Friday June 16: an afternoon at Wrigley Field

[SteveA]

Gametime:  2:20 PM EDT

Forecast:   64 degrees, sunny

Matchup:  Cole Irvin (L) vs Kyle Hendricks (R)

Lineups

1. Gunnar Henderson (L) 3B

2. Adley Rutschman (S) C

3. Anthony Santander (S) RF

4. Ryan O'Hearn (L) 1B

5. Austin Hays (R) LF

6. Aaron Hicks (S) CF

7. Adam Frazier (L) 2B

8. Ramon Urias (R) DH

9. Jorge Mateo (R) SS

 

1. Nico Hoerner (R) 2B

2. Dansby Swanson (R) SS

3. Christopher Morel (R) CF

4. Seiya Suzuki (R) RF

5. Yan Gomes (R) DH

6. Trey Mancini (R) 1B

7. Patrick Wisdom (R) LF

8. Miguel Amaya (R) C

9. Nick Madrigal (R) 3B

Orioles Bench
Josh Lester (L)
James McCann (R)
Ryan McKenna (R)
Joey Ortiz (R)
 

Bullpen Avilability

Available
Keegan Akin  (L)  2.2 IP, 35p Sunday
Bryan Baker  1.0 IP, 12p Tuesday
Mike Baumann 1.0 IP, 8p Wednesday;  0.1 IP, 11p Tuesday
Danny Coulombe  (L)  0.0 IP, 15p Wednesday
Reed Garrett  1.0 IP, 14p Wednesday
Cionel Perez (L)  1.1 IP, 23p Tuesday

Probably Available
Felix Bautista  1.0 IP, 18p yesterday

Maybe Available
Yennier Cano  1.0 IP, 25p yesterday

 

Edited June 16, 2023 by SteveA

[OriolesMagic83]

Was planning to do some errands and getting some things done then watch the 7 pm game.  Forgot this was a 230 pm start.  Are 230 Friday games common for Chicago?

[Yossarian]

Facing the Wrigleyville Cubs today. 

[SteveA]

17 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Was planning to do some errands and getting some things done then watch the 7 pm game.  Forgot this was a 230 pm start.  Are 230 Friday games common for Chicago?

It's a 2:20 start, and yes, that is their normal start time.   We are at 2:20 again tomorrow.

[Malike]

Wow, if he's going to call that at the feet all night, we're in trouble.

[HandsomeQuack]

Irvin better get that low strike

[Gurgi]

1 minute ago, Yossarian said:

Facing the Wrigleyville Cubs today. 

Kind of not liking their uniform....but it is way better than our black city connect disasters.

[Yossarian]

Big strike zone today - at least for Orioles hitters.  That second strike to Gunnar was mid-shin.

[Gurgi]

You know what is the Orioles real problem?  No true middle of the order mega bat.  Like a Murray or Frank Robinson.  We need a guy who can put up 115 rbi.  Hit 40 doubles and 25 hrs.   Instead we have Santander who is decent just not a real threat. 

[Yossarian]

2 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

You know what is the Orioles real problem?  No true middle of the order mega bat.  Like a Murray or Frank Robinson.  We need a guy who can put up 115 rbi.  Hit 40 doubles and 25 hrs.   Instead we have Santander who is decent just not a real threat. 

So we need to find a Hall of Famer that nobody else wants or knows about, but we can get for cheap?

[Gurgi]

Palmer is here.  I wish Kevin Brown was working with him....but this guy is ok.  

[Gurgi]

1 minute ago, Yossarian said:

So we need to find a Hall of Famer that nobody else wants or knows about, but we can get for cheap?

Not saying how we find it or if it is cheap.  I am just saying that I think we need a old school middle of the order major bat to make the Orioles go deep in the playoffs.  Dont know if we can find anything....just saying I think we need one. 

[Malike]

This ump scorecard is going to be 70%

[Gurgi]

Gunnar looks better than the mistakes he was making at the start of the year.  Good to see him get confidence in the field as well as at the plate.  

[SteveA]

Just now, Malike said:

This ump scorecard is going to be 70%

And tomorrow we get CB Bucknor.