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

[Il BuonO]

Send Akin out for the 6th and have someone up. I’m not taking him out for a hit that’s not hot hard, anything else including a walk, pull him. 
 

Scott in relief. Lopez for a clean 7th-

Doesn’t matter now.

[HowAboutThat]

4 minutes ago, SteveA said:

OK, we have a lead and we have 4 innings to cover.   Our options:

Wells -- 9th inning.  He didn't throw many pitches last night.   Seems obvious.

That leaves 3 innings.  Our choices are:

• Try to get another inning out of Akin
• 1 or more innings out of Lopez
• Fry for an inning
• Scott for an inning 2nd day in a row (13 p last night)
• Sulser for an inning 2nd day in a row (18p last night)
• Tate for an inning 2nd day in a row (19p last nigth)

What's your call.  How do you cover the 6th thru the 8th, assuming we all agree on Wells for the 9th.

I would let Akin begin the inning with a reliever ready.

However now that Severino has taken his swing, I give Akin the whole inning.

Edited August 26, 2021 by Philip
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[Beysbol]

Wow!! Beautiful!! Grand slam!

[jdwilde1]

Just put the game on the radio and Sevy hits a GS!  

[SteveA]

Wow 437 feet.  Where'd it go?

[HowAboutThat]

Just now, Il BuonO said:

Send Akin out for the 6th and have someone up. I’m not taking him out for a hit that’s not hot hard, anything else including a walk, pull him. 
 

Scott in relief. Lopez for a clean 7th-

Doesn’t matter now.

Hahaha yeah I was making my comment at the same time, ha ha Ha.

[Beysbol]

Just now, SteveA said:

Wow 437 feet.  Where'd it go?

Hit some guy in the nuts.

[scOtt]

Electra Deuce and a quarters!

4 fitty five 4 barrel. Sum bitch would sh!t and git!

[Ruzious]

13 minutes ago, scOtt said:

He's a demon on wheels!

Cedric's older brother Racer X was so misunderstood.

Speed Racer - Who is Racer X ? - YouTube

 

[HowAboutThat]

6 minutes ago, SteveA said:

OK, we have a lead and we have 4 innings to cover.   Our options:

Wells -- 9th inning.  He didn't throw many pitches last night.   Seems obvious.

That leaves 3 innings.  Our choices are:

• Try to get another inning out of Akin
• 1 or more innings out of Lopez
• Fry for an inning
• Scott for an inning 2nd day in a row (13 p last night)
• Sulser for an inning 2nd day in a row (18p last night)
• Tate for an inning 2nd day in a row (19p last nigth)

What's your call.  How do you cover the 6th thru the 8th, assuming we all agree on Wells for the 9th.

akin for the seventh and then let Lopez finish. Don’t use anyone who pitches last night including Wells. A 6 run cushion allows for some slip from the relievers, so Lopez/Greene or Greene/Lopez

[scOtt]

Jesus H! I search for a picture of a car and it goes from 1-1 to 7-1?????????????????

[HowAboutThat]

4 minutes ago, Ruzious said:

Cedric's older brother Racer X was so misunderstood.

Speed Racer - Who is Racer X ? - YouTube

 

 

5 minutes ago, scOtt said:

Electra Deuce and a quarters!

4 fitty five 4 barrel. Sum bitch would sh!t and git!

That’s a four-door hardtop. Noticed there’s no center pillar between the front and back seat. My grandparents had a 70-71(?)Oldsmobile 98 I think it was that was also a four-door hardtop, they gave it away in about 1983 and it only had about 30,000 miles on it oh gosh was I annoyed.

Edited August 26, 2021 by Philip
Corrected the year

[Il BuonO]

2 minutes ago, Philip said:

You may be right, but if you are throwing a lot of pitches it’s because players are succeeding in fouling them off, so he’s not throwing deceptively enough to fool them, and he’s not throwing hard enough to blow it past them, and he’s not throwing with enough movement to induce weak contact? I don’t know how a guy induces weak contact but Britton did it like clockwork. 

He had 6 SO in 5 IP. His FB can be plus at time w a higher spin rate. 

I’m not a big believer in CERA, but I’d love to see if a catcher who's a better receiver and better at sequencing than Severino would help. 

I don’t necessarily think he’s destined for the BP either. He could be a serviceable back end guy.

[Il BuonO]

Anyone for a 7th?

[HowAboutThat]

That was a very fast 6-pitch inning. I would let Akin come out for the 7th.