vs. CARDINALS, 8/10

[eddie83]

First pitch breaking ball.

[weams]

Probably.

And we'd be trailing 2-1 right now. Either way.

But we had two chances to change that. We just blew it. 70 percent failure game.

[tntoriole]

Very much so, more worried about JJ than this game to be honest.

Thumb is NOT good injury to have.

[scOtt]

Where was that???

[Terpsnation]

That pitch was a strike for Davis (though his pitch was a tad lower).

[tntoriole]

No walks here.

[weams]

Thumb is NOT good injury to have.

Maybe we will need a short stop

[Palmoripken]

Nasty.

[mrbig1]

Good job KG.

[tntoriole]

This team takes pitches in huge number.

[Terpsnation]

Nice comeback inning by Gaus. Lets see that for the rest of the game!

Time to tie this baby up.

[scOtt]

Good inning! Good turnaround!

[Ori-Al]

He looked much better this inning.

[OFFNY]

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3 up, 3 down.

Pretty quick, also.

I hope that this (from the top of the 1st inning) turns out to be a big factor in the game when all is said and done:

oo

The Cardinals did us TWO favors in that one plate appearance just now.

First of all, with Gausman nearing 40 pitches and having walked the previous batter, Taveras swung at the 0-1 pitch. Instead of a 2-0 count and EVEN MORE pressure on Gausman than he already had, it was a 1-1 count. Huge break.

Then there was the obvious one, on the double play just now. The Cards already had 2 runs in, Gausman was at almost 40 pitches, and they tried to score on a shallow fly ball.

At the very least, if they had played it conservative and not tested Jones' arm, Gausman would have had to throw at least a few more pitches (which would have brought him to well over 40) to get an additional out.

[O's84]

Great bounce back inning! Hopefully this mental toughness he displayed will continue to help him in the future.