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[You Play to Win the Game]

4/29: Britton vs. Saunders

[BSLChrisStoner]

Looking forward to seeing Zach tonight. Keep it simple. Throw the 2 seam for strikes, eat up some bats, get numerous grounders.

 

After a tough loss yesterday, come back and get a series opening win tonight.

 

Agree with what was said in another thread, should be Hunter and McFarland out of the pen tonight.

[You Play to Win the Game]

It definitely has to be the Britton/Hunter/McFarland show tonight. Hopefully Britton can give us a decent outing, 6 innings, 2 or 3 runs... but the bats show up and give us a 7 or 8 run performance. After 6, go to Hunter or McFarland to close it out. The BP desperately needs a break. 

 

I'm eager to get this yesterday's loss out of my mind. But tonight will be tough, because Britton pretty much has to have a decent outing, and I'm not overly confident in him at this juncture. I hope he proves me wrong. Hopefully Saunders keeps up his early season woes.

[Chris B]

@Britt_Ghiroli: #Orioles lineup: Markakis 9, Machado 5, Jones 8, Davis 3, Wieters 2, Hardy 6, Pearce DH, Reimold 7, Casilla 4. Britton SP

[bnickle]

Need a win. Lose and yesterday's loss keeps lingering for me.

[Adam Wolff]

Excited to see Britton go tonight. Hoping for the best, expecting the worst, as I've been conditioned to do for many years of Orioles young pitchers.

[JeremyStrain]

I've got faith in him. Big start tonight.

[Coker]

Don't know how much of this game I'll be able to stay up for. Was at a wedding last night and didn't get much sleep this weekend. 

[Zwolfe0]

I'm kind of disappointed the science of match ups will leave McLouth on the bench tonight. He's the hottest hitter in the line up and recently took a lefty deep. Also, this is first game he'll play for the Baltimore Bohliever's and I would like to use him. 

[Adam Wolff]

Pretty cool interview with Jim Presley that they're airing now. I could listen to him talk hitting for awhile.

[Mackus]

Really interesting interview.

[Adam Wolff]

Really interesting interview.

 

I thought it was really interesting that he seemed to actually talk about hitting and a little strategy and mindset, rather than just the fluff sort of answers many of those interviews produce. Good stuff!

[BSLChrisStoner]

Find the gap Nick... Markakis takes ball 1 up and in.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Markakis jammed, pops out to shallow CF. 1 out.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Machado looking... 2 down quickly.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Saunders looks like he has some life tonight...  we'll always have Texas, but I want to bash him.

[Adam Wolff]

Quick inning for Saunders.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Jones with the ground out, O's done in the 1st.

[BSLChrisStoner]

If it's that cool in the park, why not close the dome and make it more comfortable?

[Mackus]

Come on Zach!