Astros VS Diamondbacks Condensed Game 9/8/24

last 46 games and we're underway on Sunday night baseball with a first pitch in there at the bottom of the zone for strike one Mo and Peterson on deck in the hole 3-2 pitch this one to center field McCormack coming in and Chaz McCormack is there then Verlander retires Carol on the mound Here Comes Your two- two off speed a roller to Altuve and Herer gets the ground ball and a curve ball and there are two down field guy and after getting a head o to a curveball got a piece of Peterson the rest of the season for the Mets as we watch Josh Bell swing at the first one and it's off the end of the bat and gamble is there and on one pitch it was the change up he gets Josh Bell he's relied a lot more on a fast ball as he gets set to throw the first one to altu he swings at the first one and that's going to be a souvenir on the first base side 0 and two and he went right back up top 98 and that was a confident pitcher so we saw the first change up at 85 will they go back to that heat a slow roller it's going to be fielded by Pomo and Alvarez is now at first base as he's thrown out by a line just back the designated hitter and they are trying to Feast on it that's 98 you just heard the F the home PL umpire Lance Barrett say that's interference seen him touch 99 here he comes again and that was a nasty cutter there's the one that they really love to go with that fast ball he's got two strikes on McCarthy and Jake rips that one that's in between cartini and Altuve he turned around a fast ball Jake McCarthy is aboard and he can fly 888 runs batted in rips that one in the left field Alvarez will pick it up on a hop and just like that two fast balls two hits for the Diamondbacks Smith High towards the corner and towards the line he is bouncing down that first Baseline like he had one and he does paven Smith a three-run dingdong off the foul pole and furlander gives up three consecutive hits and now finds himself behind three zip guys every ball was hit hard in this inning starting off with the 98 98.5 mile per per mile on it right there and then fast ball too much of the plate it's able to keep it fair over over 106 mph yeah a real gut punch for Verlander the minute that ball banged off the foul pole you had third thoughts end of the bat in a late jump here but McCormack's going to be able to get in and get it for the first out fan pitcher yeah you could push a couple of those young power arms with the bullpen in that case that's right popped up p is running out McCormick's coming in Short Stop says I got it and he does Verlander in his prime Carol another high fly middle of the field McCormack is going to get there and there are three outs on the fast ball so um just real early conversation just getting a feel for the day getting a feel for it everybody's potion right now you know these are early rounds of about just want to see where your opponent is what we thought of altuve's potential to bunt so those are just really early conversations between the two the two coaches and they'll range they'll range throughout the course of the game I'm going to be migrating up and down the Dugout I'll have beaten onto the ground it's going to be fielded and goret will flip and that's going to do it overcome so much if anybody's going to figure it out he feels like one of those guys that will do that he'll figure it out but what you can't do is and hitters are so tuned up to Velocity cuz they see it night in and night out and over the glove of Altuve and that is going to be jock Peterson single into right list at 10 and Bell that's going to get in right field Peterson will take a look he'll head to third Tucker's throw I should not say tucker it's gaml out there and it's cut [Music] off slider down and in lost him Peterson Bell McCarthy they the base one and a liner that gets into the Outfield and Suarez is two for two and the Diamondbacks have a four nothing lead the strike out ground out double play something to get on of this inning and this one is driven to left field Alvarez going he looks up Smith has got it a grand slam second home run seven RBI and the Diamondbacks and paven Smith make a big big statement here in [Applause] Houston oh boy half a first three Innings paven [Applause] Smith Wow first one you keep you pull to the pool side this pitch on the outside corner 95 milph one swing and a miss here's another swing and there's another one that's going to get down del Castillo is going to head to second base and this is going to be a very short night for Justin Verlander another one left Alvarez going over there and he will have room to make the playet retired for swings and misses you need to throw a breaking ball for strikes not a line that's caught by but a disastrous inning for Verlander and the Astros I I mean that's pretty much sure you know after two two losses so it's it's good it's good to get this guy you know Hall of Fame we face today I mean I give you the high five to start the game and I see him talking and I was like hey is you you by yourself right here what are you talking who are you talking about you know and he was like look at me and he didn't say anything and I have and that's long my my dad that's is this is this is funny because my dad told me like hey why you not caught your H and see what happened he's looking at you like you look VI Tor that's right y done Alvarez right field we got him in there boys he's F to's got his right I saw it start off and I thought it was going to be fair and then I was really hoping to just hit the foul pole so they didn't the Umpire didn't have to make a decision and it did all right P congratulations call back to you Miss middle middle up hitters were actually taking the off speed pitch and getting into those hitters counts and still very early oh Bell hit that one hard on a Line to Center and it was a frozen rope out there that mccormic hesitated on for a second cuz it was knuckling McCarthy slow roller this could be trouble they get him on the back he did nice play Caleb Ferguson won't have though as the Good Vibes weren't there Gino Strikes Out Ferguson leaves two on little bit of fun we played a couple stressful games here but I I feel like they're probably talking about positioning with the with the batting they're supposed to be basically holding hands out there for that particular Alex bregman left field Crawford boxes and it's gone gregman takes advantage of that foreen fast ball at 98 and this home field as it goes into the second row and it's a homer and that will sit strong up just a quick opportunity as we take a look at the replay here Tori you see that you know you had an ain't nothing lead but you know how quickly this game can change so what are the wheels in your mind saying now um first of all take nothing for granted we're going to still play the game and we're going to be as aggressive aggressive as we can on the bases and just play our game and put it on our Dugout to go on and execute thank you y back to that fast ball you know he had kind of gotten away from that 98 99 through a lot of the secondary stuff which was working dealing with the cranky elbow hits his 22nd of the Year this one is towards foul territory giving it a look and making the play Corbin Carroll a helper for Nelson right back up the middle and exactly where