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Nice pitch

Terrible at bat by the umpire

Holy shit.

That’s a strike

Sigh

T fucking A!

In Kimbrel’s defense, that pitch to TA called a strike, he had at least a couple in the same spot called balls.

This isn’t on TLR. Kimbrel and Bummer need to be better.

So fucking predictable. Bullpen forgets how to throw strikes yet again.

Seems possible, but if he was using sticky stuff he probably would have been pitching better. He didn't have great control. However, it's an intriguing thought. And maybe, just maybe, they had a back-up plan where Hendriks would come barreling out of the bullpen with no shirt on screaming, "Crikey it's hot as a shrimp on the barbie out here!" Then he would start hopping around like a kangaroo yelling, "I'm batshit crazy!" In the ensuing madness, the belt could be hidden from the umpires.

Good news considering.

I'd be surprised if there's not a fracture. But, if that's the worst of it, that is great news. The amount of blood was scary and the initial thought around his eye being affected was truly awful. If he comes away with stitches and a bruised face, he's extremely lucky.

This could be a blowout. The A’s players are probably out of it right now.

Because the camera switched right as he got hit, I thought he just ducked under it. Then I saw the ball rolling in the infield and the pitcher on the ground.

There are plenty of YouTube videos of pitchers getting hit in the head. That was one of the worst I’ve seen.

Christ. Hoping it’s at worst a broken cheek bone or torn ear. I don’t like that it was near his eye.

That’s a lot of blood. Damn.

Oh shit. That looked bad.

I have to hand it to Keuchel. After an ugly 1st, he settled down and pitched well the rest of the way. Smart move by TLR to pull him after 5 and let the Pony Tail Gang handle things. Kopech, Kimbrel, and Hendriks all did their jobs. Four innings, 9K, 1 BB, 1 H. That'll work...every damn time. Luis "I Don't Need Two Hands" Robert with the insurance blast was nice to see. Eloy continues to smoke the baseball. Chapman was probably tired of nearly being killed each time he came up to bat. And Seby continues to demonstrate that he deserves to stay up with the club when Grandal returns. Nice win. Let's keep it going tonight!

Just nasty.

Everyone but the batter seems to know a splitter is coming.

Predictable.

Hell of a bunt.

Robert is *checks notes* fast as fuck. Goodwin should know better.

That was really bad baserunning.