Friday, May 3, 2019

Friday Morning Hot Links

Happy Friday! The Astros got waxed and they don't play today as they travel to Mexico. I will be attending Nick Senzel's debut tonight in Cincy to cope.

So here's what happened yesterday afternoon:

Bregman: 1-4, Solo HR
Kemp: 1-3, RBI
Diaz: 2-4
Peacock: 3.2 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO
Marwin Gonzalez: 2-3, 2 R
Jason Castro went yard

Full Box:

Here's Chandler Rome with the series thought about what just happened here.

Time to compare Aprils from the 2018 and 2019 Astros.

Paying for parking is bad, so here are some tips to pay less for parking.

How lucky have our pitchers been so far in 2019?

Kyle Tucker hit a HR, Yordan is hitting over .400 now, and Cionel Perez's ERA is..uh.. still under 6.

Here are notes of other minor leaguers as well:

The River Bandits are actual River Bandits now.

A dog consumed over $200 in cash. He's okay.

On This Day in Baseball History

In 1975, Nolan Ryan got pranked on the mound by his former team with a rubber snake.

In 1998, Dan Wilson hit the first inside the park grand slam in MLB history.

In 2011, former Houston Astros great Francisco Liriano threw his first complete game of his career, which also ended up being a no-hitter.