Thursday afternoon: O's vs A's complete 4 game battle-of-the-vowels series

[Dibbs31]

I dont think it would have mattered who was running. Absolute laser with perfect accuracy

[eddie83]

Just now, SteveA said:

Yep, and McKenna is faster and a better RF so you pinch run there, he scores, and you have your better defender in with the lead.   Sounds like a major strategic blunder to me, granted that I am following on gameday and didn't actually see the play.

 

[Mooreisbetter27]

Alright Adley, let's park one and just end this mess.  No extra inning debacle.  

[Winter]

Well Baker, Coulumbe and Batista did what we needed, now can the bats go out and win it before the disaster of pitching we have lined up for extras?

[SteveA]

We better win this thing in the bottom of the 9th, because the bullpen would be mighty thin for extras.

A second inning of Bautista?
A guy who threw over 20 pitches in relief last night:
A guy who would be going on his 3rd straight day and 4th time in 5 days.

[HandsomeQuack]

At least Felix seems to have overcome his early season issues

[LA2]

4 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

Could have ran McKenna. 

Sounds like it didn't matter--the only wise choice was to stay on third on a medium-depth fly to Laureano's cannon arm and AR up next. I fault the 3rd-base coach on that one.

Edited April 13, 2023 by LA2

[Moose Milligan]

Alright, Adley.  Time to be a hero.  Walk this ****er off.  

[Hank Scorpio]

1 minute ago, Dibbs31 said:

I dont think it would have mattered who was running. Absolute laser with perfect accuracy

This is correct. No excuse for that decision, really. He would have thrown him out from the warning track.

[eddie83]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

@LA2even if it were Mateo running, I don't think it'd have been close.  That send was stupid.

In the old days I would agree. With replay it’s a closer play. Although I guess we burned out challenge didn’t we. 

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, HandsomeQuack said:

At least Felix seems to have overcome his early season issues

Felix is infallible and never has any issues.  C'mon.  

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, eddie83 said:

 

Thanks but links to social media are automatically blocked at work.   I'll check the play out later tonight at home.

[Tony-OH]

3 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

Ball beat him by probably 10 feet.

Yeah, the smart move was to pinch run McKenna for Vavra, but Mateo would have been out on that throw.

[eddie83]

Just now, LA2 said:

Sounds like it didn't matter--the only wise choice was to stay on third on a medium-depth fly to Laureano's cannon arm

He was battling sun to catch it. May have been part of logic to send him. 

[eddie83]

Just now, SteveA said:

Thanks but links to social media are automatically blocked at work.   I'll check the play out later tonight at home.

Ok. NP.