Big to get through the heart of their lineup without surrendering another run. Bats need to pick up Framber now.
He’s got too many people in his head….remember this is the same guy that pitched 20 quality starts in a row last year….
So how did he get this screwed up?
You can absolutely tell he is thinking too much out there.
Makes me think he has been told to do 20 different things and has forgotten how to just pitch.
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We need Peña to grow into Capitan October again.
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Maldonado. Lol
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Good call letting him swing away. He hardly ever kills innings with easy double plays.
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Best of five and every AB counts. Please help us.
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Would’ve been better to just have him drop a bunt
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Lowkey I think having Pierzynski (05 WS starting catcher) and Adam Wainwright (career Cardinal) doing the broadcast was bad juju
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Tubby doesn’t even get Al the way down the line now….too far I guess.
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Chas two horrible ABs in a row. He’s been stinking it up. Back to looking over-matched like the old days. Remember the days of the Chasdonado.
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Lopez is making a lot of Astros look bad.
Exactly what I just told my wife…sac to get Pena to 2b….then Altuve gets a hit.
But Dusty is playing the odds….1 in 24 chance Maldy hits a HR……I’m sure if I dig deeper and calculate the quality of the type of pitcher Lopez is it’s probably 1 of 40….
Dusty playing 4 D Chess 
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Tucker should have been sent….period.
Love him or hate him, Carlos Correa is one of the all time great playoff performers
Right down the middle bottom of zone….
Correa can’t handle high heat….so throw it in the only spot he can……
Framber’s control is horrible……instead of trying to hit spots, he’s just trying to throw it anywhere over the plate….
Probably lose game three to Gray……will have to win a bullpen game started off by JP France and have JV win game 5.
This would have been a good time to get Diaz in the game, but we get some more M2.
Seriously, Maldonado is in there because of Framber. This game is in the ditch and Framber is out. Why keep offense on the bench?
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He’s doing his part. Unfortunately, he’s surrounded by offensive black holes.
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No reason for Maldonado to be in there anymore….Dusty is either asleep or so stubborn he’s rather his team not even have a shot.
IMO I was wrong to think we would beat anyone in the playoffs……you guys have your opinions and I respect them….
But in mine , we still have the manager that was making all the boneheaded decisions in the regular season….now it’s the same guy in a short series.
The team has to win by bashing the other team……if it’s any type game that has to be managed we will lose.
This game could have been managed to a 3-1 or 3-2 game….I can not stress to you guys how much of a difference in mindset it is as a player between a one or two run game vs a 5 run game.
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Question. Do we have a third catcher on our roster. I mean someone that’s done it before. You aren’t starting your best catcher so you’re having to bring him (Yainer) in for emergencies. You’re almost guaranteeing you’re going to use both catchers every time Maldonado starts. What happens if Yainer twists an ankle?
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Dubon is the emergency guy.
They didn’t carry a third one on roster.