Friday evening: Orioles try to stave off mathematical elimination and Aaron Judge in the Bronx

[Tony-OH]

Just now, Jagwar said:

Not only that... but his fastball was 96-98 and his changeup was at 84-85. Great differential there. 

That's what he was doing when he was feeling good earlier in the season. The change doesn't have as much arm side run as it used to have, but he's getting really good differential with his fastball and he's placing it well.

[LA2]

Lyles, Bautista, and Hall all manned up tonight. Very impressed.

[Alasdaire]

So many fun pieces starting to come together. The kids are gonna be alright.

[eddie83]

4 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Sorry I should have said Tampa not Toronto.  I'll fix that.

TBH I didn’t even notice the team. I just checked and saw their score. 

[Tony-OH]

1 minute ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Glad to hear your vacation wasn't totally ruined. I was wondering how you were holding up. 

Thanks. The parks were all closed for two days so we lost out on one of the days of our hopper plus we had a two day at Universal and only went once. Kinda sucks but I don't want to feel too bad for us when there are people who lost everything, especially down by Ft Myers. Just awful.

But, it was fun to find the Orioles game on MLB network and watch the last two innings. I was having Orioles game withdrawal even though they haven't been playing well.

[Sports Guy]

I missed it.  Why didn’t Bautista pitch the 9th?

[eddie83]

9 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

 

Honestly don’t think I ever saw this before. 

[eddie83]

Just now, Sports Guy said:

I missed it.  Why didn’t Bautista pitch the 9th?

I guess he wanted Hall to have that chance. Plus wanted the SH turned around. 

[jdwilde1]

1 minute ago, Sports Guy said:

I missed it.  Why didn’t Bautista pitch the 9th?

Stumbled off the mound on a pitch in the 8th and apparently tweaked his left calf.  He finished out the inning, but I guess they didn’t want to chance anything by sending him back out for the 9th.

[Tony-OH]

2 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

I missed it.  Why didn’t Bautista pitch the 9th?

Most likely because he hurt his ankle pitching to Judge. He finished the inning but the Orioles probably weren't going to risk him going back out.

[Tony-OH]

1 minute ago, jdwilde1 said:

Stumbled off the mound on a pitch in the 8th and apparently tweaked his left calf.  He finished out the inning, but I guess they didn’t want to chance anything by sending him back out for the 9th.

Was it a calf? Did they say that after the game? Looked like an ankle.

[Sports Guy]

Ok, so the plan was a 2 inning save?

[Can_of_corn]

8 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

Honestly don’t think I ever saw this before. 

Pretty solid band.  Their Madison Square Garden show when they "broke up" is a pretty epic live set.

Edited October 1, 2022 by Can_of_corn

[eddie83]

6 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Ok, so the plan was a 2 inning save?

I missed start of presser post game. Not sure if he was asked. Did say it was knee issue and Felix wanted to finish inning.  

Edited October 1, 2022 by eddie83

[SteveA]

6 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Ok, so the plan was a 2 inning save?

Yep Hall and Sulser we're the only guys available (guess Hyde didn't want Baker or Tate to do the 5 games in 7 days thing).

Post game Twitter indicates left knee discomfort for Felix.