Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Games 132-134 Thread: Aug 27-29 vs. Orioles

For some history on the goofy Oriole bird's ebbs and flows, check out this great piece by Todd Radom.

Tue 8.27: Flaherty vs. Irvin
Wed 8.28: Buehler vs. Burnes
Thu 8.29: TBD Miller vs. Povich
All games 7p first pitch

This should be another playoff-caliber series!

The Baltimore Orioles, a worthy opponent, were leading the AL East until recently, when injuries to their starting rotation put them on a mediocre skid (sound familiar?). They're now 1.5 games back of the division-leading Yankees, but in ownership of the first Wild Card spot by three games. And with the O's hurling staff ace Corbin Burnes (12-6, 3.28) on Saturday, against our Walker Buehler who is valiantly (but, to date, unsuccessfully) trying to figure out if he can return to form (1-4, 6.09 ERA; not good)--we will be hard-pressed to get a series victory here.

But it all starts with Jack Flaherty, Tuesday's starter, who is 3-0 with a 3.22 ERA in four starts since joining his hometown Dodgers at the trade deadline.

Thursday's starter is TBD (and I'm planning on going to this game, with SoSG Orel!), right before we head into the lions' den in Arizona for four games over Labor Day Weekend.

88 comments:

Steve Sax said...

GAME 1

Ohtani DH
Betts RF
T Hernandez LF
Smith C
Edman CF
Rojas SS
Muncy 3B
K Hernandez 1B
Taylor 2B

Flaherty P

Steve Sax said...

Freddie sits for the opener!

karen said...

According to Doc Freddie is sitting this one out because of the hairline fracture in his finger and it's possible he may sit out the whole series.

karen said...

Jay Hey has signed on with the Cheaters. I don't like it.

spank said...

that was unfortunate

karen said...

Crap. O'Hearn hits a solo for the Birds.

spank said...

Dodgers tie it up

karen said...

Teo!!! Love that guy!

karen said...

This game is going kind of fast.

karen said...

Crap.

spank said...

i thought Flaherty was supposed to be good?

spank said...

Flaherty got hit on his hand byna comebacker. thats a wrap. take him out please

karen said...

Seeing Flaherty trying to keep his hand loose in the dugout doesn't bode well.

karen said...

Flaherty does a good job getting out of the sixth.

spank said...

nice catch.Teo

spank said...

@karen...im surprised Roberts didn't take Flaherty out. he got hot hard and he was shaking his hand like if something was wrong in the first inning. they were showing it on the Orioles broadcast

Steve Sax said...

Vesia escapes the jam. 3-2 Baltimore at the stretch.

karen said...

@Spanky....I'm glad I didn't know about the whole hand thing in the first. I would have been more uptight then I usually am.

spank said...

ugh Taylor

Steve Sax said...

Chris Taylor sucks. I still can’t believe we let JayHey go and kept CT3.

karen said...

@Saxy...I know CT3 has had a rotten year but I've always liked him cause he can be so scrappy. I really thought though when decision time came he'd be gone and JayHey would be kept. I really was shocked when he was DFA'd.

Steve Sax said...

Ump robbed us in the bottom of the eighth. We are hosed with this shitty bottom of the order in the ninth.

Steve Sax said...

Bottom of the ninth, down 3-2

Steve Sax said...

@karen: yep. And now that the Cheaters have picked up Heyward…Taylor had better produce.

Steve Sax said...

I am LOVING how Stephen Nelson is mocking the crappy strike zone being called tonight. He is absolutely unabashed

Steve Sax said...

Muncy flies out, so Lux is the last hope

Steve Sax said...

This is where we kinda needed Heyward to PH

Steve Sax said...

Excellent AB by Liz to work an 0-2 count back to a walk.

Unfortunately, Taylor is up next.

Steve Sax said...

^Lux, not Liz

spank said...

of course Taylor bats in a crucial moment. fuck

Steve Sax said...

Taylor, of course, does nothing.

We lose.

spank said...

smh

karen said...

I'm going to echo my bud Spanky here.....BOOOOOO!!!

spank said...

