Saturday August 12: Orioles try to even series in Seattle

[OriolesMagic83]

1,game ban for all the posters who said we are going to be swept.

[O's84]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

Game of the year?

It's definitely on the short list at the very least.

[Emory Eagle]

Just now, Hallas said:

By the way, this is one of those one-run games that shouldn't really count as a lucky win, because our pitching/defense shut them out.

Uh… no it was lucky. But that’s ok! Everyone wins some games by luck.

[Uli2001]

2 minutes ago, Emory Eagle said:

The King is dead! Long live the King!

Go watch "Madame DuBarry" the latest movie by Johnny Depp, who plays a dying Louis XV. Very touching scene.

[justD]

1 minute ago, Hallas said:

If I were a Mariner's fan I'd probably throw my remote/mouse/whatever through my screen watching this game.  Not that I'm complaining.

My brother-in-law will simply take a "nothing new to see here" attitude.  He gets really, really bummed, not angry but, like, yeah, nothing new saddddd.  It's hard to watch, knowing the pain we've been through. 

But damn, pitching performance like that and they lose 1-0 in extras?  Brutal. 

 

[OnlyOneOriole]

Great win.  Bullpen came through bigtime.

 

Nice to see. 

 

Another win where they maybe shouldn't have with the way Seattle's pitcher was dealing but this team has a knack for doing that.

[spiritof66]

3 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Game of the year?

I'll go with the World Series clincher, but close.

[Aristotelian]

3 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Game of the year?

Gotta go with the Santander bomb at home vs the Yanks but this was close

[Emory Eagle]

Just now, justD said:

My brother-in-law will simply take a "nothing new to see here" attitude.  He gets really, really bummed, not angry but, like, yeah, nothing new saddddd.  It's hard to watch, knowing the pain we've been through. 

But damn, pitching performance like that and they lose 1-0 in extras?  Brutal. 

 

Well, trade one of those electric arms for some Orioles bats in the off-season and both clubs improve. 

[Hallas]

Just now, Emory Eagle said:

Uh… no it was lucky. But that’s ok! Everyone wins some games by luck.

Lucky that we happened to get our team shutout on a day when their starter went 9 scoreless and needed the ghost runner to score?  I guess.  But our expected winning percentage when we shut them out is 100%.  It's more unlucky for the Mariners than it is lucky for us.

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, Emory Eagle said:

Uh… no it was lucky. But that’s ok! Everyone wins some games by luck.

Nah, it wasn't lucky.  C'mon.

Irvin delivered a great start.  The bullpen navigated their way through.  Felix dominated.  Mounty smoked that ball, there was no luck on that hit.

I will say it was kind of lucky that Mullins was the runner on 2nd to start the extras, that was great.  But the Orioles hung in there and did what they needed to do.  

[accinfo]

Just remember we have NO chance in the playoffs against good pitchers.   Just read this game thread.  

[Malike]

2 minutes ago, justD said:

My brother-in-law will simply take a "nothing new to see here" attitude.  He gets really, really bummed, not angry but, like, yeah, nothing new saddddd.  It's hard to watch, knowing the pain we've been through. 

But damn, pitching performance like that and they lose 1-0 in extras?  Brutal. 

 

Seattle went to the playoffs last year and holds a Wildcard spot now, my heart isn't breaking for any Seattle fans.

[justD]

1 minute ago, Emory Eagle said:

Well, trade one of those electric arms for some Orioles bats in the off-season and both clubs improve. 

I was thinking earlier if we could just mash our two clubs together, their pitching and our hitting and both clubs' defense, we'd be devastating!

But yeah, really needed to do a reverse Bedard trade with them and was hoping it would happen before they took off this season.

[CynBeth]

4 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

1,game ban for all the posters who said we are going to be swept.

The reverse jinx worked we should get rewarded.