vs. RAYS, 8/27

[backwardsk]

Tommy got a late start warming up?

That was weird, but he was warming up last inning.

[allquixotic]

But last nights offense was great. Not sure what happened to that approach.

Different pitcher. Probably harder to see the ball out of the hand. Our guys are not good against deceptive pitchers. We hit mistakes and sit dead red. Against most pitchers in the ML that's a safe bet. The few who have masterful deception and crafty breaking and off-speed pitches are able to shut us down.

Justin Verlander would get hit hard by us, but not Freddie Garcia. Heck, our own O'Day could probably go 8 IP on 50 pitches against our lineup.

[scOtt]

# 2 niner......

[backwardsk]

That was weird, but he was warming up last inning.

Waiting for the pinch hitter to be announced.

[OFFNY]

o

(T.J. McFarland)

3 shutout innings out of the bullpen.

1 hit, 0 walks, and 26 of his 37 pitches were strikes.

Kept the Orioles in the game after Gausman struggled early.

Also, Jimenez will be on 4 days' rest tomorrow, and if he doesn't pitch tomorrow, he will be on 5 days' rest on Friday. So, McFarland's work tonight also helped bridge the gap so that our other long reliever (Jimenez) will now be available should another Oriole starter struggle early on in the next few games.

[scOtt]

Waiting for the pinch hitter to be announced.

That makes sense.

[backwardsk]

That pitch had some nasty action.

[scOtt]

JUST off his glove!

[scOtt]

Tailor made! Good inning Tommy.

[backwardsk]

That DP is great to watch.

Take that out of context.

[El Gordo]

What a shame such beautiful defense has to go to waste.

[allquixotic]

Tommy Hunter does not care about your lucky single.

[pdiddy]

How about back to back to start the 8th?

[allquixotic]

How about back to back to start the 8th?

I'll take Chris Berman style.

Back to back to back to back.

He sounds like a chicken in the HR derby.

[OFFNY]

o

Our 7-8-9 hitters need to come through for us.