The Beer Is Brewing, The Trash Is Flying, and The Race For The Pennant Is On!

[NavyToad]

Tampa Bay pitcher McClanahan “highly unlikely” to pitch again in ‘23. Bad news for the Rays, good news for the rest of the AL East.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38157854/shane-mcclanahan-highly-unlikely-pitch-again-2023-kevin-cash-says

[Glenn]

Don't look now, but the Mariners are on FIRE!  They've won 7 in a row, 6 consecutive series wins, 9 of 11, 15 of 19, and 10 games beyond 500, all the while making it look EASY!

 

Yes, they still have some work ahead of them, but they're kicking on the afterburners at the right time!

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Me after the O"s lose to the Astros on tues night on a grand slam 9th inning off of Bautista.

Me on thurs afternoon after the O"s win after a shakey relief appearance by Baustista with bases loaded flyball out.

 

[bowhunter63]

Well it’s not my Cardinals 

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O's top Seattle 1-0 in 10

Cedric Mullins steals third base in the top of the 10th inning, so the Orioles have three outs to get a run home. Ryan Mountcastle does it. The Orioles take a 1-0 lead in the 10th off a sharp single.  Félix Bautista closes out a 1-0 Orioles victory in extra innings.

 

[Jar11591]

Went to Citi Field to see the Braves stomp the Mets today. Couldn’t have imagined the scoreboard was gonna say 21-3 when it was all said and done. Complete domination. Got to see the Braves go deep 6 times. They scored 8 runs in the ninth. It was like batting practice on those lowly Mets. Was happy to see a lot of other Atlanta fans at the stadium, including an entire section doing the Tomahawk Chop. What a fun game to be at! 

 

Gotta give it to the Mets about their stadium though. Citi Field was a really nice venue. I don’t think a nice stadium will console Mets fans after that thumpin’ though. 

[BrianMDTX]

Bautista was back to his dominant self. Orioles starters getting it done again. Although what a waste of a complete game shut-out by Kirby. I feel for the guy. 

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i watched the game and Kirby was amazing which left me wondering if our rookie pitcher Rodrigeuz will ever turn out to be a Kirby. Our pitchers usually get in trouble in the 6th inning and in comes the bullpen.

[BrianMDTX]

I’ll take a quality start for six innings any day of the week. So far, it’s working! 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

8 hours ago, Jar11591 said:

Went to Citi Field to see the Braves stomp the Mets today. Couldn’t have imagined the scoreboard was gonna say 21-3 when it was all said and done. Complete domination. Got to see the Braves go deep 6 times. They scored 8 runs in the ninth. It was like batting practice on those lowly Mets. Was happy to see a lot of other Atlanta fans at the stadium, including an entire section doing the Tomahawk Chop. What a fun game to be at! 

 

Gotta give it to the Mets about their stadium though. Citi Field was a really nice venue. I don’t think a nice stadium will console Mets fans after that thumpin’ though. 

That's awesome, glad you got your money's worth.   

 

Fun game for sure.

[Jar11591]

@AlabamaSpothunter definitely the most fun game I’ve been to. Originally Strider was slated for the early start but he got moved to the later game. I was bummed about that but I forgot about it real quick when the Braves started batting around and the rookie Winans was mowing the Mets down ? 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

2 hours ago, Jar11591 said:

@AlabamaSpothunter definitely the most fun game I’ve been to. Originally Strider was slated for the early start but he got moved to the later game. I was bummed about that but I forgot about it real quick when the Braves started batting around and the rookie Winans was mowing the Mets down ? 

Nicky Lopez being a superstar and Wall getting his first MLB hit were highlights as well.  You got a bit of everything.

[Jar11591]

57 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Nicky Lopez being a superstar and Wall getting his first MLB hit were highlights as well.  You got a bit of everything.

Nicky Lopez even pitched a scoreless 9th to close it out!

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Mullins with heroics, Fujinami with a save and O's pull out another thriller in Seattle.

 

 

Cedric Mullins can steal the long ball as well as hit them. He goes yard for a two-run homer, putting the Orioles ahead, 5-3, in the 10th. Cedric Mullins didn’t feel the ball nestle into his glove initially. He realized he caught it once he was on the ground.

[BrianMDTX]

Kevin Brown said it best. “Cedric Mullins SAVES a home run! Cedric Mullins HITS a home run!” 
 

What an end to that game! On to San Diego! 

[Glenn]

I'll just leave this right here:

 

Mariners have won the last 25 of 30

Won 8 games in a row

Are 1 game back from the division leader.

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Gibson goes eight innings, Santander and Mullins homer in 5-3 win over Bluejays.

[NavyToad]

@throttleplate Our pitching has been a surprise to me. No Cy Young contenders, but they’re getting it done.

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8 hours ago, NavyToad said:

@throttleplate Our pitching has been a surprise to me. No Cy Young contenders, but they’re getting it done.

just hope John Means, DL Hall, and Tyler Wells come back soon to help out the bullpen which has been a revolving door and nerve wracking for the 6th, 7th, inning relievers. We got Coloumbe back yesterday so thats great.

[BrianMDTX]

Speaking of Coloumbe, he gets a one pitch, one strike save. Sounds like a reason to jump and down and shout “Yay!”  But he came in due to Bautista exiting with an unknown injury that appeared to possibly be his knee or hip, but Hyde said it’s arm discomfort. That last pitch was very awkward. I hope Felix is ok. 
 

However, what a nice come from behind win. Rays lose. Jays lose. Red Sox lose. Yankees won (beat the Rays lol). Nice, but overshadowed by what’s going on with Bautista. 

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[BrianMDTX]

Normally I’d ? at that.  But not today!

 

Hopefully it’s not serious. All I know is that they wasted zero time in taking him out of the game with two strikes and two outs. No warm-up pitch. Just out. 

[Glenn]