June 6 at Toronto.

[Billy F-Face3]

We don't want to let Vlad Jr face Povich again. Guerrero is locked in on him.

[Moose Milligan]

3 minutes ago, LGOrioles said:

On the bright side he’s given up really weak contact with an xBA of just .162. But he’s not getting many whiffs and isn’t throwing enough strikes. 

The game isn’t over but no shot they should split this series after the first two games. Toronto is not good but the offense has been awful the last two games. Toronto has the second worst xwOBA and the 5th worst wOBA in the league and meanwhile the O’s have scored 2 runs in the last 14 innings and none in the last 12. If you’re looking for a reason the Orioles are falling behind NYY it’s the fact they aren’t taking advantage against bad teams. 19-13 against teams below .500. NYY is 25-10. CLE is 23-12. PHI is 40-17. 

 

Hard to argue with any of this.

[Moshagge3]

Twelve straight scoreless innings from the Orioles offense, can they break through?

[DirtyBird]

10 minutes ago, dtk9119 said:

To be fair, he probably feels the pressure even more to be perfect since he knows his offense is trash today vs an at best average pitcher.

He looks exactly like he has in AAA. So many non-competitive pitches out of the zone.

[Roy Firestone]

I think that it may be it for Povich...id call his outing fair...hes GOT to stop walking and getting behind people...

[Just Regular]

Maybe Povich will get an 8-inning complete game.

[clapdiddy]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

Hard to argue with any of this.

Well...Berrios and Kikuchi are no slouches.   

[Rbiggs2525]

Kikuchi walks Gunnar Henderson to get to Hays. Povich walked Ben Clement to get to Vlad Guerrero Jr. that will be the story of this game.

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, clapdiddy said:

Well...Berrios and Kikuchi are no slouches.   

They're not, but we've gotta beat these guys.

[dtk9119]

3 minutes ago, LGOrioles said:

On the bright side he’s given up really weak contact with an xBA of just .162. But he’s not getting many whiffs and isn’t throwing enough strikes. 

The game isn’t over but no shot they should split this series after the first two games. Toronto is not good but the offense has been awful the last two games. Toronto has the second worst xwOBA and the 5th worst wOBA in the league and meanwhile the O’s have scored 2 runs in the last 14 innings and none in the last 12. If you’re looking for a reason the Orioles are falling behind NYY it’s the fact they aren’t taking advantage against bad teams. 19-13 against teams below .500. NYY is 25-10. CLE is 23-12. PHI is 40-17. 

 

Exactly. This is what is so frustrating. The Twins were playing really well and above .500 but have totally wet the bed vs NYY this week. The Blow Jays are BELOW .500 and the best we can do against them is a likely split after winning the 1st 2 games. That is why we are slipping further behind 1st place.

[dtk9119]

1 minute ago, clapdiddy said:

Well...Berrios and Kikuchi are no slouches.   

Supposed WS contenders beat those pitchers. At least one of them.

[deward]

9 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

95 ain't much these days.  His fastball is in the 75th percentile on statcast.  His fastball run value is smack in the middle at 51%.

And here we are, not being able to touch him.  Freaking unbelievable.

75th percentile is comfortably above average; he's not exactly Jamie Moyer. I share the frustration though. 

[Goober Noodles]

There we go Adley!!

[Moose Milligan]

Finally, thank God.

[clapdiddy]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

They're not, but we've gotta beat these guys.

Oh...I agree.  Toronto's offense is...well...offensive.