GDT: 2019 ALDS: (1) Houston Astros vs (WC2) Tampa Bay Rays - HOU wins 3-2

[SJSharksfan39]

And that probably increased the Astros chances of winning this game to like 95%. I'm starting to really hate how good Houston is.

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

There it is....as AlwaysSunnySaid… matter of time before Houston broke through.
And Altuve...the smallest Astro...is the one with the big bomb.

Only thing I gotta say about this is.... maybe this wakes up the Rays at the plate.

Problem is, Verlander doesn't care HOW awake the Rays are... he is on cruise control.

 

[Terry Yake]

damn i was really hoping TB would pull it off

2 runs is a mountain to climb against playoff verlander

 

[bluesfan94]

Yikes

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

Wow...
Astros are good enough...Rays just can't give them runs like that.....

Outfielder was there, he didn't catch it...no excuse...
Lowe simply needed to put that away.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Yeah, that's game. You can't gift a vastly more talented team two additional runs like that.

Agree with Pierzynski, Meadows needs to take control and have that ball.

 

[bluesfan94]

They're talking about how that was Meadows's ball but Lowe was clearly calling it

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

Pressure is on the Rays offense.

I'd be happy if they can scratch out at least one in this next half inning...gotta start somewhere.

Verlander looks no where near out of gas, he throws deceptive stuff all the time anyways.... Rays batters are just gonna have to look for specific pitches and not chase everything "hoping" they make contact.
Easier said than done, but that is what they have in front of them.

Cmon, boys....

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

Man...Rays get guys on against Verlander...double play is his friend.

 

[These Are The Days]

I swear this team is offensively cursed. Every time they get to the playoffs the bats fall completely dead. Been like that since the World Series

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

Rays down to six outs.

Looking more and more like they will be facing Gerrit Cole in Game 2 down 0-1 in the series.

Astros just put up more runs... 6-0 now.
Unless Verlander hits his head on the top of the dugout and forgets what he was doing, this isn't looking good for TB.

 

[Timeless Winter]

Rays will get swept. Wish Oakland would have won the other night, they'd put up more of a fight.

 

[Halladay]

The Astros pen in the back is a littly shaky.

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

Rays will get swept. Wish Oakland would have won the other night, they'd put up more of a fight.

Maybe, maybe not.
But then, that "fight" they were gonna put up had to happen in the WC game...but didn't.

The right team moved on.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Osuna closes it down.

Not sure who can beat these guys. Even the 1998 Yankees were not this 'loaded' in my view (those Yanks were incredibly amazing at finding ways to win).

 

[Master P]

Rays will get swept. Wish Oakland would have won the other night, they'd put up more of a fight.

You mean like they did against the Rays? The better team won that game.

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

The better, favored team won...congrats to the Astros for their series lead.
Rays still have at least a couple games to work with.

Gerrit Cole has been just as good as Verlander, but we will see.

Go Rays... Game 2 coming up!

 

[c9777666]

the Rays for whatever reason they struggle in game 1’s in the playoffs.

Not Braves bad or Raptors bad, but even when they made the WS run, they lost game 1 of the ALCS (which they still won anyway).

I believe the only game 1’s they won (not counting their 2 AL WC wins or the game 163 at Texas) were the 2008 and 2011 ALDS

 

[darko]

Rays are more lucky than good. They have needed like 30 walkoffs

Yeah .... nah.

 

[Cassano]

its only 1-0 in game 2 but game and series feels over

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Rays escape with a double play!

 

[Halladay]

Just give us Astros/Yankees.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Cole may get 250 M in free agency. Flat out nasty.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

A bloop. 2-0 Astros.

 

[Cassano]

Cole may get 250 M in free agency. Flat out nasty.

Bargain. I'd give him 300mil