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


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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

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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.

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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).

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