Wednesday September 21: Orioles try to avoid season sweep by Tigers

[SteveA]

Gametime:  7:05 pm

Forecast:  80 degrees, no precipitation

Matchup:  Matt Manning (R) vs Jordan Lyles (R)

Lineups

1. Riley Greene (L) CF

2. Javier Baez (R) SS

3. Kerry Carpenter (L) RF

4. Miguel Cabrera (R) DH

5. Spencer Torkelson (R) 1B

6. Harold Castro (L) 2B

7. Jeimer Candelario (S) 3B

8. Tucker Barnhart (S) C

9. Akil Baddoo (L) LF

 

1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF

2. Adley Rutschman (S) DH

3. Gunnar Henderson (L) SS

4. Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B

5. Terrin Vavra (L) 2B

6. Austin Hays (R) LF

7. Kyle Stowers (L) RF

8. Ramon Urias (R) 3B

9. Robinson Chirinos (R) C

Orioles Bench
Jesus Aguilar (R)
Jorge Mateo (R)
Ryan McKenna (R)
Rougned Odor (L)
Anthony Santander (S)

 

Bullpen Availability

Available
Keegan Akin (L)  1.0 IP, 14p Monday;  1.0 IP, 12p Saturday
Bryan Baker  1.0 IP, 16p last night;  1.0 IP, 15p Saturday
Felix Bautista  1.0 IP, 25p Sunday
DL Hall (L)  1.0 IP, 18p Monday;  1.0 IP, 15p Saturday
Cionel Perez (L)  1.0 IP, 10p last night
Jake Reed  1.0 IP, 20p Monday;  0.1 IP, 12p Saturday
Dillon Tate  1.1 IP, 15p Sunday

Probably Not Available
Mike Baumann  2.0 IP, 35p Monday
Joey Krehbiel  2.0 IP, 21p last night;  1.0 IP, 12p Sunday 
 

[Can_of_corn]

Since everyone is all doom and gloom.

 

[SilverRocket]

 

[deward]

Just now, SilverRocket said:

 

How many times this year has that happened to Mountcastle now? Feels like a bunch. If I'm him, I'm begging to be traded in the offseason. 

[SilverRocket]

1 minute ago, deward said:

How many times this year has that happened to Mountcastle now? Feels like a bunch. If I'm him, I'm begging to be traded in the offseason. 

Actual HR 22, xHR 25.9.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/home-runs?player_type=Batter&year=2022&team=&min=0&sort=10&sortDir=asc

[FlaO'sFan]

1 minute ago, deward said:

How many times this year has that happened to Mountcastle now? Feels like a bunch. If I'm him, I'm begging to be traded in the offseason. 

I hated the short left field porch before, but I don't like the change they made either. Why was it so hard to just put a nice mlb average fence in place? It's just an ugly gimmicky part of the stadium to me now.

[deward]

5 minutes ago, SilverRocket said:

Actual HR 22, xHR 25.9.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/home-runs?player_type=Batter&year=2022&team=&min=0&sort=10&sortDir=asc

He's hit more than four this year that would have been out last year 

[FlaO'sFan]

Does anyone else have MLB TV, as I do, and been having blurred streaming that comes and goes. It just happened to me several times that bottom half of the inning (as well as several times the last 2 or 3 O's games) and I am wondering if it is the feed or my computer. 

Edited September 21, 2022 by FlaO'sFan

[SilverRocket]

2 minutes ago, FlaO'sFan said:

Does anyone else have MLB TV, as I do, and been having blurred streaming that comes and goes. It just happened to me several times that bottom half of the inning (as well as several times the last 2 or 3 O's games) and I am wondering if it is the feed or my computer. 

I use MLB.TV through a Roku and haven't had that problem. It's probably a good 15-20 seconds behind live though.

[Yossarian]

Question regarding the modern infatuation with the base on balls.

Is there too much emphasis put on drawing walks?  Kevin Brown was just praising Hays for b his string of 6 games drawing a walk.  That's fine and all, but so what?  The idea behind drawings walks is it is an indication of how well a batter is seeing pitches.  If that doesn't translate into a higher BABIP or slugging percentage, what good is it.   To me, the batter is so preoccupied with drawing the walk, he passes up good, hittable pitches early in the count and gets into a lot of two strike counts where he is forced to sing at a pitcher's pitch,  or leave himself at the mercy of the umpire on borderline calls. 

To me, a lot of walks isn't very helpful if the batter can't use that "seeing pitches " skill to hit strikes early in the count when he sees them. 

[Yossarian]

That was a tailor-made DP bobbled by Castro.  Adley catches a break on what should have been another out in a  horrendous battingvaverage with runners in scoring position against the Tigers this year. 

[OriolesMagic83]

Team finally waking up.  Well almost getting swept in the season series by Detroit definitely shows the O's don't deserve to make the playoffs.

[Yossarian]

Great hit by Gunnar. Pulled his hands in and pulled the hit through the hole. 

[FlaO'sFan]

Watching Gunnar the next couple of years is going to be joyful.

[Alasdaire]

Vavra feasts on guys who don't throw strikes.