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Wednesday, June 28: Orioles vs Reds, series deciding game


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12 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

This is certainly a clown show inning all around, but again, the bullpen was short tonight and Gibson pooped his pants once again.

And don't forget how we let Weaver get his s--- together and pitch a bunch of good innings against us when we should have knocked him out early.  If we had knocked Weaver out in the 3rd or so, we'd have 8 or 9 runs before Alexis Diaz ever got up in the pen.

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6 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

You really wanted to put Akin out in a tie game in the top of the 9th when you could use Bautista after what you just saw?

You play to win in the bottom of the inning, then you pray Akin doesn't suck in the 10th. 

Akin gets the 9th with bases clear.  In the 10th he has to deal with a base runner.  You guys are never going to convince me to use the closer to save a tie in the 9th.  

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