“Just wait till we get to their bullpen. Just wait till we get to their bullpen.”
That’s what Astros fans used to say.
Certain “pundits” have even claimed the Astros have the best bullpen in baseball. But tonight the Astros bullpen inherited a game tied 2-2 in the sixth inning and proceeded to allow six runs. In the last two games the vaunted Astros bullpen has allowed 8 runs in 6 innings.
But that other bullpen, to which we can’t wait to get, has allowed only one run in its last 7.1 innings.
Actually, the troubles started right away for the Astros, before the bullpen, with Dallas Keuchel giving a vintage 2018 start, allowing two runs in the first inning, the big blow a double by J.