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00:03 What's that old saying?
00:05 Stick a fork in me, I'm done.
00:07 Well, hide that fork in Houston, Donnie, right side.
00:10 The Astros, a little bit of life perhaps,
00:13 with a 7-4 victory yesterday over the St. Louis Cardinals.
00:17 A four-run eight that included a home run from Alex Bregman.
00:22 And Houston responds with a 7-4 victory over St.
00:26 Louis, booked as a -178.
00:28 Home money line favorite.
00:29 They made good on that price.
00:31 Listen, still well below 500, but
00:34 maybe we keep the cutlery in the shelf.
00:36 >> And by the way, cashing in my play today, yesterday also,
00:40 Jordan Alvarez left-handed batter,
00:42 thought he would do some damage yesterday and did that.
00:44 Also, I love Kyle Tucker as well.
00:46 He got one plate appearance, got a base hit here.
00:48 His next plate appearance, fouled a ball off of his shin and
00:50 had to leave the game.
00:51 So sort of a tough beat on that one.
00:52 But you're right, coming back four runs in the bottom of the
00:55 eighth inning, that shows a lot of heart here.
00:57 Hayter picking up his ninth save of the season after a clean
01:00 bottom of the ninth inning.
01:01 The fork is ready to circle around the food again.
01:04 Last night, just couldn't put it in there, Ben.
01:07 Just couldn't do it.
01:07 >> Donnie over the stove like this, testing the meat,
01:11 seeing if it's ready.
01:12 But that's actually the different utilization of that
01:15 saying, it's put a fork in me, I'm done.
01:18 Well, no, actually that is the right, anyway.
01:20 We'll get to the food sayings and the metaphors in a little
01:23 bit, but for the Astros, big victory.
01:25 They had lost five of their last seven entering yesterday's
01:28 opener against the Redbirds.
01:30 For St. Louis, lost the weekend in Philadelphia despite winning
01:34 on Sunday night baseball to avoid the sweep.
01:36 Lost the opener yesterday in Houston against the Stros, but
01:40 the Cardinals still 13 and six in their last 19 games.
01:44 They were nine games, nine games below 500.
01:48 On May 11th, they have responded again with a 13 and six record
01:52 from that juncture.
01:53 For Houston, still seven games below 500.
01:57 Still in contention, it would seem, for the American League
02:01 West at a plus 9.50 price on the Astros to win the American
02:05 League pennant.
02:06 Since April 14th, DRS, the closest that the Astros have
02:09 gotten to an even 500 record is five games below, even with the
02:14 win, still seven games below 500 at this moment.
02:17 >> Here's the issue, though, that you take a look at with
02:19 Houston, who's coming back to rescue them?
02:21 Because what we've seen out of Verlander for the first decade
02:23 has been unbelievable.
02:24 Cy Young award-winning pitching performances.
02:26 But I think you're getting the Verlander of what we can
02:28 anticipate the rest of the season, Ben.
02:30 Five innings pitch, four earned runs yesterday.
02:32 That's just not good enough here from your ace, but you still
02:34 bailed out late in the innings, which is a quality sign for the
02:36 Astros.
02:37 But I just don't like where they're going.
02:38 Also, bad news on Arkady as well.
02:40 So, tough scene for Houston Astros.
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