Friday August 20: Braves come to town

[SteveA]

Gametime:  7:05 pm

Forecast:  Not as hot as it has been lately;  chance of isolated thunderstorms

Promotion:  Boog Powell jersey T-Shirts

Roster Move:  Orioles claim RHP Chris Ellis on waivers from Tampa, DFA Cesar Valdez

Matchup:  Max Fried (R) vs Keegan Akin (L)

Lineups

1. Ozzie Albies (S) 2B

2. Jorge Soler (R) DH

3. Freddie Freeman (L) 1B

4. Austin Riley (R) 3B

5. Dansby Swanson (R) SS

6. Travis d'Arnaud (R) C

7. Adam Duvall (R) LF

8. Guillermo Heredia (R) CF

9. Joc Pederson (L) RF

 

1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF

2. Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B

3. Trey Mancini (R) DH

4. Austin Hays (R) LF

5. Pedro Severino (R) C

6. Ramon Urias (R) 2B

7. Jorge Mateo (R) RF

8. Maikel Franco (R) 3B

9. Richie Martin (R) SS

Orioles Bench
Anthony Santander (S) -- possibly bothered by ankle?
DJ Stewart (L) -- possibly still bothered by sore knee?
Austin Wynns (R)

Bullpen Availability (last pitched)

Available
   Paul Fry*  0.0 IP, 16p Wednesday;  0.2 IP, 29p Monday 
   Tanner Scott* 1.0 IP, 17p Wednesday; 0.2 IP, 20p Tuesday 
   Cole Sulser  1.0 IP, 17p yesterday; 0.2 IP, 7p Tuesday
   Dillon Tate,  1.0 IP, 16p Wednesday
   Tyler Wells 0.2 IP, 10p Tuesday

Not Available 
   Fernando Abad* 1.1 IP, 25p yesterday; 2.0 IP, 31p Monday 
   Marcos Diplan 1.2 IP, 32p yesterday;  1.0 IP, 18p Tuesday 
   Chris Ellis 4.0 IP, 62p Tuesday
   Connor Wade 2.0 IP, 29p yesterday; 1.2 IP, 23p Tuesday

* denotes a lefthander

[Philip]

Well rats. I see nobody has posted, probably because everybody knows how it’s going to end up.

[Pushmonkey]

Welp made it to the second inning before turning off the game. 

[Gurgi]

Posting just to post.  I am watching but I know exactly how this story will go. 

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Gurgi said:

Posting just to post.  I am watching but I know exactly how this story will go. 

Scrappy underdogs eeking out a win against the first place team?

[scOtt]

18 minutes ago, Philip said:

Well rats. I see nobody has posted, probably because everybody knows how it’s going to end up.

15 in a row. Odds are we're due!

4 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

Posting just to post.  I am watching but I know exactly how this story will go. 

I don't even have it turned on...

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, scOtt said:

15 in a row. Odds are we're due!

I don't even have it turned on...

Go listen to the song I posted earlier.

It's better than this.

[Can_of_corn]

Was that a real wild pitch or a Severino wild pitch?

 

[LA2]

Wow, Akin's ERA has actually gone up from 8.13. I'd be grateful to get a scoreless 4th inning from him.

[scOtt]

I'll post up some music...

Jason Park

 

 

[O-The-Memories]

Well, let's look at the bright side, it isn't 7-0. That was nearly a grand slam against Akin. Just got back in from listening to the game and eating ice cream with our three year old, and he doesn't care if they are down 20-0! 

I'm a little disappointed that we aren't able to hit in addition to not being able to pitch. Our lineup is about the best we can offer right now. I'm guessing we have to trot Franco out there because nobody else can play a passible third? I wish we would try Martin there just to have some defense. Urias and Mateo probably aren't any better defensively at third, right?

 

[LA2]

DiPlan has a CG SHO (career).

[Barnaby Graves]

I can't remember the last time I thought "we will probably win this game."

[KillerTofu]

Winds of change. I love that song

[Can_of_corn]

The last time the laugher thread was updated was June 6th.  Sounds about right.