Nice to have a laugher for once

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

 

[Uli2001]

Orioles scoring 12 runs per game, tops in MLB.

Hopefully there will be a lot of laughers ahead, to keep the bullpen fresh.

[Frobby]

Seems like a good night to trot this thread out for 2024.   I really enjoyed that 7th inning after preparing for a tense finish.  

[Hank Scorpio]

Good to see Hays hitting the ball hard and running with some purpose!

[maybenxtyr]

Everything was clicking tonight. This is the kind of game that "spoils" some of us.

[interloper]

Reallyyyyy needed to see a win like this. Good stuff.

[Spy Fox]

Last night's laugher broke a streak of close games that meets a Mildly Interesting criteria: 

ESPN's Orioles schedule page has a Win, Loss, and Save column for pitching. I noticed there that before yesterday's game, the previous nine games all had someone credited with a save on one side or the other. That seemed like an exceptional streak of close games, so I scanned through some previous schedule pages. 

This was the longest streak of O's games with a Save in about eight years. Last year the longest streak was five games. In August 2016 they played 14 straight games with a Save (the last in the set was a 5-3 L closed by Red Sox Craig Kimbrel).

Anyway, it's a rough measure since plenty of close games don't wind up with a Save for one reason or another. But it underscores that the team is playing an uncommon amount of close games lately. 

[Moose Milligan]

It's nice when that laugher is against the Jays.  And it kicks the Jays further down into last place.  And it puts Schneider's job right in the crosshairs.

If we sweep them and they look this bad tomorrow and Thursday, I think there's a good chance he's canned on Friday morning.  They look morose.

[86this]

5 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

It's nice when that laugher is against the Jays.  And it kicks the Jays further down into last place.  And it puts Schneider's job right in the crosshairs.

If we sweep them and they look this bad tomorrow and Thursday, I think there's a good chance he's canned on Friday morning.  They look morose.

Berrios pitching tomorrow may be his saving grace.  I would love the Orioles to hit him hard.

[Malike]

1 minute ago, 86this said:

Berrios pitching tomorrow may be his saving grace.  I would love the Orioles to hit him hard.

Kikuchi goes as well, a sweep is not going to be easy.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 minute ago, Malike said:

Kikuchi goes as well, a sweep is not going to be easy.

Especially when Thursday's starter is currently to be determined.

[Malike]

Just now, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Especially when Thursday's starter is currently to be determined.

I still wonder if Bradish is hurt.

[O's84]

4 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Especially when Thursday's starter is currently to be determined.

 

3 minutes ago, Malike said:

I still wonder if Bradish is hurt.

Oh crap I didn't even notice that.  If he is injured let's hope it's something minor and not the PRP magic wearing off.

[Hallas]

It is nice to have a laugher.

 

You know what would be nicer?  For the O's win, Yankees Lose thread to get bumped.

[Hallas]

1 hour ago, Malike said:

Kikuchi goes as well, a sweep is not going to be easy.

Didn't we blast Kikuchi last year?