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Saturday, May 4 in Cincinnati: John Means returns to the mound


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Gametime:  6:40 pm

Forecast:  70 degrees, change of thunderstorms throughout the evening

MatchupJohn Means  (L) vs Andrew Abbott (L)

Lineups

 


Orioles Bench
Colton Cowser (L)
Heston Kjerstad (L)
Ryan O'Hearn (L)
Ramon Urias (R)

 

Orioles Bullpen

Available
Keegan Akin (L)  1.1 IP, 21p Thursday;  0.2 IP, 10P Tuesday  
Mike Baumann  (R)  2.0 IP, 24p Wednesday
Yennier Cano (R)   0.2 IP, 3p last night
Cionel Perez (L)  1.0 IP, 13p Thursday
Albert Suarez (R)  4.0 IP, 83p Sunday|
Jacob Webb (R)   1.1 IP, 13p Thursday

Probably Available
Craig Kimbrel  (R)  1.0 IP, 16p last night

Not Available
Danny Coulombe (L)  1.0 IP, 15p last night;  0.2 IP, 18p Thursday
 

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Hey guys, was I the one who was supposed to call the Reds staff and tell them that they actually have to have rain in order to have a rain delay?

Looks like someone forgot to do that and if it was me, I'm really sorry. 

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8 minutes ago, Morgan423 said:

Hey guys, was I the one who was supposed to call the Reds staff and tell them that they actually have to have rain in order to have a rain delay?

Looks like someone forgot to do that and if it was me, I'm really sorry. 

im in ohio its not even raining lmao but there is a big system inbound later tonight so im not sure what the heck theyre waiting on 

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8 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Well, the Kentucky Derby will be run in a few minutes, so there’s that. 

I'm no expert, but coming out of the last turn it looked like one of the horses kept drifting sideways and maybe interfering with another horse or horses. Or maybe it's just a "rubbing is racing" thing.

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1 minute ago, Roy Firestone said:

why does Tony still get a start? Hes been really bad...

Look at his numbers vs lefty pitchers on the season.  (And for his career for that matter).   Add to the fact that most of the guys who would potentially replace him are lefties, including Cowser who is slumping as well.

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