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That was a pretty ugly game, but the team kept pushing and pushing and got the win.    On the one hand, you could complain that they went 1 for 16 with RISP.     My counterpoint would be, we were always pressing them, and finally broke through.    The O's hit .340 with RISP in August, and we were overdue for some games that went the other way.    This would have been an easy game to lose.   They didn't.    I'll take the W, thank you very much.   

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1 minute ago, Frobby said:

That was a pretty ugly game, but the team kept pushing and pushing and got the win.    On the one hand, you could complain that they went 1 for 16 with RISP.     My counterpoint would be, we were always pressing them, and finally broke through.    The O's hit .340 with RISP in August, and we were overdue for some games that went the other way.    This would have been an easy game to lose.   They didn't.    I'll take the W, thank you very much.   

This team plays some exciting baseball, doesn't it?

The only problem with this win is the way it further chewed up the bullpen on the eve of a big series. (Well, they're all big in September, but this one's really big, even uge.) We need some help from Bundy -- I expect the NYYs to be especially patient tomorrow to try to use him up.

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3 minutes ago, ORIOLE33 said:

But we had to use up too much bullpen to beat a last place team IMO.

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.     Let's hope Bundy goes deep and the bats show up.    Despite the RISP problems, I was gratified to see them get 15 hits.    

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Just now, thatbearflies said:

On a side note, I really need the Orioles to not feed the Aaron Judge hype train over the next 3 days. Some of the wheels are already starting to wobble on it so, let's keep turning the clock toward midnight on Cinderella. 

Judge owned the Orioles pitchers earlier in the year.  Judge is hitting .176 since the all star break, let's hope the Orioles don't awaken him from his slumber. 

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24 minutes ago, ORIOLE33 said:

But we had to use up too much bullpen to beat a last place team IMO.

Yup, we needed the win, but we have a series starting tomorrow afternoon against the Yankees.  The pen sure could use some relief, so to speak.  The O's could use a Bundy (aka complete game shutout) tomorrow.     

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1 hour ago, thatbearflies said:

On a side note, I really need the Orioles to not feed the Aaron Judge hype train over the next 3 days. Some of the wheels are already starting to wobble on it so, let's keep turning the clock toward midnight on Cinderella. 

I will try to hype his league leading 179 strike out total.   With any luck he can end up in the top 5 all time by end of the season.  Of the top ten all time strikeout totals, Chris Davis has 3 of them and Mark Reynolds has 3 including the major league record of 223  (all 3 set when he was with Arizona). 

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2 hours ago, Frobby said:

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.     Let's hope Bundy goes deep and the bats show up.    Despite the RISP problems, I was gratified to see them get 15 hits.    

And we'll have the one man bullpen Castro rested.

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