Wednesday, September 6: Orioles go for sweep in last West Coast game of regular season

[SteveA]

Gametime:  9:38 pm EDT

Forecast:  Mid 70s, clear

Matchup:  Kyle Gibson (R) vs Patrick Sandoval (L)

Lineups

Adley Rutschman DH (S)
Ryan Mountcastle 1B (R)
Anthony Santander RF (S)
Austin Hays LF (R)
Gunnar Henderson 3B (L)
Ramón Urías 2B (R)
Aaron Hicks CF (S)
James McCann C (R)
Jorge Mateo SS (R)

Nolan Schanuel 1B (L)
Brandon Drury 2B (R)
Luis Rengifo SS (S)
Mike Moustakas 3B (L)
Logan O'Hoppe C (R)
Matt Theiss DH (L)
Trey Cabbage RF (L)
Randall Grichuk LF (R)
Brett Phillips CF (L)
 

Orioles Bench
Adam Frazier (L)
Ryan McKenna (R)
Cedric Mullins (L)
Ryan O'Hearn (L)
Jordan Westburg (R)
 

Bulllpen Availability

Available
Yennier Cano  1.0 IP, 8p  Monday;  1.0 IP, 22p Sunday
Shintaro Fujinami  1.0 IP, 9p last night
Cole Irvin (L) 5.2 IP, 88p Friday
Joey Krehbiel  0.1 IP, 3p last night;  1.0 IP, 15p Saturday;  1.0 IP, 27p Friday
Cionel Perez (L)  1.0 IP, 7p last night;  1.0 IP, 9p Sunday 

Probably Available
Danny Coulombe (L)  1.0 IP, 10p last night;  1.1 IP, 15p Sunday
Jorge Lopez  0.2 IP, 15p last night;   1.0 IP, 8p Sunday

Not Available
DL Hall (L)  0.2 IP, 18p last night;  1.1 IP, 15p Monday  1.1 IP, 24p Saturday
Jacob Webb  0.2 IP, 16p last night;  1.0 IP, 6p Monday;  1.0 IP, 7p Saturday

Edited September 7, 2023 by SteveA

[SteveA]

Former Oriole Brett Phillips in the lineup in CF.

I was surprised when I saw he had just 17 at bats for the Orioles last year.   I thought I remembered lots of angst over playing time that we were giving him instead of more deserving younger players.  We got THAT upset over 17 at bats?

Rays win.

[mrbig1]

I wonder which Gibson we're getting tonight.

[Gurgi]

In Norfolk Lester hits a homerun to tie the game with two out in the ninth inning.   

[mrbig1]

You know our record is almost the same at home as on the road. Cool.

[Aristotelian]

How about no negativity in the game thread tonight? Anyone want to try?

[86this]

My turn today.  Anyone having issues with MLB.tv for this game?

[SteveA]

Just now, mrbig1 said:

You know our record is almost the same at home as on the road. Cool.

Incredible consistency all around for this team.   Almost too perfect to be believed.

Great record at home, similar great record on the road,

One of the best records in MLB when scoring first, one of the bast records in baseball when the other team scores first.

And of course the complete lack of being swept or prolonged losing streaks.  We have lost more than 2 straight games just twice... a 3 game losing streak and a 4 game losing streak.  

@Frobbyas documented the record in every 10 game stretch and it is incredibly consistent too.

[Roy Firestone]

I gotta figure an Angels win tonight...Gibson has been very bad of late...and the Angels are due...I hope im wrong...

[Roy Firestone]

Rays already won...so we need to win to keep it at 3 and a half game lead..

[ledzepp8]

1 minute ago, 86this said:

My turn today.  Anyone having issues with MLB.tv for this game?

Yep. I guess it's not just me. Keeps going like this and it will be an easy decision to not stay up.

[Yossarian]

I wouldn't mind if Adley only caught 2 days a week from now until the end of the season.  Let him DH and take some days off and get out of the squat so he's fresh for the playoffs.    McCann is a very able backup defensively.

[Gurgi]

Just now, SteveA said:

Incredible consistency all around for this team.   Almost too perfect to be believed.

Great record at home, similar great record on the road,

One of the best records in MLB when scoring first, one of the bast records in baseball when the other team scores first.

And of course the complete lack of being swept or prolonged losing streaks.  We have lost more than 2 straight games just twice... a 3 game losing streak and a 4 game losing streak.  

@Frobbyas documented the record in every 10 game stretch and it is incredibly consistent too.

The 1983  team that won the World Series had two different seven game losing streaks.   This 2023 team is just remarkable.  

[Aristotelian]

3 minutes ago, 86this said:

My turn today.  Anyone having issues with MLB.tv for this game?

Working for me via Roku TV.

[Yossarian]

2 minutes ago, 86this said:

My turn today.  Anyone having issues with MLB.tv for this game?

My only issues with MLB.tv are not new - there are too many ads featuring Yankees and Yankee fans.