Friday August 11: Orioles visit Seattle

[Billy F-Face3]

Castillo has quite the head of hair. Imagine how many old guys wish they had his hairline.

[Roy Firestone]

Jesus, Castillo is overpowering...maybe we can work more counts and get him out...but their pen is really good too...

[O's84]

2 minutes ago, Emory Eagle said:

This umpire I swear to god.

If he's going to give Castillo that, good luck.

[tntoriole]

More whiffs 

[baltfan]

Gunnar is in a bit of a slump. Batting avg below .240 now. 

[Uli2001]

51 minutes ago, O's84 said:

Rays blew a 3 run lead in the 9th.   But unfortunately they got a walk HR in the bottom of the 9th.

All 3 runs by Cleveland scored on wild pitches. It seems TB has their bullpen problems too.

[baltfan]

Gunnar looks really good at SS. I listened to the Astros broadcast the other day and they remarked on how good he looked there too. 

[Billy F-Face3]

The Mariners have great pitchers all across the board. It's going to come down to our offensive strategy to capitalize on the very few mistakes the M's pitchers make, along with our ability to shut down their hitters.

Gibson is going to get ground balls and line drives so our infielders need to be on their toes.

[eddie83]

14 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

The same when my wife asks me something when the game is on the line like it’s planned out by her. 

Haha. Timing is everything in life. 

[SilverRocket]

Gibson's sweeper is just not working today. 

[Billy F-Face3]

Pefect pitch on the corner to get the strike out. Credit to the umpire for seeing it.

Gibby should go back to that spot more often now.

[Emory Eagle]

Crafty veteran mode officially engaged by Gibson.

[justD]

My brother-in-law is a big Mariners fan.  We're texting each other during the game.  He just told me Castillo falls in love with his fastball and suspects the O's will get a HR or two off him before long. 

Of course, he also said Castillo's offspeed stuff looks better than usual tonight. 

[slakattack]

Let's go now and jump in this thing.

[Uli2001]

45 minutes ago, MDK02 said:

Mariners on a 7 game win streak. This is going to be a very very tough series. 

The Orioles have played a brutal schedule since the AS break. It's a testament to how tough/talented the team is that they have more than held their own. I am looking forward to the schedule softening up after this weekend.