Monday, September 18: AL East leading Orioles begin final regular season road trip in Houston

[MDK02]

Well that didn’t take long.. 

[oriolediehard]

F*****

[Emory Eagle]

No one really has it today, eh. 

[Dunk35]

15 minutes ago, baltfan said:

Unfair to him. There are tons of YouTube videos showing he didn’t cheat with the trash can. People went through literally every game.  If you think he used a buzzer, why didn’t he use the trash can.  Now other guys on the team, different story. 

That homerun off prime Chapman was very suspicious. 

[O's84]

Just now, Mooreisbetter27 said:

You might be thinking about the Hays one a couple weeks ago. I hated that one. 

Yeah that's the one.  It made this one look genius.

[Dunk35]

The entire bullpen is hungover

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Well maybe the bullpen can get this out of their system tonight and bounce back tomorrow. 

[jdwilde1]

2 minutes ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

You might be thinking about the Hays one a couple weeks ago. I hated that one. 

Yeah, with Hays clearly hobbled.  I can’t remember the game.

 

[EddeeEddee]

5 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

I think we took Fuji and Lopez and Webb because they throw hard and something about their spin rates and shape of their pitches we like.   Lopez is back because of the power sinker.  They like them in one inning spurts which makes me wonder why we force Lopez over and over to go two innings.  

Yes, I agree, and despite the success there wasn't enough depth with Tate and Givens on the IL and DL Hall having to work on his arm strength.  It's been a weird and rocky year for Orioles pitching, even though it's mostly been pretty good -- and way better than in recent years past.

[EddeeEddee]

5 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

I think we took Fuji and Lopez and Webb because they throw hard and something about their spin rates and shape of their pitches we like.   Lopez is back because of the power sinker.  They like them in one inning spurts which makes me wonder why we force Lopez over and over to go two innings.  

Yes, I agree, and despite the success there wasn't enough depth with Tate and Givens on the IL and DL Hall having to work on his arm strength.  It's been a weird and rocky year for Orioles pitching, even though it's mostly been pretty good -- and way better than in recent years past.

[oriolediehard]

How did the Royals beat these guys???

[eddie83]

5 minutes ago, dtk9119 said:

He was out by a mile. Fwiw looked like Maldando was completely blocking the plate though

In the old days he was. I always want a close look now. Never know if a guy whiffs on tag. 

[baltfan]

Pen is shot.  Lots of games in a row. 

[Billy F-Face3]

3 minutes ago, Hallas said:

fun fact, Ryan O'Hearn's sprint speed is only 0.1 mph slower than Cedric Mullins.  But he got an atrocious jump.

There's no way that anyone or anything is going to convince me that First Baseban Ryan O'Hearn is as fast as centerfielder Cedric Mullins and his 30+ stolen bases.

[oriolediehard]

We given a lot of walks this game.