Wednesday afternoon September 20: Orioles go for sweep in Houston

[SteveA]

Gametime:  2:10 pm EDT

Forecast:  95 degrees, partly cloudy (roof will be closed)

Roster Move:  Ryan Mountcastle to IL, Ryan McKenna recalled from Norfolk.   Move is retroactive 3 days so Mountcastle could return September 27.

Matchup:  Kyle Bradish (R) vs Cristian Javier (R)

Lineups

 

Gunnar Henderson SS (L)
Adley Rutschman C (S)
Anthony Santander RF (S)
Ryan O’Hearn 1B (L)
Cedric Mullins CF (L)
Heston Kjerstad DH (L)
Austin Hays LF (R)
Adam Frazier 2B (L)
Ramón Urías 3B (R)

Jose Altuve 2B (R)
Jeremy Peña SS (R)
Kyle Tucker RF (L)
Alex Bregman 3B (R)
José Abreu 1B (R)
Yainer Díaz DH (R)
Chas McCormick RF (R)
Jake Meyers CF (R)
Martín Maldonado C (R)

Orioles Bench
Aaron Hicks (S) -- possibly still nursing sore hamstring from Monday night
Jorge Mateo (R)
James McCann (R)
Ryan McKenna (R)
Jordan Westburg (R) -- has been playing very little lately and is dealing with some kind of nagging injury

 

Bullpen Availability

Available
Michael Baumann  1.0 IP, 17p Saturday
Daniel Coulombe (L) 0.2 IP, 12p Monday;  1.1 IP, 11p Sunday
Jacob Webb  0.2 IP, 16p Monday

Probably Available
Shintaro Fujinami  0.1 IP, 21p Monday;  0.2 IP, 20p Sunday
Jorge Lopez  0.2 IP, 6p last night;  1.1 IP, 22p Sunday

Probably Not Available
DL Hall (L)  0.2 IP, 18p last night;  1.0 IP, 16p Sunday  

Not Available
Yennier Cano  0.2 IP, 10p last night;  0.1 IP, 3p Monday;  1.1 IP, 9p Sunday
Jack Flaherty 2.0 IP, 45p last night 
Cionel Perez (L)  0.1 IP, 3p last night;  0.2 IP, 8p Monday;  0.1 IP, 5p Sunday 
 

Edited September 20, 2023 by SteveA

[SteveA]

Some game notes:

• This could be the Orioles last regular season game vs a team with a winning record
• Bradish has slight reverse splits for his career, though most of that is due to 2022 and not this year.   But the Astros seem to be taking it seriously, putting 8 RH batters in the lineup and even giving Yordan Alvarez a day off.
• An Oriole win would put the Astros in danger of falling out of first place as both Seattle and Texas trail them by just half a game.

[Mooreisbetter27]

Gonna be a Team Stream / Gameday kinda day.

Kinda surprisingly, betting odds are giving the Astors 1.5 today.  The past 2 games were the opposite.  

[FlaO'sFan]

Lets sweep these clowns in their clown stadium.

[Moose Milligan]

Two big middle fingers to the Angels for being absolutely terrible. 

[Mooreisbetter27]

Was really nice to win yesterday and also get Adley a whole day off without designated hitting or pinch hitting.  

[Surhoffan17]

I think Webb pitched Monday and not last night. But you're right that he's available today. 

[Mooreisbetter27]

1 minute ago, Surhoffan17 said:

I think Webb pitched Monday and not last night. But you're right that he's available today. 

And his name is Jacob, not James haha. 

[Roy Firestone]

Adley gets it going..

[Roy Firestone]

K alert for Anthony in. first inning

[Roy Firestone]

here comes the slider in the dirt he will swing at

[Roy Firestone]

Atta boy, Tony...

[Mooreisbetter27]

Woo Tony!

[O's84]

Good start so far.

[FlaO'sFan]

I love early runs.