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I don't disagree that Helman probably should've played over Osuna, but looking at the season stats is misleading and probably didn't factor into the decision as much as this….

in the last 15 games, Helman is hitting .304 with an OBP of .360. In Osuna's last 15, he's hitting .306 with a .390 OBP. Not much of a difference there, and I would think what they've done lately factors into the decision a lot more than how they were doing earlier in the season. Just something to consider.

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No facts, just venting only.

Back to winning ways?

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Higgy catching just kills me more with last nights send of Heim and wanting to use him "later" and he may not be able to catch bit.

Sigh.

Higgy catching tonight is the exact reason you didn't see him catch yesterday.

Again, this is Bochy (and most managers) - it's not uncommon.

I'll take the blame for last night guys. Hadn't watched in over two months and decided to give it a shot.. the jinx is still alive.

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94chem said:

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Benching Helman when Adolis returned was indefensible.

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this X 100000

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Remember when I said this 4 days ago and I couldn't get you guys on board.

I don't care that Adolis has been a good player in the past. The team was on a 7 game winning streak and then you go and remove Helman from the lineup like an idiot and watch Adolis go 0'fer for two games.

When you're winning in baseball you don't mess with things by getting cute. Seager gets his place back when he returns but Simien and Garcia have to earn their way back in the lineup by actually performing.

Don't lump me in there!

Well that was a dog**** first inning.

Do we scout at all? Whiffing on that sweeper over and over again like we've never seen it

Wow. Clueless already in the 1st. Guess we just like to wait until the second time through the order

Ballgame

AggieEP said:

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Remember when I said this 4 days ago and I couldn't get you guys on board.

When you're winning in baseball you don't mess with things by getting cute. Seager gets his place back when he returns but Simien and Garcia have to earn their way back in the lineup by actually performing.

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Nope. Pretty sure we all knew this and agreed, and were frustrated to see it play out exactly how we knew it would.

It's time for me to call it. Ballgame and season. It's been real.

Of course it's foul.

4 consecutive Ks. Unserious team is unserious

Who else knew Jung was chasing strike 3 as soon as he let the fastball go down the middle for strike 2?

Josh Jung. What are you doing. You watch 2 BP fastballs right down the middle, and then strike out swinging on a pitch 2 feet outside.

I'm so tired of this. We have multiple guys in the lineup that do this.

Our approach at the plate makes no sense. NONE

Single/ double for both teams. They can get the run in with less than two outs… we can't again.

I'm done with Josh Smith in the lead off spot

Mr Gigem said:

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I'm done with Josh Smith in the lead off spot

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See how they pitch him high and away. He does not have a base hit in that zone the entire season. I'm not kidding. .000 BA.

Bench Burger for the rest of the night. Seriously. Get him out of the lineup. Swing at 4 straight balls not even close to the zone. He was lucky to make contact with even one of those

Burger has had some plain awful plate appearances.Swinging at pitches out of the zone.

Wow Jung would've had Peña by a mile at home

We are just playing boneheaded baseball and it's costing us games we can't afford to lose.

Lose tonight and playoffs are all but out of sight

Haha Joc well done

Joc is so fun

Wake me up when this team wants to win

Don't the Astros know you are supposed to either not hit the ball, or just pop the ball up into the air?

Season and silver boot on the line. Major choke job going on in Houston right now. Really really pathetic

Well, it was fun while it lasted. We all knew Cinderella was going to run out of time.

Not much to say here.