Monday, May 8: Showdown at the Yard -- Rays come to town, O's try to win 11th straight series opener

[Mooreisbetter27]

Looking like we re gonna lose for the first time to open a series. 

[Tony-OH]

Just now, oriolediehard said:

The O's picked the wrong time to go into a team wide batting slump!!

They really haven't hit the ball that well this year. This is not a good offense overall. I mean, they bat a guy with like .270 OBP 3rd. lol..

They've been able to beat up some bad bullpens for some bad teams. They really haven't had much luck against the better pitchers. 

Adley is in another funk and that doesn't help. There is no one to really pick him up when he's struggling, especially against left-handers.

[Billy F-Face3]

Who is that loud person you can hear on the broadcast trying to announce pitchers from the fans stands? He just distracted Keegan Akin when he yelled his name from the stretch 

[24fps]

Has anyone besides Ryan McKenna caught a fly ball tonight?

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Mooreisbetter27 said:

Looking like we re gonna lose for the first time to open a series. 

The Rays are 22-0 when they score first.

[Moose Milligan]

Akin looks locked in right now. 

[Dunk35]

Just now, Sports Guy said:

That’s what happens when you run players into the ground, especially catchers.

Is that why he hasnt hit a HR in 100 PAs?

[SteveA]

3 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

No way they really pitch to Adley here with Mountcastle on deck, right?

I mean, Adley is something like 0 for his last 20 and Mountcastle has a hit in 9 of 10 games with at least 4 multi hit games in that span.

I know Mountcastle has a lot of flaws as a hitter but he's hitting over .300 for the last two weeks.

[Billy F-Face3]

Akin looks sharp tonight!

[Tony-OH]

The Orioles are proving that they can beat the bad teams but are not quite ready to beat the good teams. Like in the playoffs, you need those top level players to beat the good teams.

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, 24fps said:

Has anyone besides Ryan McKenna caught a fly ball tonight?

I remember a shallow fly to right to Santander.

[Moose Milligan]

I hate all the Lowe’s. There’s like three of them, one of them always kills us and I think it’s Nate. The fact that all three of them played for the Rays makes it even more confusing. 

[Jagwar]

1 minute ago, Tony-OH said:

They really haven't hit the ball that well this year. This is not a good offense overall. I mean, they bat a guy with like .270 OBP 3rd. lol..

They've been able to beat up some bad bullpens for some bad teams. They really haven't had much luck against the better pitchers. 

Adley is in another funk and that doesn't help. There is no one to really pick him up when he's struggling, especially against left-handers.

This just isn't a playoff team lineup

[Tony-OH]

2 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

Who is that loud person you can hear on the broadcast trying to announce pitchers from the fans stands? He just distracted Keegan Akin when he yelled his name from the stretch 

That guy has been doing that for years. He's at every game and is fairly annoying unless you like having a man scream something you already know by looking at the scoreboard.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, 24fps said:

Has anyone besides Ryan McKenna caught a fly ball tonight?

Fan made a heck of a catch on the ball Lowe hit.