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

[forphase1]

4 minutes ago, TopGunnar said:

Yes I would rather have Ohearn who has been batting 4th for us all year hit over Ryan McKenna. 10 times out of 10. Without question. Don’t care he’s a lefty

Definitely.  He is crushing BOTH LHP and RHP, at least when compared to McKenna.  O'Hearn is at .820/1.128 versus .689/.655 for McKenna. Yeah, some SSS for both, but still.

[baltfan]

Get to see what Grayson is made of tonight.  Let’s see him battle. 

[Moose Milligan]

I will crack a beer when Kiermaier retires. 

[O's84]

Too many hittable pitches.

[Roy Firestone]

This is the Jays...NOT the A's...we need to avoid a sweep...

[Malike]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

Just got home. How’s G-Rod looking?

Velo is down, he's throwing either balls out of the hand or leaving it middle-middle. The D has picked him up, he's not having a good day.

[tntoriole]

Grayson is a long way from reliable 

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, forphase1 said:

Definitely.  He is crushing BOTH LHP and RHP, at least when compared to McKenna.  O'Hearn is at .820/1.128 versus .689/.655 for McKenna. Yeah, some SSS for both, but still.

What about Kikuchi's CAREER splits.   The pitcher split is 50% of the equation, you know, and his are pretty extreme.

[Malike]

1 minute ago, baltfan said:

Get to see what Grayson is made of tonight.  Let’s see him battle. 

He's at 66 pitches through 4, I don't know how much longer we'll get to see what he's made of.

[tntoriole]

Just now, Malike said:

Velo is down, he's throwing either balls out of the hand or leaving it middle-middle. The D has picked him up, he's not having a good day.

Looks exactly like he did before he got sent down last time .. that crap just does not cut it in the big leagues 

[baltfan]

2 minutes ago, Malike said:

Lucky.

And unlucky at the same time, if that makes sense.  Lots of bloop hits and weak contact.  But also a lucky double play and some hard hit balls right at guys. 

[SteveA]

Elias in the TV booth.

[O's84]

Mike Elias in the booth.

[SteveA]

Just now, baltfan said:

And unlucky at the same time, if that makes sense.  Lots of bloop hits and weak contact.  But also a lucky double play and some hard hit balls right at guys. 

But the bloopy crap didn't lead to scores.  He was able to get out of the jams they caused.   It's the walk and the hard hit balls that have led to 3 runs.

[baltfan]

1 minute ago, Malike said:

He's at 66 pitches through 4, I don't know how much longer we'll get to see what he's made of.

Let’s see if he gets through 6.  He isn’t missing in the middle as much as you are saying. His command is off thoguh.