Wed August 4: Orioles/Yankees rubber match in the Bronx

[SteveA]

Gametime:  7:05 pm

Forecast:  72 degrees, partly cloudy

Roster Moves:  Orioles recall RHPs Marcos Diplan and Dusten Knight from Norfolk.  Orioles send Alexander Wells down to Norfolk and DFA Shaun Anderson.   The Anderson DFA, in addition to clearing a spot on the 26 man roster, makes room for one of the newcomers on the 40 man roster.   To make room for the other, Domingo Leyba, who was recently optioned to Norfolk, has been DFA'd.

Matchup:  Matt Harvey (R) vs Jameson Taillon (R)

Lineups

1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF

2. Ramon Urias (R) 2B

3. Trey Mancini (R) DH

4. Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B

5. Austin Hays (R) LF

6. DJ Stewart (L) RF

7. Pedro Severino (R) C

8. Maikel Franco (R) 3B

9. Richie Martin (R) SS

 

1. DJ LeMahieu (R) 2B
2. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
3. Aaron Judge (R) RF
4. Joey Gallo (L) LF
5. Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH
6. Gleyber Torres (R) SS
7. Rougned Odor (L) 3B
8. Kyle Higashioka (R) C
9. Brett Gardner (L) CF

Orioles Bench
Ryan McKenna (R)
Anthony Santander (S)
Pat Valaika (R)
Austin Wynns (R)

Bullpen Availability (last pitched)

Available
   Marcos Diplan just recalled from Norfolk
   Paul Fry*  1.1 IP, 19p Monday;  1.0 IP, 8p Saturday; 0.2 IP, 10p Friday
   Connor Greene 0.2 IP, 18 p Sunday
   Dusten Knight just recalled from Norfolk
   Cole Sulser  1.0 IP, 11p Saturday 1.0 IP, 16p Friday
   Dillon Tate,  1.0 IP, 18p Monday; 1.0 IP, 13p Saturday; 1.0 IP, 20p Friday 
   Cesar Valdez 0.2 IP, 9p Monday

Not Available
   Adam Plutko 1.2 IP, 36p last night 

*denotes lefthander

Note:  Hyde has announced that Keegan Akin is going to take Alex Wells' place in the rotation, so I have removed him from the bullpen list.

[SteveA]

Game Notes

• Richie Martin getting the start at SS, with Ramon Urias at 2B.   A night off for Anthony Santander means DJ Stewart is playing RF.
• As amazing as it seems, the Orioles are 4-2 in rubber match games this year (3rd game of a 3 game series where the first two games have been split)
• The last series the Orioles won at Yankee Stadium was Brandon Hyde's first series as a manager in March 2019
• Although their ERAs sum to over 10, the starting pitchers for these teams are on fire lately.   Jameson Taillon was the AL Pitcher of the Month for July, and Matt Harvey has been the best pitcher in baseball since the All Star Break.
• The Orioles are 5-7 against the Yankees this year, giving them as many wins vs the Yankees this year as they had in 2019 (2-17) and 2020 (3-7) combined, with 7 games left including tonight.
• The Orioles and Yankees have both played 106 games.  The Orioles have scored 440 runs in those 96 games, the Yankees have scored 439.
• Cedric Mullins has a 12 game hitting streak.  
• After this game, the Orioles will have played 48 home games and 59 road games.  The remainder of the season will feature 33 out of 55 games at home.  Of course the Orioles home winning% is actually slightly worse than their road winning%.

[Yossarian]

I don't think that was a called hit and run.  I think Cedric was going on his own - he didn't even look at the plate when he was running to second.

 

[Yossarian]

Uggh - just put the ball in play, Trey.

[eddie83]

Just now, Yossarian said:

Uggh - just put the ball in play, Trey.

He looked off whole at bat.  

[Il BuonO]

Mullins now 13 in a row.

[Il BuonO]

Nice to give Harvey a little cushion right off the bat.

[Yossarian]

Aggressive baserunning tonight.  This is great.

[Beysbol]

Great first inning for the O's.

[Beysbol]

And Richie Martin is back!? I love him. 

[Il BuonO]

Just can’t used to Odor without the beard.

[Il BuonO]

Loud strike, that’s all.

[Yossarian]

How does Rizzo take that last ball?

 

[Il BuonO]

Coulda really used two pitches in that AB 

Just now, Yossarian said:

How does Rizzo take that last ball?

 

The 2-2 pitch was a strike also.

[Il BuonO]

Looks like the zone might be a little tighter tonight.