Malike

No more vulnerable than the 9th in a save situation.

I'm being dumb? Okay, Chief. Sarcasm isn't your thing, I get it. Go read some of your posts, I'm just a big enough boy to not call people dumb.

Oh haha, read that wrong on my phone. I read it as you saying they weren't trying. Mea Culpa.

Bunch of quitters, this team.

Come on man, I know it's the game thread and your job to throw shade at everything and everyone, but you can't say with a straight face they aren't actually trying to win games. You're way too smart to believe that bs.

Adley Wieters

I find the staff more attentive when the Orioles are actually playing at home.

I still hate Nick Swisher as much as ever. Bro!

Congrats to Cionel, the first Oriole in history to record an out against Pillar!

Perez against a RHB? Enjoy your afternoon folks!

Baseball is hard at the highest level.

Just need the Braves pitcher to pull a Bautista here and we're back in command.

Talk about a dude who is due.

They've gone punch for punch with a much better lineup and pitching staff than our own. They've had a fairly easy schedule to this point and there is absolutely nothing wrong with using this series, regardless of the outcome as a barometer for playing against elite offenses and pitching and being in every single game. Huff and puff all you want, that doesn't make it any less impressive. On paper they should have been destroyed in this series.

In all fairness, that's been vintage Bautista for weeks now. He hasn't been able to throw the splitter with any command at all and when he can't do that, he's a middling reliever and possibly a detriment in a close situation. Everyone in baseball can turn on 100.

Needs more time to gain momentum to swing that gold glove.

Strat is easy now. Don't swing at anything, Bautista can't throw anything over the plate.

O's need a closer. This is tough to watch.

Good times.

Bautista lost his splitter and fastball command like 3 weeks ago, I'd say that's a suckers bet and stay away from it.

I almost hope the O's don't score. My heart can't handle Bautista with a 1 run lead.

The only way to get ready for big league pitchers is to face them. Are you positing that he should be facing AAA pitchers in order to get ready for big league pitching?

Stop using facts, it disrupts the narrative.

Braves mash LHP too.

How dare you give credit to the Braves!