Wednesday: Orioles end 20-game-in-20-day stretch, and the month of June, and reach season midpoint in Houston

[Moose Milligan]

Where the deuce did you guys go?

[spiritof66]

Mr. Hyde, do you watch the games? Do you see that the 2021 version of Matt Harvey would be far better suited to a middle/long relief role?

[SteveA]

Ok, I think we all would have been happy with 2 runs through 4 out of Harvey at this point.

[SteveA]

We pounded this guy the other night.  

[Moose Milligan]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Ok, I think we all would have been happy with 2 runs through 4 out of Harvey at this point.

Fair point.

 

[SteveA]

Another shift beater.

[O's84]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

Another shift beater.

Better to be lucky than good, but better to be lucky and good.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

3 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Ok, I think we all would have been happy with 2 runs through 4 out of Harvey at this point.

Recently Harvey would have already been knocked out of the game after pitching 2 & 1/3 innings while giving up 6 runs.  

[Philip]

OK, in keeping with my standard procedure, I would not bring Harvey out to start the next inning. We have a day off, so pull him. Or at least have someone ready at the first sign of trouble. 61 pitches isn’t that much for a starter, but Harvey has been terrible this season, so every good inning is a lucky inning.

[spiritof66]

 

7 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Ok, I think we all would have been happy with 2 runs through 4 out of Harvey at this point.

Very happy with that vs. the Astros from any of our starters. But 0 runs in 3 innings is even better and, my guess, more repeatable.

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, Philip said:

OK, in keeping with my standard procedure, I would not bring Harvey out to start the next inning. We have a day off, so pull him. Or at least have someone ready at the first sign of trouble. 61 pitches isn’t that much for a starter, but Harvey has been terrible this season, so every good inning is a lucky inning.

Who would you pitch next inning?  What would your plan be to cover 5 more innings?  

[waroriole]

8 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Who would you pitch next inning?  What would your plan be to cover 5 more innings?  

It might be 4…….

[Moose Milligan]

Just hoping he can get through this inning relatively unscathed.  

[Philip]

3 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Who would you pitch next inning?  What would your plan be to cover 5 more innings?  

Who cares? If you’re leave a guy in after he is done that’s a commentary on your bullpen usage. You need to prepare for the things you know will probably happen, even as you hope they don’t. 
Hyde knows/knew he’d need somebody. We got fresh Mattson, Wells, Watkins, and Harvey, Scott or Fry probably available.  

[Philip]

Let me stress that I hate bringing in Scott. He’s not terrible all the time, but he fails enough times that I always expect it.