Thursday afternoon 4/21: Orioles go for series split in Oakland

[SteveA]

Gametime:  3:37 pm EDT

Weather:  60s, no precipitation

Matchup:  Tyler Wells (R) vs Paul Blackburn (R)

Lineups:

 

1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF

2. Anthony Santander (S) LF

3. Trey Mancini (R) DH

4. Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B

5. Rougned Odor (L) 2B

6. Austin Hays (R) RF

7. Ramon Urias (R) 3B

8. Anthony Bemboom (L) C

9. Jorge Mateo (R) SS

 

1. Tony Kemp (L) LF

2. Sheldon Neuse (R) 3B

3. Sean Murphy (R) C

4. Seth Brown (L) 1B

5. Christian Bethancourt (R) DH

6. Billy McKinney (L) RF

7. Elvis Andrus (R) SS

8. Cristian Pache (R) CF

9. Nick Allen (R) 2B

Orioles Bench
Robinson Chirinos (R) -- availability unknown after being hit by a pitch on the side of the face yesterday
Kelvin Gutierrez (R)
Ryan McKenna (R)
Chris Owings (R)
 

Bullpen Availabilty / Last Pitched

Available:
Bryan Baker  0.1 IP, 16p yesterday
Felix Bautista  1.0 IP, 17p Tuesday; 1.0 IP, 20p Sunday
Paul Fry  1.0 IP, 11p yesterday
Travis Lakins, Sr  1.0 IP, 33p Saturday
Dillon Tate  1.0 IP, 8p yesterday; 1.0 IP, 11p Sunday 

Probably Available
Keegan Akin (L)  2.0 IP, 25 pitches Monday
Joey Krehbiel  0.2 IP, 32p Monday 
Cionel Perez (L)  1.0 IP, 21p Tuesday

Maybe Available
Mike Baumann  1.2 IP, 29p Tuesday 
Jorge Lopez, 1.2 IP, 19p yesterday; 2.0 IP, 21p Sunday  

 

[OriolesMagic83]

Who's the emergency catcher?

[jdwilde1]

43 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Who's the emergency catcher?

Lenn Sakata?

[Riggodrill44]

Wow….Hunter Harvey to the DL. 
 

who would of thought ?

[O's84]

Get someone on, next play DP... like clock work.

[O's84]

Umpire called that a strike for them... we don't get the call.  The next pitch a HR.... this team can't catch a break.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, O's84 said:

Umpire called that a strike for them... we don't get the call.  The next pitch a HR.... this team can't catch a break.

They are playing a team whose roster is ravaged by disease and you are saying they are the unlucky one?

[O's84]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

They are playing a team whose roster is ravaged by disease and you are saying they are the unlucky one?

Yes, cause that term can only be applied to one team at time.

[O's84]

Not to mention that the A's top the league in hitting w/ RISP.

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, O's84 said:

Yes, cause that term can only be applied to one team at time.

You don't think getting to play the A's right now constitutes "catching a break"?

[O's84]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

You don't think getting to play the A's right now constitutes "catching a break"?

When you use the term "can't catch a break", it doesn't mean that 100% because it's an expression.  I'm saying look at the offense.  Yes they should have been better, but the amount of bad luck they've had is pretty bad.  The A's meanwhile have lead the league in RISP.  And there's another, not even hit hard, just in the right place.  That's mainly luck.

[maybenxtyr]

Well, this game may be out of reach already. 

[Can_of_corn]

7 minutes ago, O's84 said:

When you use the term "can't catch a break", it doesn't mean that 100% because it's an expression.  I'm saying look at the offense.  Yes they should have been better, but the amount of bad luck they've had is pretty bad.  The A's meanwhile have lead the league in RISP.  And there's another, not even hit hard, just in the right place.  That's mainly luck.

I don't know.  I just don't get complaining about bad breaks on offense when the pitching has been so much better than we have any reason to expect.

It's baseball, stuff happens.  I don't think the O's are more or less unlucky than anyone else.

Sorry for calling out the comment when it was just game thread venting.

[Moose Milligan]

Hyde gonna get tossed here.  This is some bull****.

[O's84]

That didn't look like he turned to go to 2nd base.