Thursday, September 28: Orioles try to win Game #100 and clinch AL East Title and #1 seed in the AL playoffs

[SteveA]

Gametime:  6:35 pm

Forecast:  67 degrees, cloudy, slight chance of rain

Matchup:   Chris Sale (L) vs Dean Kremer (R)

Lineups

 

Ceddane Rafaela CF (R)
Rafael Devers 3B (L)
Masataka Yoshida DH (L)
Alex Verdugo RF (L)
Trevor Story SS (R)
Wilyer Abreu LF (L)
Emmanuel Valdez 2B (L)
Bobby Dalbec 1B (R)
Connor Wong C (R)

 

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

Orioles Bench
Adam Frazier (L)
Heston Kjerstad (L)
Cedric Mullins (L)
Ramon Urias (R)

Bullpen Availability

Available
Yennier Cano  1.0 IP, 13p Tuesday 
Jack Flaherty 2.0 IP, 45p last Tuesday
DL Hall (L)  1.0 IP, 15p Sunday 
Shintaro Fujinami  02 IP, 8p Friday 
Jorge Lopez  1.0 IP, 19p Friday;  0.2 IP, 5p Thursday 
Cionel Perez (L)  1.0 IP, 6p Saturday 
Jacob Webb  1.0 IP, 11p last night

Probably Available
Daniel Coulombe (L) 1.1 IP, 17p last night;  1.0 IP, 15p Sunday  

Maybe Available
Tyler Wells  1.0 IP, 12p last night

Edited September 28, 2023 by SteveA

[Uli2001]

Hyde likes to write some crazy lineup cards. Hays batting first? Henderson batting sixth?

It doesn't matter, just win tonight.

[Morgan423]

Happy Clinchmas season everyone.  It's the most wonderful time of the year. 

[dtk9119]

32 minutes ago, Uli2001 said:

Hyde likes to write some crazy lineup cards. Hays batting first? Henderson batting sixth?

It doesn't matter, just win tonight.

Lefty on the mound. Hays batted leadoff last night vs Corbin.

What is interesting.. McCann catching 2 days in a row? Plenty of time to rest Adley after we clinch.

[justD]

Haven't been able to do a decent "O!!!" the past two games.  Hope that's different Saturday, I want a sold-out crowd to be able to get it belted out in unison!

[mrbig1]

Brothers, I got a diet coke on ice and a fatty rolled as soon as we win. I wish our brother Scott would have lived to see this day. Gone but not forgotten. Peace.

[86this]

Let's do this!

[Malike]

At least we have home field advantage throughout the LCS.

[2022Beach]

3 minutes ago, mrbig1 said:

Brothers, I got a diet coke on ice and a fatty rolled as soon as we win. I wish our brother Scott would have lived to see this day. Gone but not forgotten. Peace.

"Roll on big river, roll on,"

[mrbig1]

Mounty back in the lineup.

[Uli2001]

Kremer must be feeling the butterflies. There's no way he isn't. Let's hope he gets settled in quickly.

[Malike]

Just now, Uli2001 said:

Kremer must be feeling the butterflies. There's no way he isn't. Let's hope he gets settled in quickly.

If a regular season game without a ton of meaning on the rest of the season has him nervous, he probably shouldn't pitch in a playoff game.

[oriolediehard]

Devers is not giving up!

[Uli2001]

Just now, Malike said:

If a regular season game without a ton of meaning on the rest of the season has him nervous, he probably shouldn't pitch in a playoff game.

He's the pitcher on the mound to clinch the AL East and win #100 for the club (first time since 1980).

[Malike]

Just now, Uli2001 said:

He's the pitcher on the mound to clinch the AL East and win #100 for the club (first time since 1980).

They have 4 chances to do this. The pressure isn't on him to do it.