Friday May 21: Orioles visit Washington in the "Beltway Series"

[eddie83]

Love the hustle and he reacted to overthrow but that hurts. 

[bpilktree]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

Another bad send.  

I don’t think it was actual send.

[eddie83]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

Another bad send.  

That’s not a send that’s a reaction by Hays. 

[OriolesMagic83]

7 minutes ago, bpilktree said:

If Lopez goes 5 innings and gives up 2 runs in the second and retires the side in the 5th no one is upset with 5 innings and 2 runs given up.  It doesn’t matter how you get there is get there.  

Lopez is really good for 4 innings.  Someone analyzed his performance, and if I remember right his ERA was around 3.  After 4 innings, his ERA is huge.  Has to give up well over 1 run an inning after 4 innings. 

[Tony-OH]

 

[WillyM]

Everybody who picked "zero" in the pool for the number of runs the Orioles would score while Lopez was in the game is a winner.

You can claim your prize from the wet teddy bear vendor near the Statue of Liberty.  

[eddie83]

Let’s pitch to Soto with Bell hitting .180 on deck and base open. 

[eddie83]

8 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

 

My only defense is pen is overworked lately. I think if we are a contender he handles it different. 

[spiritof66]

7 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

 

Is Hyde trying to put his team in position to win this game, or create opportunities to evaluate what guys can do in anticipation of a contending team sometime in the future?

If it's the latter, he's doing a pretty good job. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

18 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

 

Worst decision by Hyde all year and that's saying something with some of his decisions made. 

[eddie83]

6 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

Is Hyde trying to put his team in position to win this game, or create opportunities to evaluate what guys can do in anticipation of a contending team sometime in the future?

If it's the latter, he's doing a pretty good job. 

I certainly don’t agree with everything he does but I think this type of team is harder to judge from a strategy standpoint. 

[WillyM]

If Galvis had held onto the ball when he tagged Schwarber and Gomes had dropped the ball when he tagged Hays, the game would have been tied, 1-1, in the top of the sixth.

Just saying.

[OriolesMagic83]

13 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

Is Hyde trying to put his team in position to win this game, or create opportunities to evaluate what guys can do in anticipation of a contending team sometime in the future?

If it's the latter, he's doing a pretty good job. 

If he's managing to get the #1 pick next year, these moves are genius.

[eddie83]

7 minutes ago, WillyM said:

If Galvis had held onto the ball when he tagged Schwarber and Gomes had dropped the ball when he tagged Hays, the game would have been tied, 1-1, in the top of the sixth.

Just saying.

Bad luck. 

[TINSTAAPP]

It's honestly shocking how Armstrong has stayed on this roster all the way to late May. He's been a complete trainwreck this year.