Wednesday August 23: Orioles try to even series with Toronto

[SteveA]

Gametime:  7:05 pm

Forecast:   80 degrees cloudy;  slight chance of rain early evening, much higher chance late night/after midnight

Roster Move:  Austin Voth activated from 60 day IL;  Michael Baumann optioned to Norfolk.   (To make room for Voth on the 40 man roster, Keegan Akin was moved to the60 day IL).

Matchup:  Kevin Gausman (R) vs Dean Kremer (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)
Alejandro Kirk C (R) 
Kevin Kiermaier CF (L)

Adley Rutschman C (S)
Gunnar Henderson SS (L)
Anthony Santander RF (S)
Ryan Mountcastle DH (R)
Ryan O’Hearn 1B (L)
Austin Hays LF (R)
Cedric Mullins CF (L)
Jordan Westburg 2B (R)
Ramón Urias 3B (R)

Orioles Bench
Adam Frazier (L) -- was not available last night with a sore thumb but could be available off the bench tonight
Jorge Mateo (R)
James McCann (R)
Ryan McKenna (R)

Bullpen Availability

Available
Felix Bautista  1.0 IP, 9p last night;  1.0 IP, 9p Saturday
Shintaro Fujinami  1.0 IP, 16p Sunday;  1.0 IP, 16p Saturday
Cionel Perez 0.1 IP, 6p last night;  0.2 IP, 8p Saturday;  1.0 IP, 12p Friday 
Nick Vespi (L)   2.0 IP, 28p Sunday
Austin Voth  0.2 IP, 24p Sunday
Jacob Webb  0.2 IP, 12p last night;  1.0 IP, 26p Saturday

Probably Available
Yennier Cano   1.0 IP, 19p last night;  1.1 IP, 11p Saturday;  1.0 IP, 11p Friday

 

[Yossarian]

No Frazier in the lineup against a RHP?  I'm assuming that has something to do with his poor performance with the "mic'd up" mic in the dugout yesterday. 

[Roy Firestone]

IT ALWAYS SEEMS AS THOUGH WE CANT GET A 1-2-3 first inning...

[Roy Firestone]

too many pitches...not enough easy at bats...

[Moose Milligan]

Let’s shove it up Gausman’s ass 

[Moose Milligan]

Thought Vlad was a Gold Glover 

[baltfan]

Homer in Toronto?

[baltfan]

How many weeks until Urias is getting time at first again?

[Moshagge3]

Mounty murders that first pitch two weeks ago.

[Roy Firestone]

Gonna be another tough night...we need to get the count up vs Gausman...but were swinging at everything...wasnt thrilled with 26 pitch first for Kremer..

[TopGunnar]

I’m losing my patience with Dean Kremer.

[baltfan]

1 minute ago, Roy Firestone said:

Gonna be another tough night...we need to get the count up vs Gausman...but were swinging at everything...wasnt thrilled with 26 pitch first for Kremer..

Meh, maybe need to get our runs against Gausman.  Their pen looked pretty damn good. 

[Roy Firestone]

lets see, Gausman was given up by the Orioles for:right-hander Evan Phillips, infielder Jean Carlos Encarnacion, catcher Brett Cumberland and left-hander Bruce Zimmermann -- and international slot money. Seems ridiculous now, doesn't it?

Edited August 23, 2023 by Roy Firestone

[Roy Firestone]

too many pitches and  full counts...not good for Kremer..

[86this]

5 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

lets see, Gausman was given up by the Orioles for:right-hander Evan Phillips, infielder Jean Carlos Encarnacion, catcher Brett Cumberland and left-hander Bruce Zimmermann -- and international slot money. Seems ridiculous now, doesn't it?

Let's remember that he also was let go by Atlanta and Cincinnati before something clicked in SF.