Perdomo was sitting and after strong one out there the pitcher Whisperer five rows up he's got himself eight RBI hang on he's done it again pav Smith three for three three homers and eight RBI he's not having a month in a half hour he's having a season in a half [Applause] hour wow wow is [Music] Right Out b this pitch again with two strikes this one down in the zone and as soon as he hit it he knew it was oh yeah P 18 players very exclusive list more exclusive than the perfect Club Perfect Game Club list yeah I'm not I'm not sure if it works that way on the offensive end all you have to do is say where's Buster you interviewed him last inning for call strike three Pomo brought up Lance Barrett says you're gone per hour blast off his Bat was the hardest hit ball of his career here's a little blooper and that's going to drop and gaml is Avo and that's going to get down into right center field quickly gamble goes to Third and he will get there standing up so yeah all of a sudden the as showing a little life here the last couple of innings crowd here they know how important this is and Altuve hits this one to center it's going to get down three consecutive hits off Nelson it's 93 and the Astros are starting to walk the walking well he didn't he went with the change up and Miss badly and that loads the bases up a Tucker and he sends this one to left it looks like it's playable out there Smith has it tagging from third McCormick they will get the one run a sack fly from Kyle Tucker and it's 94 out there swings and sends this one to left and Smith's going to be there to make the play came off the bat at over 100 milph but it was right at havav and Smith 35 pitches this inning and that one is into right field Here Comes Altuve a little two out Knock for Yer Diaz 95 within the Grand Slam here we are again with the two strike he swings and that is it for paa he got sorted there GLE went with a slider you were steadfast all the way through and I think that probably sent a message down through the organization Peterson sends it deep to right Danny you probably knew that wasn't going to get out cuz you know the ballar we're going to be buyers what was there communication from you to Joe to the team was that just his opinion down here in the sixth and this one is driven to left center field McCormack going back he's there as we go to break data just we try to progress each day with these players ter he bangs one into the ground nice job by your short stop for Domo who read throw really good pitches every single time he's done exactly that since we got center field after going back McCarthy will come in and now how does it work why is that so critical for you um we don't miss time his relationship with Mike Haz of course and that one is to Center and here you go Pen's going to come up with a chance to have a home run cycle NIS split split split me he's gone and he hooks one altuve's got no chance at it Suarez touches second he heads to Third and thereis on a splitter that time left it up a little bit and El Castillo delivered a single no I think I think that's a fair it's a fair assumption with a runner going this one lofted to left alfarez should have no problem on it tagging from third coming is Suarez and he is there by a couple of steps and Arizona's got 10 imagine if those rules would have been in place we wouldn't have seen Paulk up here probably not but there are also rules already in place at the plate and Jose says I got your size right here as he rifles one into the Gap he hits first heads to Second Jose Altuve in with a double and another multi- hit night that one was a little more over the plate and he sends it near the roof here at minute M Watch Out Jose two balls two strikes to Tucker strike three 96 painting away the ly a fast ball slider guy they ring up bregman they said he went saw Young Award winner when he was in school when he was in college and that one is served into left field and Hernandez is going to give up a single to Pomo so dad said why don't you write to him so he did and then Marshall got the letter and invited him to the whole week the weekend off as well jock chased up top you mentioned Sarah Langs of course Buster Sarah's helping again of left-handed hitters against Justin band strike three to Josh Bill he's gone backto back punch outs P season before he got hurt and Walker every game on the move and heading to second base and getting there real EAS and that was quick Pomo stole that off Hernandez he was gone before Nick Hernandez almost went into his delivery McCarthy a little bleeder and Pomo stolen base is going to help produce the 11th run of the night for Arizona he got in the scoring position and McCarthy delivered his second hit of the night and 52nd RBI two out Smith on Deck Runner goes throw it down out at second base see if Arizona wants to look at that up here we begin the bottom of the eighth six-run ball game and over the head second baseman goret another a leadoff hit for the Astros they've had some base runners all night long two and one to Peña and that's beaten into the ground One play Suarez nice not in time never really settled on a first baseman here in Houston and kartini is gone that was caught by the catcher foul into the mid just to give you the contrast and that one stays down again below the Zone a sinker to get Singleton back-to- back punch outs for Thompson stand mhm yep well he hooked one here that's going to get down here comes Diaz No he is held there at third to load up the bases for Jose Altuve oh he chased and he's frustrated with that he chased the Sinker way outside and Altuve Strikes Out struck out 17 it's decent he did not strike him out Suarez gone over the Crawford boxes haer gives it up and for Gino Suarez the hits keep coming his fourth of the night 20 sixth [Applause] Homer that got out of here in a hurry 111 weno suades who has always hit for power is on the contact Trail fast ball middle middle you knew it and Haven Smith is not going to hit his fourth home run he ends up walking to First Australians Rules Football oh boy that was a big one yeah the world's strongest man competition don't forget the kbl beaten into the ground there's your tag and that is a double play will'll try again for Hayward and sea Wal now he's got to go chase that he looks at the home pled umpire like that's on you speaking of hot it was scorching there today and Tucker's going to get a board on a little bleeder in the left field Kyle Tucker first hit tonight and the people that are here appreciate it he is going to be a key part of this thing and remember the year that Big Poppy had and it was Justin morau that ended up winning it because Big Poppy was a DH and not taking anything away from Justin morau he had a monster of a season who's going to finish as the division winner with the third best record right field heading back Carol still going and it's off his glove he doesn't know where it is it's at his feet Tucker's going to come all the way around to score Carol did not know where the ball was Diaz ends up on second with a double 02 on the way to Peña called strike three and that will end the game sea wall catches Peña looking and the Diamondbacks behind that guy's three homers and eight RBI andio Suarez four hits they get the win and they Salvage the final game of this three- game set