Wednesday afternoon April 27: rubber match vs Boston

[SteveA]

Gametime:  1:05 pm

Forecast:  64 degrees, cloudy;  chance of rain (more likely late afternoon/evening than early afternoon)

Matchup:  Tanner Houck (R) vs Tyler Wells (R)

Lineups

1. Alex Verdugo (L) RF

2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B

3. Justin Turner (R) DH

4. Masataka Yoshida (L) LF

5. Enrique Hernandez (R) SS

6. Triston Casas (L) 1B

7. Jarren Duran (L) CF

8. Enmanuel Valdez (L) 2B

9. Connor Wong (R) C

 

1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF

2. Adley Rutschman (S) C

3. Anthony Santander (S) RF

4. Ryan Mountcastle (R) DH

5. Gunnar Henderson (L) SS

6. Adam Frazier (L) 2B

7. Ryan O'Hearn (L) 1B

8. Ramon Urias (R) 3B

9. Terrin Vavra (L) LF

Orioles Bench
Austin Hays (R) -- bruised right hand, probably not available
Jorge Mateo (R) -- resting sore hip in day game after night game but Hyde says available if needed
John McCann (R)
Ryan McKenna (R)
 

Bullpen Availability

Available
Felix Bautista  1.0 IP, 16p Sunday
Yennier Cano  1.0 IP, 12p Monday;  1.2 IP, 19p Saturday 
Daniel Coulombe (L)  1.0 IP, 14p Monday;  1.0 IP, 17p Saturday

Probably Available
Keegan Akin (L)  0.1 IP, 1p Monday;  1.0 IP, 10p Sunday
Bryan Baker  1.0 IP, 19p Monday;  0.2 IP, 17p Sunday
Cionel Perez (L)  1.0 IP, 14p last night;  0.2 IP, 5p Sunday

Not Available
Mike Baumann   2.2 IP, 32p last night;  1.0 IP, 11p Sunday
Austin Voth  3.0 IP, 44p last night;  0.2 IP, 9p Sunday

Edited April 26, 2023 by SteveA

[Just Regular]

Hyde in the pregame presser stated his Baumann hopes pretty plainly.

He described in a tone that probably means Kyle Bradish should lay low today that he likes him in the shorter role and wasn't too thrilled with the "necessity" of last night.

[Yossarian]

Hate to see Mateo sit this one out - he's our hottest bat right now

[Just Regular]

Santander just left his shades on the brim of his cap on that Devers high fly.

The sun is still pretty high in the sky, but that batted ball reminded me of Trey's Mo Gaba day HR later in the afternoon.

[Gurgi]

Nice first inning.  Now lets get some runs!!!

[Gurgi]

15 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

Hate to see Mateo sit this one out - he's our hottest bat right now

Mateo sitting?  Did they give a reason?  Just rest or is there an issue?

[mrbig1]

1 minute ago, Gurgi said:

Nice first inning.  Now lets get some runs!!!

True dat.

[Gurgi]

Nice swing from Mullins.  

[mrbig1]

Mullins heating up.

[Gurgi]

Thats got to be an error right?

[Gurgi]

Wow.  Mullins got in there.  Nice job

[mrbig1]

Got something going. 2 0n no outs.

[spleen1015]

Valdez! The best 2B we have!

[Just Regular]

That's two for Enmanuel Valdez as BOS grappling with the middle infield injury stack.

[Winter]

Good thing that was Mullins on 3B there anyone else and its another bad AB by Santander, instead shallow pop up in a sac fly