Wednesday, August 10 -- Orioles go for sweep vs Toronto & can move into official wild card position with a win, if weather allows

[SteveA]

Gametime:  7:05 pm

Forecast:   low 80s, rain moving through the area late afternoon and into the evening, heavy at times.   Doubt this game starts on schedule.

Matchup:  Jose Berrios (R) vs Dean Kremer (R)

Lineups

1. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (R) LF

2. Vladimir Guerrero (R) 1B

3. Alejandro Kirk (R) DH

4. Teoscar Hernandez (R) RF

5. Bo Bichette (R) SS

6. Matt Chapman (R) 3B

7. Raimel Tapia (L) CF

8. Danny Jansen (R) C

9. Santiago Espinal (R) 2B

 

1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF

2. Adley Rutschman (S) C

3. Anthony Santander (S) RF

4. Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B

5. Terrin Vavra (L) DH

6. Austin Hays (R) LF

7. Rougned Odor (L) 2B

8. Ramon Urias (R) 3B

9. Jorge Mateo (R) SS

Orioles Bench
Robinson Chirinos (R)
Ryan McKenna (R)
Tyler Nevin (R)
Brett Phillips (L)
 

Bullpen Availability

Available
Keegan Akin (L)  0.2 IP, 23p Sunday;   1.0 IP, 7p Saturday
Joey Krehbiel 0.1 IP, 7p Monday;  1.0 IP, 22p Saturday
Cionel Perez (L) 0.1 IP, 6p Monday
Dillon Tate 1.1 IP, 16p Monday;  0.2 IP, 8p Saturday
Nick Vespi (L)  0.2 IP, 7p last night;  1.1 IP, 19p Saturday

Probably Available
Bryan Baker  0.2 IP, 16p last night;  0.2 IP, 8p Sunday

Maybe Available
Louis Head  1.1 IP, 17p last night;  1.0 IP, 11p Saturday for Norfolk

Probably Not Available
Felix Bautista 1.0 IP, 13p last night;  1.1 IP, 16p Monday  


 

Edited August 10, 2022 by SteveA

[Fiver6565]

Gotta figure Akin is first out of the pen tonight unless Kremer happens to go six innings.  Hyde will likely try to go back to getting two innings out of him. 

Edited August 10, 2022 by Fiver6565

[Fiver6565]

Also, hopefully we are in a position to get to find out who the ‘backup’ closer is with Felix almost certainly down. 

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, Fiver6565 said:

Also, hopefully we are in a position to get to find out who the ‘backup’ closer is with Felix almost certainly down. 

I think it's Tate.

[Redskins Rick]

Cito still sucks lol

[Fiver6565]

1 hour ago, SteveA said:

I think it's Tate.

I agree.  I think Perez could get some play there but not against TOR, who have basically no LH hitters.

[SteveA]

The Rays lost this afternoon.   If the Orioles win this game they will pass the Rays and will officially be in position for a wild card spot for the first time since the first few days of the season.

[AdamK]

6 minutes ago, SteveA said:

The Rays lost this afternoon.   If the Orioles win this game they will pass the Rays and will officially be in position for a wild card spot for the first time since the first few days of the season.

There's still a lot of baseball left to be played this season, and Os are managing to win more often than not recently... which is all preamble/disclaimer to get out of the way before this next comment...

...But...

With the clubhouse no doubt aware of the tie with Rays prior to first pitch, I am looking forward to seeing if they're playing loose tonight knowing a win will get them to a big pyschological summit. With the ability to say "we're officially in the hunt" so so close with a win tonight I hope we don't suddenly see these young guys playing outside of themselves and trying to do too much. 

More learning oppoertunities for this young core, more teaching opportunities for the veterans/for Hyde.

 

I like the pretext to tonights game. This is going to feel more like playoff baseball perhaps than other games, and strategically Hyde may give us some hints at how he'd handle things (a pen that has been used a lot already and some late inning defensive replacements/batting matchups).

 

Good luck guys. Jeep it going. 

 

[ChuckS]

Rain supposed to stop around 9:00 from what I’m seeing. They could just PPD since they are playing so many other series’s together and a makeup wouldn’t be very difficult, but they could probably get it in if they wanted to. 

Edited August 10, 2022 by ChuckS

[sportsfan8703]

I hope we get this in. Big momentum from last night. 

[eddie83]

Would not hurt my feelings if this game gets called. Big weekend in Tampa. I know one game in Boston tomorrow but having an off day this week could be beneficial. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

I think this game will get played, but the start time won’t be until around 9pm. 

[justD]

Gonna be a rough thread for me, as I just found out I've given out too much rep today!

Rep to you all! 

[justD]

46 minutes ago, AdamK said:

 

Good luck guys. Jeep it going. 

 

Always ready!

[O's84]

2 hours ago, Redskins Rick said:

Cito still sucks lol

Death, Taxes.