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2 minutes ago, O's84 said:

The Baseball Gods seem to be with us again so far.  Tex with the bases loaded lines into a inning ending DP.  Oak up 4-3 going into the bottom of the 8th.

Hope the baseball Gods are AL Central fans except for the Twins. 

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15 minutes ago, bpilktree said:

 

The Orioles control their destiny with every team but the Twins, now. Everyone else is tied or worse then them in loss column.

 

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The Orioles also have 7 games still left to be played against the Yankees, whom they currently trail by 5.5 games.

If they win tomorrow night's game against the Mariners, I will be thrilled ........  O.G.A.A.T.

 

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1 minute ago, SurhoffFTW said:

Twins remaining schedule is full of poor teams. 

Very true. They do have to go to NY and Cleveland but Indians may not have much to play for then. Hope they will try to win to get homefield as a 2 seed.  

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On August 26, 2017 at 11:04 AM, foxfield said:

Well we got another series opening win.  And for the first time since Aug 6-7 our first two game winning streak.  Time is running out, but winning last night was a punch in the face and a great way to open.  Tonight isn't a must win, but it's a really need this one kinda a game.  For those grasping at hope that this can somehow be a magical season this is the moment.  We don't HAVE to win tonight, but winning tonight means a sweep is possible and a series win is guaranteed.  

Just for grins.  Win tonight and the Orioles are 64-65 and would need 19 wins out of 33 remaining games to hit 83 and 21 of 33 to hit 85.  That's where they are. That is what it takes.  That is .576 or .636 the rest of the way.  Doable? Yes.

Sweep and the Orioles get back to .500 and head home for a stretch.  To hit 83 wins they would need to win 18 of 32 games or .562.  85 wins would take 20 of 32 or .625.  

Keep in mind that the Orioles with Buck have typically played .600 ball.  Again, I am not a fan of must win games, but winning here in this series sets the O's up pretty well.  Of course good streaks start small.  Last night was another great series opening win, but again also a 2nd win in a row.

Let's make it 3 and go from there!

Back to .500 & over we go!

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