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And now 77 through 5. He can go seven if the O's don't figure something out.

Mullins is hitting above .200, so that's nice.

Blanco looks settled in.

Four straight un-quality starts for the O's, Burnes is teetering on the brink of making it five.

Is anyone else kind of surprised that the AL leader only has 22 doubles at this point in the season?

I guess they don't play him very deep... needs to hit more homers so they respect the power.

21 straight games with a homer

Enrico Palazzo stuff.

Question for discussion: if the Orioles had tied the game and then Kimbrel gave up a walkoff in the bottom of the ninth, would this game have bothered you more or less?

This start reminded me of Grayson's start against the Red Sox in Baltimore, also a loss. He struck out a lot of guys when you looked back at the box score but just about everything in play was squared up.

Bregman finally hitting makes their lineup so much better. Once Kyle Tucker comes back their 1-4 is as good as anyone in baseball. This was easily the most favorable pitching matchup of the series and it went sideways. Burnes is great but Blanco has been very good for the other guys. O's have hit Framber in the past but Suarez is a total question mark.

I wonder if the long periods in the dugout got to him. A long top of the third inning, and a really long top of the fourth with the pitcher injury and the umpire delay. Could that have contributed to the early fatigue? He really seemed to be spent after the Alvarez K.

Reports of Houston's demise are greatly exaggerated. With the extra wildcard they could easily make a run.

Can Vespi hold Houston here? Can someone from the bottom of the order get on to give Gunnar and Adley another shot?

Westburg and O'Hearn just missed that inning.

Gunnar within 15 points of Soto's OPS now.

I don't criticize Elias much, but not having a long man in the bullpen since Kremer went down and Suarez went into the rotation is a problem. No, Akin doesn't count, not the way he's being used.

There's a threshold now that needs to be reached before you can pitch a position player, right?

Cole Irvin not being able to finish the fifth inning when he had an 8-run lead was not really commented on amid the euphoria of yesterday, but that was a really poor showing on his part and he really screwed the bullpen.

This team looks exhausted. And there's not an off day for nine more days.

Horrible inning from 7-9 hitters.

So many fastballs over the plate that the O's can't do damage on.

Well, regardless of what happens here, for the next hour or so you can gaze at the O's at the top of the standings.

They got the big hit that the Orioles haven't found yet.

BABIP is kind to these ground balls. That's two singles that I thought were double plays off the bat.