Thursday afternoon, August 26: Orioles try to win series vs Angels

[SteveA]

Gametime:  1:05 pm

Forecast:  Hot summer day, in the 90s

Matchup:  Jamie Barria (R) vs Keegan Akin (L)

Lineups

1. Shohei Ohtani (L) DH

2. David Fletcher (R) 2B

3. Phil Gosselin (R) 3B

4. Jared Walsh (L) 1B

5. Kurt Suzuki (R) C

6. Jo Adell (R) LF

7. Brandon Marsh (L) CF

8. Jack Mayfield (R) SS

9. Juan Lagares (R) RF

 

1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF

2. Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B

3. Anthony Santander (S) RF

4. Trey Mancini (R) DH

5. DJ Stewart (L) LF

6. Ramon Urias (R) SS

7. Pedro Severino (R) C

8. Jahmai Jones (R) 2B

9. Kelvin Gutierrez (R) 3B

Orioles Bench
Austin Hays (R)
Jorge Mateo (S) -- possibly still bothered by a sore back?
Austin Wynns (R)
 

Bullpen Availability

Available
    Paul Fry* 1.0 IP, 19p Tuesday
    Jorge Lopez 1.0 IP, 18p Sunday
    Tanner Scott* 0.1 IP, 13p last night; 1.0 IP, 17p Sunday 
    Tyler Wells 1.0 IP, 10p last night

Probably Available
    Cole Sulser 1.0 IP, 18p last night
    Dillon Tate 1.1 IP, 19p last night; 1.0 IP, 6p Sunday 
 

Probably Not Available
    Fernando Abad* 3.1 IP, 42p Tuesday
    Conner Greene 2.0 IP, 19p last night

Not Available
    Marcos Diplan 0.0 IP, 14p last night 1.1 IP, 22p Tuesday
    Chris Ellis 3.0 IP, 38p last night

*denotes lefthanded pitcher

[SteveA]

Game Notes

• The game is an MLBTV free game of the day
• The Orioles are 4-3 in rubber matches (the 3rd game of a 3 game series where the first two games have been split)
• From Roch:  the Orioles have lost the last 12 games Keegan Akin has appeared in.  
• Even scoring 10 runs last night, the Orioles were just 1/4 with runners in scoring position.  Still, that .250 is way better than the  rest of August which is around .140
• The Orioles have scored 18 runs in 2 games, their highest since June 28-29 when they scored 22 in Houston.
• Austin Hays is out of the lineup for the second straight day.   He did of course pinch hit in the 8th and play LF In the 9th last night, so I doubt he is dealing with an injury.  Since he hasn't been hitting well, especially vs righties, it appears Hyde might have a LH/RH platoon of Hays and Stewart going.

[scOtt]

 First batter. 1-0! Let's start another streak!

[scOtt]

Because Arizona's right on our tails!

[SteveA]

Angels offense off to a better start when they bat a DH first.   Yesterday they batted a pitcher first and went down 1-2-3 in the first.

[SteveA]

11 pitch first inning for Akin.  Efficient, at least.

[scOtt]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Angels offense off to a better start when they bat a DH first.   Yesterday they batted a pitcher first and went down 1-2-3 in the first.

I think they'd take their chances with THAT pitcher 9 times out of 10!

[scOtt]

Akin throws the ball.... towards homeplate...

That's about all I'm going to say.

 

 

 

If you can't say something nice just shut up then.

[scOtt]

Go out and throw the ball some more Keegan!

[scOtt]

Bet this is a nasty game to sit in the stands and watch! Hot af!

[scOtt]

At least he inflicted some pain instead of just walking the guy...

[scOtt]

That HAD to be DJ....

 

Is Hays hobbled? I don't know.

[Gurgi]

DJ Stewart is not a big league player.   He sucks in the field.  Unless he becomes Ortiz he has no reason to play. 

[scOtt]

 

 

[SteveA]

5 minutes ago, scOtt said:

That HAD to be DJ....

 

Is Hays hobbled? I don't know.

Hyde says no, just wanted to give DJ another start vs a righthander.

Hays #s vs righties are very poor right now.

So did DJ misplay Adell's hit?