Wednesday, August 18: the misery continues in St Petersburg

[SteveA]

Gametime:  7:10 pm

Forecast:  Air conditioned

Matchup:  Spenser Watkins (R) vs Louis Head (R)   (Head is an opener.  Ryan Yarbrough (L) was activated from the Covid List and is expected to be Tampa's primary pitcher tonight).

Lineups

1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF

2. Ramon Urias (R) 2B

3. Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B

4. Austin Hays (R) RF

5. Pedro Severino (R) DH

6. Jorge Mateo (R) LF

7. Maikel Franco (R) 3B

8. Austin Wynns (R) C

9. Richie Martin (R) SS

 

1. Brandon Lowe (L) 2B

2. Wander Franco (S) SS

3. Nelson Cruz (R) DH

4. Austin Meadows (L) LF

5. Randy Arozarena (R) RF

6. Ji-Man Choi (L) 1B

7. Joey Wendle (L) 3B

8. Francisco Mejia (S) C

9. Kevin Kiermaier (L) CF

Orioles Bench
Trey Mancini (R) -- sore left calf, availability unknown
Anthony Santander (S) -- sore ankle, availability unknown
DJ Stewart (L) -- sore knee, availability unknown
 

Bullpen Availability (last pitched)

Available
   Fernando Abad* 2.0 IP, 31p Monday; 0.1 IP, 24p Sunday
   Paul Fry*  0.2 IP, 29p Monday; 0.2 IP, 6p Saturday
   Cole Sulser  0.2 IP, 7p Tuesday
   Dillon Tate,  1.0 IP, 12p Saturday
   Cesar Valdez 1.1 IP, 12p Saturday; 2.0 IP, 32p Friday
   Tyler Wells 0.2 IP, 10p last night

Probably Available
   Marcos Diplan 1.0 IP, 18p last night; 1.0 IP, 16p Sunday

Maybe Availalble
   Tanner Scott* 0.2 IP, 20p last night; 0.2 IP, 16p Sunday

Not available
   Connor Wade 1.2 IP, 23p last night; 2.0 IP, 28p Sunday

* denotes a lefthander

[SteveA]

Game Notes

• Tonight's starting outfield for the Orioles is possibly one of the fastest in MLB history
• All three guys on the Orioles' bench report some type of soreness/injury, though that does not necessarily make any or all of them unavailable
• Orioles (and all of MLB) released a spring training schedule today, rather optimistically given the labor situation.  The Orioles open next spring in Sarasota vs the Yankees on February 26.
• Orioles have lost 13 in a row.  A loss tonight would give them their 14th straight for the second time this year.  

[SteveA]

Cedric gets it started!

[Gurgi]

Mullins hits a leadoff HR.  Nice player he is turning out to be.  

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Gurgi said:

Mullins hits a leadoff HR.  Nice player he is turning out to be.  

He's having a heck of a year.

[Il BuonO]

Lol, JP: They’re taking a page out of the Orioles defensive playbook.

[Gurgi]

Just now, Il BuonO said:

Lol, JP: They’re taking a page out of the Orioles defensive playbook.

Palmer softly rubbing it in.  LOL 

[Il BuonO]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

He's having a heck of a year.

I know he probably gets another three ABs, but it’s possible that’s the only highlight for the Orioles tonight.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Il BuonO said:

I know he probably gets another three ABs, but it’s possible that’s the only highlight for the Orioles tonight.

Maybe Mountcastle hits a dong or Mateo does something speedy.

[Gurgi]

 Hays steals and scores on a single......wow.  

[royalstillman]

A hit with a RISP that results in a run!!! Amazing!

[Yossarian]

Game is blacked out on MLB.tv app.  Any idea why?  I'm in California and have been able to watch all games to this point.

[27outs]

2 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

Game is blacked out on MLB.tv app.  Any idea why?  I'm in California and have been able to watch all games to this point.

Log out and reset your phone. Location issues probably 

[Yossarian]

Also - it would be nice to hit a home run with a guy on base every once in a while.  I realize Mullins is the leadoff hitter.  We have to have the highest percentage of our home runs being solo shots of all the teams in the league, don't we?

 

[maybenxtyr]

Luckily our pitchers like to keep it interesting.