Monday July 4 afternoon: Orioles' first July 4 home game in 14 years

[SteveA]

Gametime:  1:05 pm

Forecast:  80s and sunny

Giveaway:  Hot Dog Race T-Shirt

Roster Move:  Ramon Urias activated from injured list;  RIchie Martin optioned to Norfolk

Matchup:  Dane Dunning (R) vs Dean Kremer (R)

Lineups

1. Josh H. Smith (L) 3B

2. Marcus Semien (R) 2B

3. Corey Seager (L) SS

4. Adolis Garcia (R) RF

5. Nathaniel Lowe (L) 1B

6. Mitch Garver (R) DH

7. Steven Duggar (L) LF

8. Leody Taveras (S) CF

9. Meibrys Viloria (L) C

 

1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF

2. Trey Mancini (R) DH -- lineup change in last hour before the game, he started at 1B

3. Anthony Santander (S) RF

4. Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B -- lineup change in last hour before the game, he started at DH

5. Adley Rutschman (S) C

6. Austin Hays (R) LF

7. Rougned Odor (L) 2B

8. Jonathan Arauz (S) 3B

9. Jorge Mateo (R) SS

Orioles Bench
Robinson Chirinos (R)
Ryan McKenna (R)
Tyler Nevin (R)
Ramon Urias (R)

 

Bullpen Availability

Available
Bryan Baker 2.2 IP, 28p Wednesday
Felix Bautista  1.0 IP, 9p Saturday;  0.2 IP, 10p Friday
Jorge Lopez  0.1 IP, 17p Saturday;  1.0 IP, 13p Friday 
Cionel Perez (L)  1.1 IP, 15p Friday
Nick Vespi (L) 0.1 IP, 21p Wednesday 

Maybe Available
Joey Krehbiel 1.1 IP, 20p yesterday 

Probably Not Available
Keegan Akin (L)  0.2 IP, 15p yesterday
Dillon Tate  1.0 IP, 15p yesterday;  0.2 IP, 16p Saturday
 

[LA2]

Is there news anywhere about the early pull of Akin yesterday? Rumors of injury?

[SteveA]

39 minutes ago, LA2 said:

Is there news anywhere about the early pull of Akin yesterday? Rumors of injury?

I've seen notning.

[SteveA]

How about those 4th of July caps?

[SteveA]

Apparently there was a lineup change in the last hour before the game.   The line up I posted to start the thread had Mancini at DH and Mountcastle at 1B.   But it is now reversed.  Nothing else changes.

[justD]

5 minutes ago, SteveA said:

How about those 4th of July caps?

How about that stars-and-stripes catcher's gear?  Wow.

[justD]

So cool to hear that much crowd noise at the park.

[justD]

Beautiful curveball to end the inning, caught him totally off guard. 

[OriolesMagic83]

I'm surprised the O's kept Nevin and Arauz and sent down Martin.  How many infielders that can't hit their weight do the O's need?

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, justD said:

How about that stars-and-stripes catcher's gear?  Wow.

I don't have the game on, is Viloria wearing something similar?  He's Colombian.

I find things like that interesting.

 

Did you see MLB on Twitter completely ignored Canada day this year?

[Can_of_corn]

Nice, Adley gets a call overturned for a hit.  He needed one, he's been scuffling of late.

[SteveA]

20 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I don't have the game on, is Viloria wearing something similar?  He's Colombian.

I find things like that interesting.

 

Did you see MLB on Twitter completely ignored Canada day this year?

Yes, the Ranger catcher is wearing stars and stripes gear too.

[SteveA]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

Nice, Adley gets a call overturned for a hit.  He needed one, he's been scuffling of late.

Don't see many Cs get down the line that fast.

[justD]

19 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I don't have the game on, is Viloria wearing something similar?  He's Colombian.

I find things like that interesting.

 

Did you see MLB on Twitter completely ignored Canada day this year?

Yes, he wearing stars on the front of his chest protector, but no stripes on the shoulder guards, no stars on the sleeve down his right arm, no stars on the shin protectors (I think I remember seeing them there).  I mean, AR went all out. 

[justD]

Good grief.  So sick of these rundowns and wasted outs.  Or whatever it is they're wasting.  Don't like it.