Thursday, September 30: Home schedule comes to an end against Red Sox

[SteveA]

Gametime:  7:05 pm

Forecast:  66 degrees, no precipitation

Matchup:  Nick Pivetta (R) vs Alexander Wells (L)

Lineups

1. Enrique Hernandez (R) CF

2. Kyle Schwarber (L) 1B

3. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS

4. Rafael Devers (L) 3B

5. J.D. Martinez (R) DH

6. Hunter Renfroe (R) RF

7. Alex Verdugo (L) LF

8. Kevin Plawecki (R) C

9. Jose Iglesias (R) 2B

 

1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF

2. Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B

3. Austin Hays (R) RF

4. Trey Mancini (R) DH

5. Pedro Severino (R) C

6. Kelvin Gutierrez (R) 3B

7. Tyler Nevin (R) LF

8. Pat Valaika (R) SS

9. Jahmai Jones (R) 2B

Orioles Bench
Nick Ciuffo (L)
Richie Martin (R)
Ryan McKenna (R)
Austin Wynns (R)

Bullpen Availabiity
Available
    Fernando Abad*   1.0 IP, 20p Sunday 
    Marcos Diplan  2.0 IP, 22p Tuesday 
    Conner Greene   0.2 IP, 15p Sunday 
    Joey Krehbiel  2.0 IP, 12p Tuesday
    Cole Sulser   1.0 IP, 12p Tuesday
    Dillon Tate    1.1 IP, 22p Saturday; 0.1 IP, 11p Friday

Probably Available

May not be available
    Thomas Eshelman  1.0 IP, 13p Sunday [may be being saved to start in bullpen game tomorrow]
    Brooks Kriske  1.0 IP, 19p last night

Probably Not Available
    Eric Hanhold 1.0 IP, 22p last night
    Konner Wade  1.0 IP, 26p last night
    Spenser Watkins  1.0 IP, 20p last night

*denotes lefthander

Current Rotation (T=Today, A=Announced, G=Guess)
   A. Wells (T), Bullpen game (A) [possibly Eshelman starting], Means (A), Zimmermann (A)
   Done for Season:  Lowther

[scOtt]

Mike Elias on the O's... I missed half till I turned the volume up. Asked if ownership would support FA acquisitions in the near future (esp. for pitching) he said yes, he definitely thought they would.

 

I believe they would. I don't think Elias would be here in the first place, and I don't think he would be staying if he didn't truly believe in that.

 

Can of Corn to chime in in 3 ... 2... 1.......

[Can_of_corn]

6 minutes ago, scOtt said:

Mike Elias on the O's... I missed half till I turned the volume up. Asked if ownership would support FA acquisitions in the near future (esp. for pitching) he said yes, he definitely thought they would.

 

I believe they would. I don't think Elias would be here in the first place, and I don't think he would be staying if he didn't truly believe in that.

 

Can of Corn to chime in in 3 ... 2... 1.......

We'll see.

Either they will, or they won't.

I expect a lot of "The market is higher than we expected".

[SteveA]

The word is out.  Sox show respect for Hays' arm, hold Schwarber at first.  Followed by a DP to end the inning 

[SteveA]

Come on Nevin, help your Dad get into the playoffs.

[Philip]

Sitting here and wondering casually what the hell happened to the Padres this year.

At least we have an excuse

[SteveA]

Red Sox seem to have an unnatural fear of Tyler Nevin.  First Pivetta won't throw him a strike, now they are making multiple pickoff attempts to first.

He's Tyler Nevin, not Willie Mays.

[O's84]

How the heck is that a strike!????!

[SteveA]

That was high.  Especially for a short guy like Cedric, the top of his zone should be lower.

[O's84]

Eat is Umpire, east it!

[SteveA]

Mountcastle!!!

[CynBeth]

Just as I was starting to write typical O’s 2 on 0 outs and can’t score there goes Mountcastle with a HR!

[SteveA]

Shoulda been a grand slam

[Moose Milligan]

Mountcastle with a blast!

I think he can win ROY if he finishes with a nice, round total of 35 homers.

[OriolesMagic83]

Mountcastle, not a team player!  Take that #1 draft pick!

Seriously though, its exciting to have a good, young, improving player like Mountcastle on the team.