A brutal 5 1/2 hour win for the O's, but it is a 'W'. Davis' second Hr of the game, a 2-run shot, in the 13th, gives the O's a 13-11 win. Yea. Now to bed. -- Al
You are right, Chris, it was a 7-1 lead, but it was the 3rd. Tigers scored 3 in the bottom of the 3rd to make it 7-4. I misread the box score. That was Miley's lead. The bullpen melted down later on. They REALLY miss Britton. -- Al
And the beat goes on. Out of the cellar and climbing, bit by bit. Blach and the bullpen throttled the Dodgers again.^&cool -- Al
Yeah, and it's both the starters and relievers. Tillman and Bundy can't do it alone. Miley has to go deeper and Jimenez and Gausman have to get their act together. I also am concerned about O'Day and Brach. Their stats aren't awful but they are giving up too many runs, and they are the bullpen aces. Good thing the team is so scrappy and won't quit. -- Al
yea, O's won but it should have never gone down like that to start with. don't no at this point, the bats are scoring more runs but now the pitching is struggling, not sure what mountain I have to climb and scream from to Bud to allow Tyler Wilson a fair shake???^&confuse either way, Britton isn't coming back anytime soon, so someone on that staff has to be a better go to guy in the 8-9th innings or a promising season might derail before the break.
Chris, I long ago stopped trying to keep up with the revolving door called the O's roster. They make so many moves, everyday it seems, that I can't keep up with who is in the big leagues at any given time. I just turn on the game, read the line-up, shrug at the unknown names, and watch. To make it in the O's organization, a hopeful has to have a bunch of options so that he can be moved up and down, as needed. No options, no job, as far as the O's are concerned. Sure makes life interesting for these players. -- Al
Nats continue to scuffle since losing Eaton. After today's ugly loss to the Pirates, the Nats are only 9-9 since losing Eaton and they continue to be outscored in overall total, (once again throwing out the 23-5 game). Don't know what the answer is. -- AlIt looks as though the bullpen might not be the only issue the Nats are struggling with. Ever since Adam Eaton went down in the first game of the Mets series, the Nats have been a very average team. They are 5-6 since Eaton's injury, and if you throw out the anomaly of the 23-5 win over the Mets in game 3 of that series, the Nats have been outscored 40-42 in the other 10 games. Eaton was a major part of the offense and the spark plug to the team, in general. Add to this slump the very sloppy baserunning of the Nats in 3 recent games, and one can only conclude that there could be an attitude adjustment needed. Baker needs to light a fire under this team. Wake up boys, there's still alot of ball to play and no one is going to concede the division title based on 32 games.