Thursday, August 24: Last scheduled game with Toronto, Orioles can bury Blue Jays and make it a 2 team race

[SteveA]

Gametime:  7:05 pm

Forecast:  82 degrees, a significant chance of thunderstorms

Roster Move:   Danny Coulombe activated from IL;  Nick Vespi optioned to Norfolk

Matchup:  Jose Berrios (R) vs Kyle Gibson (R)

Lineups

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

Orioles Bench
Jorge Mateo (R)
James McCann (R) -- bothered by a sore hand
Ryan McKenna (R)
Jordan Westburg (R)

Bullpen Availability

Available
Felix Bautista  1.0 IP, 9p Tuesday
Danny Coulombe (L)  1.0 IP, 13p Tuesday
Cionel Perez  (L) 0.1 IP, 6p Tuesday 
Austin Voth  0.2 IP, 24p Sunday

Maybe Available
Shintaro Fujinami  1.0 IP, 19p last night;  1.0 IP, 16p Sunday;  1.0 IP, 16p Saturday

Probably Not Available
Yennier Cano   1.0 IP, 12p last night;  1.0 IP, 19p Tuesday
Jacob Webb  1.0 IP, 13p last night;  0.2 IP, 12p Tuesday

[SteveA]

If tonight's game were to be rained out, the only 3 mutual off dates the rest of the year are:

• August 31
• September 7
• September 25

For each of the first two, one of the teams would be returning from the west coast.    So September 25 would be the most likely makeup date.

[Aristotelian]

24 minutes ago, SteveA said:

If tonight's game were to be rained out, the only 3 mutual off dates the rest of the year are:

• August 31
• September 7
• September 25

For each of the first two, one of the teams would be returning from the west coast.    So September 25 would be the most likely makeup date.

Radar doesn't look too bad. I would be shocked if they don't get the game in.

[Yossarian]

While we're waiting:

Which of the "imports" has been most valuable?

O'Hearn

Frazier

Coulombe

Fujinami

McCann

Webb

Hicks

Gibson

 

 

[Moshagge3]

40th anniversary of the Lenn Sakata game and Toronto is in town... 

[mrbig1]

Rays Red sox won today.

[mrbig1]

Boog Powell doing an interview. 

[murph]

Any update on how long the delay could potentially be? 

[Aristotelian]

9 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

While we're waiting:

Which of the "imports" has been most valuable?

O'Hearn

Frazier

Coulombe

Fujinami

McCann

Webb

Hicks

Gibson

 

 

Isnt O'Hearn our Avg and OPS leader?  

[mrbig1]

1 minute ago, murph said:

Any update on how long the delay could potentially be? 

They said the rain will move on by 7:40. So, I'm thinking 8 O'clock.

[baltfan]

Can’t believe Vance Worley once pitched for the Orioles. 

[O's84]

It's so weird not seeing the "Waltimore" in LF.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

 

[mrbig1]

Groovy.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

26 minutes ago, Moshagge3 said:

40th anniversary of the Lenn Sakata game and Toronto is in town...