Wednesday, July 6: Orioles try to get their first series sweep since last July vs Nats

[SteveA]

Gametime:  7:05 pm

Weather:  84 degrees, significant chance of rain.  Rain expected in the 8-9 PM hour.  Tarp as on the field as of 5:45, per Roch.  The Rangers' only trips to the  Eastern time zone the rest of the year are to Boston (with no surrounding open dates), Miami (with no surrounding open dates), and Tampa.   So they will probably try as hard as possible to get this one in.   Finding a makeup date would be difficult.   Perhaps September 15, before Texas goes to Tampa for 3, and after the Orioles play 2 in DC and then go to Toronto for 3, is the best possibility.

Roster Move:  Nick Vespi optioned to Norfolk;  Beau Sulser recalled.  (In a roster move that does not impact the active MLB roster, just the 40 man roster, the Orioles acquired pitcher Kirk McCarty on waivers from Cleveland and optioned him to Norfolk, and DFA'd Marcos Diplan).

Matchup:  Glenn Otto (R) vs Spenser Watkins (R)

Lineups

1. Marcus Semien (R) 2B

2. Corey Seager (L) SS

3. Mitch Garver (R) DH

4. Nathaniel Lowe (L) 1B

5. Jonah Heim (S) C

6. Kole Calhoun (L) RF

7. Brad Miller (L) LF

8. Leody Taveras (S) CF

9. Charlie Culberson (R) 3B

 

1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF

2. Trey Mancini (R) 1B

3. Anthony Santander (S) DH

4. Austin Hays (R) LF

5. Adley Rutschman (S) C

6. Ramon Urias (R) 3B

7. Rougned Odor (L) 2B

8. Ryan McKenna (R) RF

9. Jorge Mateo (R) SS

 

Orioles Bench
Jose Arauz (S)
Robinson Chirinos (R)
Ryan Mountcastle (R) -- still suffering from a sinus issue
Tyler Nevin (R)

 

Bullpen Availability

Available
Bryan Baker 1.0 IP, 17p Monday
Jorge Lopez  1.0 IP, 24p Monday;  0.1 IP, 17p Saturday;  1.0 IP, 13p Friday 
Cionel Perez (L)  1.1 IP, 16p Monday
Beau Sulser 2.0 IP, 22p Saturday for Norfolk

Probably Not Available
Joey Krehbiel 1.0 IP, 21p last nigh t;  1.1 IP, 20p Sunday 

Not Available
Keegan Akin (L)  2.1 IP, 36 last night;  0.2 IP, 15p Sunday
Felix Bautista  1.0 IP, 21p last night; 0.2 IP, 13p Monday;  1.0 IP, 9p Saturday;  0.2 IP, 10p Friday
Dillon Tate  1.0 IP, 25p last night;  1.0 IP, 15p Sunday  0.2 IP, 16p Saturday

[SteveA]

Good quick first for Watkins.   Gotta get as many innings in as we can before the rain comes, because if Watkins can't come back out after a delay our already-thin bullpen would have to cover the remaining innings.

[SteveA]

Latest radar makes it appear there will be rain at the ballpark from about 8:30 to about 9:30.

[emmett16]

That was nasty.  I’m still baffled by how he has success.  He has such a razor thin margin.  

[SteveA]

Good job escaping that mini-jam for Watkins.

[justD]

DL Hall’s high fastballs were deadly today. Not so much for Spenser.

He was so excited to get repeated swings and misses on his changeup as well.

What’s Watkins’ putaway pitch? Does he have one?

[Beysbol]

We all had a good time on here last night! That was so exciting!

[justD]

Some less than stellar defense by the Rangers and the Os take advantage.  McKenna hits a seemingly harmless infield single by virtue of his speed and two score.

Means makes it to the booth for some fried chicken and catching up.

Hope it’s a good game the rest of the way!

[OriolesMagic83]

I always enjoy when the other team's lousy defense gives the O's runs.

[spiritof66]

Sorry, but I don’t find the fried chicken sandwich discussion THAT much more interesting than the ballgame.

[PHRESH]

6 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

Sorry, but I don’t find the fried chicken sandwich discussion THAT much more interesting than the ballgame.

How about the kid eating pizza conversation? 

[SteveA]

2 minutes ago, PHRESH said:

How about the kid eating pizza conversation? 

We've moved on to kid licking ice cream.

Adley with a hit.

[SteveA]

Now the radar shows the rain should just be hitting the ballpark area about now.

BUT... most of the storm has shifted north and the edge of it looks like it will pass through pretty quickly.

[PHRESH]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

We've moved on to kid licking ice cream.

Adley with a hit.

Mid-Atlantic Snack Network 

[SteveA]

Can McKenna come through again with two outs???