10/2 Orioles vs Royals Wild Card Game #2

[survivedc]

1 minute ago, LookitsPuck said:

That's basically the story of this series. O's have a golden opportunity, completely crap the bed. The Royals just make contact, score a run with less baserunners. Just bad baseball. And Hyde really isn't helping. 

Just curious what Hyde is doing wrong today?

[Gurgi]

Just now, LGOrioles said:

Hyde is an absolute buffoon. Removes Eflin after 4. Let’s his best reliever go 0.2 IP. Removes Webb who looked settled in. Brings in Perez (who has been absolutely brutal) whose base runner ends up scoring. Overmanaging on the pitching side and then let’s Cowser hit last inning in that situation (but had Slater on deck to PH for O’Hearn). Makes zero sense. If O’Hearn hits in that spot, they have the lead. Cowser’s AB is much more important. 

This is why teams fire the babysitting managers when its "GO" time.  We need to find some manager who has won it before and get them.  

[Camden_yardbird]

A baltimore chop, a bloop, and a poorly played ball up the middle and that feels like thr season against a poorly managed team that feels like it has no fire.

[LGOrioles]

1 minute ago, LookitsPuck said:

That's basically the story of this series. O's have a golden opportunity, completely crap the bed. The Royals just make contact, score a run with less baserunners. Just bad baseball. And Hyde really isn't helping. 

This. They win yesterday if they can execute with RISP. And have 2-3 runs right now if they can do the same. They should be on the verge of a sweep. But they can’t do anything in clutch situations. 

[mddisney]

Just now, dtk9119 said:

I would say chances were slim Westburg would have had an accurate flip to 2nd there with the angle he was taking. Maybe I'm wrong. Everyone seems to think otherwise

i disagree, he had it

[LookitsPuck]

Just now, survivedc said:

Just curious what Hyde is doing wrong today?

Letting Cowser bat. Yanking Eflin after 75 pitches. Yanking Coulombe after 11. 

[Moose Milligan]

2 minutes ago, allquixotic said:

This is what happens when you keep taking out effective pitchers and rolling the dice with another pitcher. At some point you're going to bring in a pitcher who coughs it up. I don't know why Hyde feels like he needs to give every pitcher a chance to pitch in this game. I wasn't on the bandwagon before, but... FIRE HYDE!!!! Get him off my team!!!!

Whatever.  We've given up two runs.  Should be only one, but Westburg apparently forgot that he could go to 2nd base.

I'll take 2 runs through six every game, no matter what.  

[allquixotic]

Just now, mddisney said:

Let's go, we got this.  we got this, we will get 4 runs here.  Hang on!

Your optimism is nice, but I don't share it.

[LGOrioles]

You PH for O’Hearn here and let him sit on the bench for Cowser? GTFOH Hyde. Absolutely moronic. 

[sylvester]

Just now, dtk9119 said:

I would say chances were slim Westburg would have had an accurate flip to 2nd there with the angle he was taking. Maybe I'm wrong. Everyone seems to think otherwise

Agree it was a very tough play.  

[Moose Milligan]

Lean into one Slater.

[O's84]

Just now, allquixotic said:

We just are not likely at all to score a second run in this game.

And we need at least 2 or the season is over.

[Just Regular]

I am starting to think we might see Dean Kremer tonight.

[dtk9119]

Yep Slater would have for sure had better results than Cowser 

[SilverRocket]

1 minute ago, LookitsPuck said:

Hyde has to be trolling us. Austin Slater can PH for O'Hearn, but he can't PH for Cowser? What is going on here?

Cowser is better vs lefties than O'Hearn and Cowser plays better defense. That one was fine.