One Misplay By Sucre And There Goes The Day

I drove Strawberry out to the beach and put on the little radio I had. Keepin' it old school. We went out to Pass-a-Grille in search for the lucrative Hurricane restaurant. Damn good grouper sandwich (despite their mayo being meager). Paying to park out here was a bitch too. Oh well. Let live...

Matt Andreezy on the hill versus Joe Musgrove. He made these Astros Opening Day Roster in Spring. Feels good right? No matter...bottom 1st and The Rays pour it on. B-Miller triples following up a Souza Jr. bomb off the foul pole in left. 3-0 Tampa Bay. Jesus Sucre singles in a run. 4-0 TB. Sweet. Seems like a win right? Wrong. Andriese got a little too comfortable like a suburban husband then began having spotty command. Top 3rd. Carlos Correa does what he does best and slam a two run shot into RF. Cut it half. 4-2 TB. Top 5th Jose Altuve hits one out into LF. He is such a great all-around player. Lays down beautiful bunts. Hits homer. Hits clutch. Runs bases well and is a great defender. At this point Musgrove has found his groove and has his secondary pitches working. Musgrove finished with 6.0 IP 5 H 4 R 4 ER 1 BB 4 K. Not bad for a dude who barely survived the first inning. On the other hand, Andriese finished with 5.0 IP 6 H 3 R 3 ER 2 BB 4 K 2 HR. Considering Andriese had this one from the get go and still managed to hold a one run lead I wouldn't go as far to say it was lock down. His command was VERY spotty and was stung by the long ball again. It seemed like the Rays just let the foot up on the gas and thought they had this game in the bag against a VERY good Astros lineup. Kevin Cash went with Alex Colome to get a six out win (seems to be the future of baseball, relying heavily on your bullpen to dictate wins). He survived the 8th and top 9th here we go. Gurriel singles. Aoki grounds out and moves the runner. While Gattis is up Sucre misses a pitch and the runner moves over to 3B. Next pitch Gattis has a sac fly. 4-4 tie. If the bullpen is the future, The Rays are in trouble. Top 10th. Ryan Garton replaces Alex Colome and gives up 3 hits and two runs (both earned). Ken Giles slams the door in the bottom of the 10th and Astros go on to win 6-4. I really don't like Garton. Amazing to think they lost a four run lead but this is  nothing new thus far in April. If there's one thing that'll keep the Rays from being contenders this year, it will be because of a very vulnerable and weak bullpen. Colome was a little off his command and the missed ball didn't help,
Sunday afternoon blues...

We both fell asleep on the shore, got burned and paid one hefty parking toll. All in all, a crappy day in Tampa Bay.
"Let's go to Taco Bell,"
Strawberry moaned, we agreed and went.