Tuesday, August 22: Orioles try to bury the Blue Jays and make it a 2-team division race

[SteveA]

Gametime:  7:05 pm

Forecast:   78 degrees and sunny

Pregame:  First pitch thrown out by NFL Hall of Famer Ed Reed

Matchup:  Yusei Kikuchi (L) vs Greyson Rodriguez (R)

Lineups

Whit Merrifield 2B (R)
Bo Bichette SS (R)
Brandon Belt DH (L)
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B (R)
George Springer RF (R)
Daulton Varsho LF (L)
Matt Chapman 3B (R)
Danny Jansen C (R)
Kevin Kiermaier CF (L)
 

Adley Rutschman DH (S)
Ryan Mountcastle 1B (R)
Gunnar Henderson 3B (L)
Austin Hays LF (R)
Jordan Westburg 2B (R)
James McCann C (R)
Cedric Mullins CF (L)
Ryan McKenna RF (R)
Jorge Mateo SS (R)

Orioles Bench
Adam Frazier (L)
Ryan O'Hearn (L)
Anthony Santander (S) -- possibly still bothered by sore back
Ramon Urias (R)

 

Bullpen Availability

Available
Michael Baumann  1.0 IP, 21p Friday
Felix Bautista  1.0 IP, 9p Saturday
Yennier Cano   1.1 IP, 11p Saturday;  1.0 IP, 11p Friday
Cionel Perez 0.2 IP, 8p Saturdayt;  1.0 IP, 12p Friday 
Jacob Webb  1.0 IP, 26p Saturday

Probably Available
Shintaro Fujinami  1.0 IP, 16p Sunday;  1.0 IP, 16p Saturday
Nick Vespi (L)   2.0 IP, 28p Sunday
 

[mrbig1]

I want to put the blowjays on their knees.

[Yossarian]

Rodriguez nibbling on the corners trying to find the strike zone

[86this]

Thank you Vladdy Jr.

[mrbig1]

Come on Grod.

[Roy Firestone]

Love those DP's..limits the pitches...gets the kid out of some trouble...

[Miami7851]

Another garbage home ump

[mrbig1]

Good job boys.

[NCRaven]

Ump seemed fine to me.

[Yossarian]

Kikuchi is primed to get shelled today.   His numbers since the break have been phenomenal and it's time to start to regress toward his true numbers

[SteveA]

NOW Gunnar gets the single!

[86this]

Improve on those ROY stats Gunnar!

[drjohnnyfever1]

Mountie swinging for the fences.

[86this]

OK Gunnar, shoot for that 30/30 season.  Still time.

[ArtVanDelay]

9 minutes ago, 86this said:

Thank you Vladdy Jr.

He is terrible