Houston goes for the sweep. Orioles ready to keep their streak.

[Uli2001]

3 minutes ago, oriolediehard said:

Seems like that long rest changed his momentum.

I don't know if this is true or now, but it's well-known that closers need work. They need to be in a routine. Here we see people talking about giving him two days off after a tough outing. And Hardy did that against the Dodgers, likely costing the team a win.

[Uli2001]

5 minutes ago, Baltimorecuse said:

I think it's more fun when we win.  

This time it was more like relief.

[Aristotelian]

9 minutes ago, ExileAngelos said:

Well back in the day it would have been inevitable....but with the expanded (yuck) playoffs we might dodge them.

Pretty sure if playoffs were today it would be MIN-TOR (3/6) and TB-HOU (4/5) so we would get the TB-HOU as the top seed. Might be good for us to lose a couple games and drop to the 2 seed! 

[Uli2001]

5 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Give it some time until Kjerstad, Ortiz and Holliday are Orioles. This lineup will be deadly assuming Angelos doesn’t find  a way screw it up. 

Lineup is already very good. They might have to contemplate trading some of that talent for pitching.

[Uli2001]

2 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Pretty sure if playoffs were today it would be MIN-TOR (3/6) and TB-HOU (4/5) so we would get the TB-HOU as the top seed. Might be good for us to lose a couple games and drop to the 2 seed! 

So now it's like the NFL, no more play-in WC games? That's awful.

[Aristotelian]

Just now, Uli2001 said:

So now it's like the NFL, no more play-in WC games? That's awful.

The first round is three game series. https://www.mlb.com/postseason

[ExileAngelos]

2 minutes ago, Uli2001 said:

So now it's like the NFL, no more play-in WC games? That's awful.

It sure is.  System they had before was way better.  But every dollar has to be squeezed out.  Just like the ads on the walls and painted on the fields now. Nothing is enough.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 minutes ago, ExileAngelos said:

It sure is.  System they had before was way better.  But every dollar has to be squeezed out.  Just like the ads on the walls and painted on the fields now. Nothing is enough.

And pimping DraftKings all game long on MASN. 

[dystopia]

Y’all liked that one game WTA? I prefer the series. 

[ExileAngelos]

5 minutes ago, dystopia said:

Y’all liked that one game WTA? I prefer the series. 

Absolutely.  That was the whole idea.  Was more of a play in game.  Win your division or deal with that dicey situation.

[ArtVanDelay]

Toronto takes the L in Cleveland.  Hopefully Tampa Bay loses tonight.

[Gerard19]

1 hour ago, Dunk35 said:

None of them made any sense. 

Two of them were 3-2 hit and run counts and Adley and Austin both let fastball strikes go by without offering. The catcher was shooting fish in a barrel.