Orioles at Rays. Sunday, August 14th

[Roll Tide]

1 hour ago, foxfield said:

Not trying to sell anything and certainly not arguing. Just don’t think in the course of 162 games, the choice to pitch Hall yesterday hurt anything. It certainly should not have messed with any mojo nor been any more disruptive than a rain day. 
 

And Yes Watkins had to pitch in a mop up role. Hopefully he is a big boy and gets thinks like this happen. If he never wants to be bumped again he should try to be better.  
 

Literally the same can be said of Hall. 

One could argue it will cost the tie breaker vs the Rays. No guarantee we would’ve won anyway. But, he clearly didn’t give us the best chance to win. As for the mojo ….who knows. Sometimes it doesn’t have to make sense.

[eddie83]

Of course it started with the 8/9 hitters reaching.  

[tntoriole]

This guy absolutely owns us.. has he hit all of his home runs against  us?  Stupid pitch call, reallly stupid.  Yet there you go.. let him beat you.. and he just did… the slide has begun. 

[Fiver6565]

In all seriousness, has there been a single actual intentional walk all year?  I can’t recall one bit of course haven’t seen every inning. 

[KillerTofu]

12 minutes ago, Il BuonO said:

 

Oh! I didn’t see that it was posted there. It figures I mess it up. Thanks for letting me know.

[dtk9119]

Against him and Judge Hyde has been absolutely idiotic this year.  So obvious and it's like they're not even paying attention. 

Now the 4th inning is almost over and we have nada.

[Fiver6565]

Groundout city for the second game in a row.

[winning]

Rasmussen looks dominant today. 3 run lead. Low pitch count. Yea, this might be over fellas. I can tell you right now, in his mind this game is over.

[Il BuonO]

Again, Ben with the spot on commentary in regards to Lyles missing out over the plate. But why with a mediocre pitcher (over his career) do you even leave it up to him?

[tntoriole]

1 minute ago, Roll Tide said:

One could argue it will cost the tie breaker vs the Rays. No guarantee we would’ve won anyway. But, he clearly didn’t give us the best chance to win. As for the mojo ….who knows. Sometimes it doesn’t have to make sense.

Yes, when you are riding the best record in the AL for last month , just the time to change it all around in a big series.  If we go on a big losing streak after this ,I will give Elias some of the blame. 

[Gurgi]

This game is looking like its going to be a loss.  

[eddie83]

2 minutes ago, Fiver6565 said:

Groundout city for the second game in a row.

This guy is good and he is on. Why it was so important to keep it close.  

[NashLumber]

Save your arm four pitches next time up and just wave Randy on to first base. The man is like a deadly cocktail. Even a whiff of it can knock a grown man to the ground. 

[Bahama O's Fan]

Averaging less than 10 pitches per inning. 

[SilverRocket]