Brown continues amazing start

 

So everyone's talking about the Cardinals, right? Yeah, they beat Skenes, they got past Nola and Wheeler, even handled Valdez! They were feeling pretty good, thinking they could handle any elite pitcher.

WRONG! They hadn't faced OUR GUY, the man they call BIG DIESEL, HUNTER BROWN! 🚂💨

Brown just marched into St. Louis and absolutely DOMINATED! He threw SIX SHUTOUT INNINGS! That extends his insane scoreless streak to SEVENTEEN INNINGS! SEVENTEEN! The man is UNHITTABLE right now! And guess what? AIR YORDAN went DEEP for his second homer of the year! That's all the firepower we needed because Brown WAS DEALING! Astros WIN 2-0! LET'S GOOOO! 🚀

Our manager, Joe Espada, totally gets it! He said when Brown gets on the mound, the whole team just expects to win! That's ACE mentality right there! He called it an "Outstanding performance!" You bet it was!

And you heard Peña, right?! "That's Big Diesel!" He knows! Peña said Brown figured things out and is just rolling – calling him a FORCE for this team and in the league! It's gotta be EPIC playing defense when Brown is throwing like that!

The Cardinals came in leading the entire league in batting average, getting on base, hitting doubles... blah blah blah. Hunter Brown basically laughed at those stats! He only let TWO runners get past second base ALL NIGHT! And get this – he retired the LAST EIGHT batters he faced, including striking out the SIDE in the fifth! ICE COLD! 🥶

Even the Cardinals manager, Marmol, had to tip his cap! He was like, "Yeah, he was on his game... that sinker's for real!" Oh, it's real, alright! Brown was bringing the HEAT, touching 99.1 MPH with his fastball, and that sinker? Forget about it! Filthy movement, making hitters look silly! WHIFF!

Brown said he's just making adjustments inning-to-inning, dialing things in. But you know what impressed Espada the most? When the Cards got a couple of cheap, bloop hits (seriously, one was only 61 mph off the bat!), Brown didn't flinch! After one bloop double, Espada saw him POUND his glove, demand the ball back, and get laser-focused on the next batter. THAT'S MATURITY! THAT'S HEART! THAT'S OUR GUY!

Things he can't control? Doesn't matter! Hunter Brown is locked in, dealing pure fire, and leading the Astros to victory! WHAT A NIGHT! WHAT A PITCHER! GO 'STROS! 🤘