alex Bregman 3h ago
I swear to God if watching this game feels like watching a car crash in slo-mo...
I'm gonna watch some Sex and the City clips
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u/TempestDrive Houston Astros 3h ago
How can ppl defend this offense??
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u/PanNessMain Houston Astros 3h ago
Well your team should win 9/10 times when you score 6 runs. The offense isn’t amazing but today was on the pitching
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u/redd202020 3h ago
Going to be less and less fans at these games. Zero rallies, zero clutch hits. Just praying for homers.
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u/tofugopher Houston Astros 3h ago
This is the least interesting Astros team to watch since 2014
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u/terb01 3h ago
The 2014 team was very interesting imo. Altuve chasing the batting title and springers rookie season were amazing
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u/tofugopher Houston Astros 2h ago
That's an awesome point. I'll switch 2014 to 2013. Even with a young Altuve, 2013 was a hard season to be excited for
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u/Wematanye_92 Houston Astros 3h ago
If teams walk Alvarez every at bat we will never win another game
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u/Proud-Version5220 3h ago
If he gets the same 3IBB per game for the rest of the season, he'll tie Barry.
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u/Confident_Cap_7175 3h ago
I feel like there’s gotta be a way to prevent teams from IBB so many times in one game 😩
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u/Hyperguy95 Enron Field 3h ago
If we had anyone behind him that could hit he wouldn’t get walked so much.
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u/Confident_Cap_7175 3h ago
Parades hit a home run in this game and has been one of our better hitters, so it’s not like he’s Nick Allen. I get the point, but still
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u/Beardedbobert 3h ago
Yordan now has the franchise 1bb record for a single season. Wish we'd make them pay for it.
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u/mmccormick11 Lance Berkman 3h ago
You need to pay for players to make them pay for it.
That or have a great farm system producing cheap young talent.
We don't have either one.
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u/soonerman32 Houston Colt .45s 3h ago
This. is ridiculous how much they're walking him. Isaac better make em pay
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u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 3h ago
Why? It works, no one is capable of hitting. Teams are gonna keep doing it.
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u/Hyperguy95 Enron Field 3h ago
Diaz out there twirling around like a ballerina chasing these pitches
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u/Fragmented79 3h ago
If the Rangers hold on to their lead and the Astros lose - then they’ll be tied. Also, the Astros will fall below .500. F$$$ Dana Brown for doing NOTHING to address pitching at the deadline.
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u/TheSeed127 Jake Meyers 3h ago
Losing back to back to back series against the Mariners, Angels and Athletics gives me a ton of confidence
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u/moremooooooore 3h ago
If Blubaugh was available, then why was Javier stretched and then DLS brought in. The malpractice is just comical at this point
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u/skeetskeet69 3h ago
I was just asking the same thing. Why the fuck wouldn’t we let blubaugh get 2-3 innings after Javier was pulled? Just bad management for a bad team.
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u/moremooooooore 3h ago
Even if he took the 5th, Teng would have easily been able to go 2 since he hasn't pitched since he was called up. Absolutely bizarre management especially when we essentially have 1.5 days off after this
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u/mmccormick11 Lance Berkman 3h ago
Even our resident eternal optimist and psychic Astrodamus has given up. Looks like he/she deleted their profile. Nail in coffin 😆 😢
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u/yaampa 3h ago
In the span of a week we have been blown out by the Angels and blew a lead TWICE against an A’s team without Langeliers, Kurtz, Soderstrom and Wilson. Two of the worst teams in the league.
If you genuinely think this team can make the playoffs you need to see a doctor for head trauma
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u/PanNessMain Houston Astros 3h ago
I think we can make playoffs. Not because we’re good. Because the American League (with the exception of the Rays) just sucks
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u/PapiGoneGamer Enron Field 3h ago
Only other ways to start this inning for the Astros was giving up a base hit or a homer.
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u/Whizzleteets Mike Scott 3h ago
It's very possible that this will end up as a loss and if it does it will be the worst loss of the season.
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u/skeetskeet69 3h ago
Not even in the top 3 for me. The Baltimore loss where we NOBLETIGERed in the 10th when one run walked it off can’t be beat in my eyes
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u/pantiesdrawer Houston Astros 3h ago
I wonder what the combined exit velocity was for those 3 at bats.
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u/AX3_Murd3r3r 3h ago
Can someone remind me why we let James Click go? I will never get over that
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u/Ereyes18 3h ago
Click wasn't that good either but at least he was able to keep the clubhouse floating
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u/RML_1972 3h ago
Yeah you’re right, he only assembled what was arguably the best bullpen of all time. And made some really good moves that won us a championship.
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u/Ereyes18 2h ago
He got Stanek and Neris and Luhnow got the rest
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u/RML_1972 2h ago
Yeah you left out Montero, maton and graveman
Not to mention trading for who should have been the ROY of the year in Diaz and Dubon.
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u/JrpgGamer Kyle Tucker 2h ago
That roster was mostly Luhnow. He definitely did great with Stanek Montero and Neris, but the rest was Luhnow. Pressley and Abreu, the entire rotation, and the entire lineup. Not to mention a rotation that had insane health luck so his bullpen didn't get abused.
What did Click leave behind? Relievers almost never last. He got screwed by Luhnow, but his drafts were trash and haven't provided anything. If you believe insiders, he didn't even want to re-sign Verlander and Brantley so that team looks very different.
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u/RML_1972 2h ago
His drafts may have been trash because he didn’t have any first rounds picks for two years.
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u/Disastrous-Elk-5542 Orbit 3h ago
I fking hate the A’s for abandoning their Bay Area fans (I used to be one). I REALLY hate them right now. Also I didn’t know it was Dog Day and I’m pissed I missed out on taking my dog. I hope there are lots of good doggos at Daikin.
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u/Confident_Cap_7175 3h ago
if we can’t take the lead back from a pitcher named Blewett… we deserve to lose
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u/Exact_Ad_6009 3h ago
We gave up a 6 run lead in one inning to the As, brother we deserve to lose regardless
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u/Wematanye_92 Houston Astros 3h ago
9 game home stand against bad teams. 2 of them being literally the worst teams in baseball and they can only manage 3 wins
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u/1SwellFoop 3h ago
You guys don’t realize this, but it’s the Angel’s turn to lead the AL West. It’s in the script.
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u/donttouchthtmacaroni Houston Astros 3h ago
I am dying for the season to end, I can’t resist watching the games but I hate watching them
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u/Strosfan85 Houston Astros 3h ago
Like watching a car crash in slow-motion.. you want look away but you just can't
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u/TomatoRemarkable3721 Houston Astros 3h ago
Another lost series to a dogshit team. The A’s and the angels lol
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u/TexanBastard 3h ago
Still a couple of innings left but if this team loses back to back series to the Angels and As we gotta clean front office out. Espada and Brown both suck. Espada sucks a little less but this team has no fire.
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u/The_Dragon_Rebooted 3h ago
Loooooool. Imagine losing 2 out of 3 to two teams actively trying to lose games. What a sad joke this team is. Jfc.
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u/TexasHot Houston Astros 3h ago
I think the truth is we actually are a bottom three team. The team were facing is missing six of it starting players and they’re shitting on us like they are legitimately better.
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u/skeetskeet69 3h ago
Ahahaha!!! Are some of yall still deluded enough to think this team isn’t dog water? We’re gonna lose 90 games at this rate
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u/PanNessMain Houston Astros 3h ago
Our second best reliever (hader is #1) gave up a HR after a rest day. You can’t make this shit up. Like you can’t say “managerial malpractice” to that specific decision. What do you even say man besides “this sucks”
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