@karen...i couldnt even muster that im all disappointed.

spank said...

look out for Flaherty news tomorrow. im sure his hand is not well

karen said...

What in the world can be done about these BAD, BAD ball and strike calls? They should not be an accepted part of the game.

Steve Sax said...

GAME 2

Ohtani DH
Betts RF
Lux 2B <--wow, all the way up to #3!
T Hernandez LF
Muncy 3B
Smith C
Edman SS
Kiermaier CF
K Hernandez 1B

Buehler P

Steve Sax said...

Padres already up on the Cardinals 2-0, in the third

karen said...

I loved Decoy Ohtani throwing out the first pitch!

Steve Sax said...

Nice first inning for Walker Buehler!

Steve Sax said...

Ohtani on his bobblehead night!!!

karen said...

Homerun #42 for Shohei!!

spank said...

fuck. can't find a stream

Steve Sax said...

Muncy, throw the goddamn ball right

Steve Sax said...

@spank: be glad you didn’t see Muncy’s error

karen said...

Dammit Slappy that's on you

spank said...

found a stream just in time to see Buehler give up that double

spank said...

well shit..could've been worse i guess.

karen said...

@Spanky....Walker was looking good until his defense let him down.

Steve Sax said...

Muncy and slappy are killing us. 3-1 Os on two brain farts.

karen said...

Beautiful play by Luxy

spank said...

mookie comes through

spank said...

ohtani stolen base

spank said...

@karen..cool. i was feeling bad for him.

karen said...

TEO!!!!!!!!

spank said...

Teo!!

karen said...


Doc out with a hook. Walker looked like maybe he turned a corner tonight. Banda coming in.

karen said...

Shohei looks like he is having fun tonight.

spank said...

that's a wrap

karen said...

Love this Kopech kid. Blue wins 6-4.

Steve Sax said...

Holy cow, we beat Burnes! Amazing!

Steve Sax said...

I’m going to the game tonight, with SoSG Orel. I am so fired up!

Steve Sax said...

Bobby Miller gets the start tonight for the Dodgers.

karen said...

GAME 3

Shohei Ohtani DH
Mookie Betts RF
T Hernandez LF
Tommy Edman CF
Miggy Rojas SS
K Hernandez 1B
Chris Taylor 3B
Gavin Lux 2B
Austin Barnes C

Bobby Miller RHP

karen said...

@Saxy...Hope I didn't step on any toes here. I thought you might be short on time trying to get to Dodger Stadium. Say hi to SoSG Orel for me.

karen said...

Both Padres and Snakes lose today. JayHey in lineup today for the Cheaters.

spank said...

wack ass lineup. it's like they have attention deficit syndrome. always changing it up like a crackhead. no stability

karen said...

@Spanky....I agree about our lineup. Most of them are at the Mendoza Line or beneath it.

spank said...

good play by kiki and miller. Miller's hobbled though

spank said...

@karen..i guess all we can do is hope for the best

spank said...

Taylor with an rbi single. dayum

Steve Sax said...

Chris Taylor got an RBI and I was here to see it! It’s like being at Shohei’s 40-40 game

spank said...

haha. good one saxy

karen said...

SAXY MY FRIEND......CT3 2 for 2 on his 34th birthday.

Steve Sax said...

Austin Barnes just got two rbi. What is happening here

spank said...

Barnesy?!

Steve Sax said...

🐄🔑🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇

spank said...

5-0 LA

spank said...

shit

karen said...

I didn't think that was going to be a homer by Cowser.

spank said...

stress time

spank said...

*faints*

karen said...

THE BLAKE TRAIN scares the crap out of me but ends up K-ing Gunnar Henderson. Phew!

spank said...

i would've had a heart attack if taylor had homered on that foul ball

spank said...

yep. that young catcher being called up when Barnes fractured his toe lit a fire in his ass. his job was threatened.

karen said...

Barnsey hits a double and steals a base tonight all with a broken piggy.

karen said...

WE WIN THE SERIES!!!

spank said...

that's a wrap