Saturday, July 15: Orioles vs Marlins

[Malike]

Just now, fansince1988 said:

Are you at the game?

No, they showed them out there at the beginning of the broadcast.

[forphase1]

Gosh this is ugly.   Plenty of pitches to hit,  defense letting it all through,  Mateo, who is only still around due to speed and glove shows the glove isn't as good as last year,  etc.  And with the b team on offense (Mateo versus anyone, Mountcastle) not sure we will have the offensive horses to win a shootout. 

[Spakman]

1 minute ago, eddie83 said:

In a tie game in the second inning with 2 runners in scoring position and no outs? Most times teams concede a run there. To be fair Hyde’s calls have worked well this year. 

Managers are not doing that this year. They are bringing the infield in early and games.

[Malike]

1 minute ago, O's84 said:

Gotta find a way to hold them 4 runs.

Garrett had 1 atrocious start this season against the Braves. His ERA is 3.66 on the year and 2.56 in every other start combined.

[O's84]

Moose, you're favorite boy is hitting cleanup!

[Bemorewins]

Just now, forphase1 said:

Gosh this is ugly.   Plenty of pitches to hit,  defense letting it all through,  Mateo, who is only still around due to speed and glove shows the glove isn't as good as last year,  etc.  And with the b team on offense (Mateo versus anyone, Mountcastle) not sure we will have the offensive horses to win a shootout. 

IMO Westburg’s play was at least equally as bad as Mateo’s. 

[Chavez Ravine]

Gibson kept the contraption from sinking.

[mrbig1]

Well boys, we got our work cut out for us.

[Sports Guy]

Luckily the Westburg poor decision didn’t end up costing them anything.

Gibson needs to get it together and give them some innings. Get another 3-4 innings if possible.

[Pat Kelly]

Also for Gibson to be effective he needs the “A” INF defense.  I know this is nitpicking but have to be great on defense behind Gibson.  Urias should be in there.  Mateo needs to play every day to be effective and you can’t justify playing him a lot so he probably needs to go. 

[fansince1988]

1 minute ago, Malike said:

No, they showed them out there at the beginning of the broadcast.

Could be green screen, but looks convincing. Seems unlikely they are out there. I'll have to see for myself the next time I go. 

[eddie83]

Irvin up in pen is certainly good news for Grod. 

[OldNewGuy]

8 minutes ago, Spakman said:

Mateo appreciation thread?

Belanger would have made that play. Lol

[O's84]

Just now, Malike said:

Garrett had 1 atrocious start this season against the Braves. His ERA is 3.66 on the year and 2.56 in every other start combined.

They really need to a few off him and find a way to drive the pitch count up.  Marlins have a good pen but anything can happen in a close game.  You can't just give up. 

[Malike]

Just now, fansince1988 said:

Could be green screen, but looks convincing. Seems unlikely they are out there. I'll have to see for myself the next time I go. 

I doubt they wasted money on that. They made a point to say they would be watching the game from a defensive perspective, specifically Devo's old spot.