vs. MARINERS, 8/04

[luismatos4prez]

Facing facts here. We're not even close to the best team in the AL.

We could sneak into the 2nd WC spot again, and the playoffs are a crap shoot, but Boston, Tampa, and Detroit are just much better teams.

[Malike]

We Suck Again!

[NickM21]

We always lose these Sunday games because our line Is always the B lineup.

[O's84]

Awful loss. Missed opportunities on offense and a terrible decision not to go to the pen and leave Chen even though it was obvious to everyone. Also wondering at this point if Nick will ever HR again this season.

[Ori-Al]

And we give away another game with non-clutch hitting. What a terrible homestand against mostly bad tesms.

[BohKnowsBmore]

Is Wilhelmsen not closing any more for them?

Nope. What's the deal with Perez? I thought he'd be the closer.

[tntoriole]

Last year if we got ahead by a run like we did here, then it was shutdown time. This year we just can't win close games or games against bad teams or comeback at all.

[bpilktree]

Losing control comes first when he is gassed, then Chen tends to overcompensate and brings it up too far in the zone and out of the park it goes. It has happened a number of times over last two years in similar pitch counts and warm days.

So was he gassed up or was he over compensating and down. His numbers with pitches 95+ have been good all season. You guys just knit pick the one or two bad times. In pitches 91-105 he is giving up .217 average and no homerrs allowed. Does not look like that is tiring to me. His best pitch numbers on the year are pitches 91-105 which were the exact same spot but just keep making things up.

[TouchemAll]

While I don't agree with leaving Chen in HOW DANG MANY GUYS did we leave on base again that drives me nuts!!

[Lawlbringer]

14-17 in 1 run games this year vs 29-9 or something like that last year. This team has not been clutch, and the plate discipline has been inconsistent at best.

[MDK02]

14-17 in 1 run games this year vs 29-9 or something like that last year. This team has not been clutch, and the plate discipline has been inconsistent at best.

I guess last year was "luck." As off the analysts said.

[Guest]

I guess last year was "luck." As off the analysts said.

Just think if Tampa had Evan Longoria all last year.

[Guest]

We Suck Again!

Don't suck just a good team just not a Top 5 team this year.

[Shabadoo25]

We need to find some Red Sox/Rays type hitters that don't whale at crap in the dirt.

[tntoriole]

So was he gassed up or was he over compensating and down. His numbers with pitches 95+ have been good all season. You guys just knit pick the one or two bad times. In pitches 91-105 he is giving up .217 average and no homerrs allowed. Does not look like that is tiring to me. His best pitch numbers on the year are pitches 91-105 which were the exact same spot but just keep making things up.

I could go through a number of either loss or no decisions Chen has had in the last two years and show you...against Red Sox in April in 7 th inning gave up 3 runs at 100-107 pitches to lose by home run, against Royals in eighth inning ten days ago, and today same thing. I would have removed him after the second walk.