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Tuesday, September 5: Orioles at Angels


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1 minute ago, allquixotic said:

Not a great showing by the pen tonight, but an even lousier showing by the offense. 2 stinking runs against a team that's not that good. Disappointing.

Kremer didn't help things running out of gas in the fifth inning. If Tyler Wells is ready the Orioles need to consider calling him up soon. Pickups like Webb have been a good story, but how much can the Orioles really trust them.

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4 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

This game is on Lopez and Hyde and Elias.  Why the hell pitch his mentally fragile man in the midst of a close pennant race?   

Elias has thrown 600k into the toliet.

Using Lopez tonight in that spot was terrible. 

This is another example of Hyde relying on short sample sizes (like he's done with Hicks) and sentimentality over performance and talent.

Lopez has been awful all season. He's not the same guy that he was for the Orioles last season, and his previous clean inning doesn't mean that he's a reliable option in a high leverage situation. 

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