9-7 OsvsRs! “Elementary, My dear Watkins”

[foxfield]

For the record I was at this game. The eight inning grand slam that bounced off the foul pole landed on the third base line 6 feet from my seat. A few observations. 
 

Mateo is lightning fast. His steal of third was easy. The first of his two errors was a pretty tough play. The ball was hard hit and relatively straight at him it seemed to skid. He just didn’t hold the ball. And it bounced far enough away to not make the throw. Obvious error but to me like a bloop single. Part of the game.  Second error on what should have been a double play was a terrible toss that was several feet wide of Martin at the bag. There was also a fly between CF and 2b that Mateo caught and I believe Mullins was calling for. Interesting speed but I’d prefer Mullins make that play. Orioles have been terrible at 2B all year. Mateo is likely gonna be inconsistent but  exciting. 
 

Valdez pitching still is as good an argument the Orioles are trying to lose as any. 
 

A good trash can at home plate and a few good ball boys would not be detrimental to this team. I think one inning last night a pitcher threw 7 pitches… 6 were strikes and there was one out and a runner on third. 

Wander Franco is pretty smooth. 
 

Mullins had an off night in spite of the no doubter to give the Os a 3-2 lead. 
 

Mancini looks tired and it has been a tough week. Impressed he was still in lineup after foul ball to crotch the night before. 
 

There are signs of life in Baltimore but you can see plenty of distance between these two teams. The road is long…

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3 hours ago, foxfield said:

For the record I was at this game. The eight inning grand slam that bounced off the foul pole landed on the third base line 6 feet from my seat. A few observations. 
 

Mateo is lightning fast. His steal of third was easy. The first of his two errors was a pretty tough play. The ball was hard hit and relatively straight at him it seemed to skid. He just didn’t hold the ball. And it bounced far enough away to not make the throw. Obvious error but to me like a bloop single. Part of the game.  Second error on what should have been a double play was a terrible toss that was several feet wide of Martin at the bag. There was also a fly between CF and 2b that Mateo caught and I believe Mullins was calling for. Interesting speed but I’d prefer Mullins make that play. Orioles have been terrible at 2B all year. Mateo is likely gonna be inconsistent but  exciting. 
 

Valdez pitching still is as good an argument the Orioles are trying to lose as any. 
 

A good trash can at home plate and a few good ball boys would not be detrimental to this team. I think one inning last night a pitcher threw 7 pitches… 6 were strikes and there was one out and a runner on third. 

Wander Franco is pretty smooth. 
 

Mullins had an off night in spite of the no doubter to give the Os a 3-2 lead. 
 

Mancini looks tired and it has been a tough week. Impressed he was still in lineup after foul ball to crotch the night before. 
 

There are signs of life in Baltimore but you can see plenty of distance between these two teams. The road is long…

Wow, thanks for all these observations.