Well, "Babe" Almora continues to haunt us. He's 6-14 with 2 HRs, a double and 5 RBI. So much for Springer out helping us.
Meanwhile my injury replacement Hampson went 0-7 with 4 K's.
I mean, he's not very good, but maybe a broken bat single or something....
Didn't feel good facing Skaggs without Altuve, be we actually won that game. Battled from behind twice and got HRs from Betts, Pina and Dejong. Two of those with 2 outs and runners on.
Game 4 was a stomp. Babe drove in the first run on a 2b off of Odorizzi's card. Babe got a walk later in the game, again off of Odorizzi's card (not high odds for either of those) and then a couple of rolls on the hitters cards and the game was over.
Of course, we did nothing against Marquez, 3 hits over 8 IP with 11 k's. So, the Babe's heroics take a backseat to some good pitching. Been a good series so far. I think we're lucky to even be tied.
Weird, felt better about game 4 than game 3, but, of course, SOM always does the unexpected so...
#5 SPs going in game 5. Gallen for me, Sanchez for him. A three game series now and he's got the home field advantange and Springer coming back for Game 7. At least we'll get Altuve back for game 5.