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ON A FOUR PITCH WALK WITH THE BASES LOADED.
idk why, but this sourta worries me.
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I'd have to agree after last night and tonight. A few things to blame, first off, when was sean berry ever a great hitter? even a good one? Ok, 2ndly, hey coop! Pence is NOT a 2 hole hitter. He won't make contact that much and will hit for power but has a HUGE strikeout issue he needs to address, too much of a free swinger for anything before 5th. Lastly, again we can't hit with RISP. Why? I don't have the slightest idea.
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well, i got to give credit to the Padres pitching. They have the best 1-2 starters (idk how to correctly say that) in all of baseball, and it'll always be tough to score off of them, regardless of the team. They also have a really good bullpen, and one of the greatest closers ever. we'll start producing eventually (knock on wood)
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It's frustrating, because the biggest question mark in our line-up (Bourn) is the only guy doing his job. When you have a lead-off hitter getting on base that much, and getting himself into scoring position at that, your 8-year veteran hitters had damn sure better be able to drive him in.
I'm frustrated with Berkman and Lee, to say the least. Pence gets a freebie for now, but Berkman and Lee have no excuse. Stop swinging for the fences already and just punch a single through the infield. That's all we need when Bourn is on second and we're playing in San Diego.
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..and some decent pitching efforts go down the drain. sheesh.
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Yeh looks like a repeat of last year but keep in mind we were facing Peavy and Young.
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You guys made some good points - Its only the first two games and we were facing a tough 1-2 pitching matchup, still our bats (Lee, Berkman) should have done better. I was pleased overall with Backe's effort, its nice to see him healthy again.
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I think Pence makes an adequate 2nd hitter. Sure his slugging could be a little bit higher with less strikeouts, but who is the alternative? Matsui? He whiffs just about as much and will most certianly not hit for as high an average as Pence. IMO.
If Pence isn't hitting second, the only other spot for him would be 6th. If he continues on his tear the Astros would have a over .300 hitter batting 6th in the lineup!? That makes less sense than him batting 2nd.
If the Astros 3,4 and 5 hitters ever start getting it going this year the number 2 hole hitter should be getting pitches to hit. No one wants to face a hot berkman, lee, and tejada with extra runners on.
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Well I personally like Mark Loretta in the 2 hole. The 2nd hitters job is to hit for a good average and be able to place hits and bunt. Contact should be made regularly, Pence, is known for being a free-swinging strikeout guy who gets into some but is not the consistent bat we need at number 2. Plus I don't think I want Pence bunting over Bourn when he could be swinging. Mark Loretta should be the 2 hole and Pence should be 6.
Just because he is 6th doesn't mean he is bad. Sophomore slumps often times happen and don't think Pence is immune to that! Secondly, when you have a 3, 4, 5 lineup of Lee, Berkman, Tejada then I don't think batting 6th is considered underrated or a poor batting position.
P.S. How about Bourn swiping those bags left and right. We finally have a leadoff guy.
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What do yall think of Geoff Blum?
he's 2-2 tonigh with a solo homer. great starting debut.
(and we have 3 runs so far!)
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He certainly likes sticking it to his old team (he did it to us too when he was on the Padres).
I still want to see us put together a rally though. Solo homers are all fine and dandy, but let's get some runners on and have somebody rip a base-clearing double already.
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That's what I'm talkin' about, Berkman! Trevor who? Now lets go ahead and get things done, Valverde.
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Yes about time!
Bourn and Pence coming through in the clutch and Berkman smacking that deep!
Im so glad the bats are swinging
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I can't decide which was more impressive; that massive homer, or stealing third.
Berkman the 5-tool player? All sarcasm aside, hopefully this is the spark we need to get us going on a little streak. And we survived a rough outing by Wandy, but at least he made it to the 5th inning. From Wandy and beyond, that's all I'm asking right now. It gives our bull-pen a lot of work, but hopefully Oswalt and Backe can give them some relief on good nights.
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Way to lead by example Berkman! Let Tejada and Lee be the vocal leaders.......
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Tejeda and Lee need to show up
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Agreed. But you've gotta feel good about your chances knowing you can win a Wandy start without those two producing anything. Hell, if they get going, Chacon might even pick up a few wins this year.
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