Wednesday, September 13: O's face former farmhand Rom on the eve of the Showdown with Tampa

[SteveA]

Gametime:  6:35 pm

Forecast:   79 degrees, partly cloudy

Roster Move:  Cole Irvin optioned to Norfolk;  Nick Vespi recalled from Norfolk

Matchup:  Drew Rom (L) vs Kyle Gibson (R)

Lineups

Lars Nootbaar CF (L)
Paul Goldschmidt DH (R)
Alec Burleson 1B (L)
Tyler O’Neill LF (R)
Richie Palacios 2B (L)
Jordan Walker RF (R)
Andrew Knizner C
José Fermín 3B (R)
Masyn Winn SS (R)

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

Orioles Bench
Adam Frazier (L)
Ryan McKenna (R)
Cedric Mullins (L)
Ryan O'Hearn (L)
Ramon Urias (R)
 

Bullpen Availability

Available
Yennier Cano  1.0 IP, 32p Saturday
Daniel Coulombe (L)  0.2 IP, 8p Monday;  0.2 IP, 18p Saturday
Cionel Perez (L)  0.1 IP, 10p last night;  1.0 IP, 18p Saturday
Nick Vespi (L)  1.0 IP, 9p Sunday
James Webb  1.0 IP, 18p Monday;  0.2 IP, 17p Saturday;  1.0 IP, 10p Friday

Probably Available
Shintaro Fujinami  1.0 IP, 25p Monday
DL Hall (L)  1.1 IP, 27p Monday

Not Available
Jorge Lopez  1.2 IP, 31p last night;  0.2 IP, 9p Monday;  0.2 IP, 13p Saturday;  1.0 IP, 9p Friday

Edited September 13, 2023 by SteveA

[mrbig1]

We shall win tonight. My heart can't take the Rays series. I'm too old.

[mrbig1]

What Gibson are we getting tonight.

[Gurgi]

Let that be a good omen

[Yossarian]

I'm thinking we're going to need 7 runs to win today.  Hopefully the offense shows up.

[Uli2001]

38 minutes ago, mrbig1 said:

We shall win tonight. My heart can't take the Rays series. I'm too old.

One option is don't watch, only learn the results the next morning. That works.

[Gurgi]

3 minutes ago, Uli2001 said:

One option is don't watch, only learn the results the next morning. That works.

Years ago I would record all games on the DVR and watch only if we won.  Now I try to struggle through.

[mrbig1]

This has to be an O's record turning DPs.

[mrbig1]

4 minutes ago, Uli2001 said:

One option is don't watch, only learn the results the next morning. That works.

You guys have to help me through it.

[Dunk35]

Rom pitching with a black and orange glove. 

[Uli2001]

What the O's need is to grab an early lead. Getting behind the past three games was not a recipe for success.

[Yossarian]

What's this Mounty?

[eddie83]

I’m sure he can run with a bum shoulder. 
 

Hit a Hr and let him get some treatment. 

[dtk9119]

Not a good look there on that swing from Mountcastle. He stays in but for how long?

[Gurgi]

Hope Mountcastle is okay.  Its his catching shoulder so it wont hurt to throw.  When his next turn at bat comes up I guess we will know if he can go.