Baltimore Orioles vs the Athletics | LIVE! Play-by-Play & Commentary | 8/8/25 | Game #116
to see if she’d like to go to see a show. But Miss Kate said no. I’ll tell you what you can do. Take me out to the ball game. Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and crackers, Jack. I don’t care if I never get back. Let me root. Root root for the home team. If they don’t win, it’s a shame. For it’s one, two, three strikes. You’re out at the old ball game. [Music] Katy Casey saw all the games. Knew the players by their first names. Told the umpire he was wrong all along. Good and strong. When the score was just two to two. Ky Casey knew what to do. Just to cheer up the boys she knew. She made the gang sing this song. Take me out to the ball game. Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and crack a jack. I don’t care if I never get back. Let me root. Root root for the home team. If they don’t win, it’s a shame. For it’s one, two, three strikes. You’re out at the old ball game. [Music] Greetings folks and welcome to live coverage of Orioles B. Orioles begin athletics game with no home here at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. How you doing folks? their home state. A Bradish with on the mound not to have outing. Let’s first an eye on that. We need to find any good news we can folks. We’ve already got a super chat here. Banjo got a home got another win today, right? Try and see what do now. We just have to figure out this team again. Who are you? My newest sound drop going to be playing. Who are you? Who are you? Best way anyone’s ever asked who are you and uh uh we’re welcoming back. Let’s start with the good news. Ryan Mountcast, welcome back. Back move. Okay, mount up. Fortunately, orals must Retroact facing a hall was no Tyler O’Neal. Ohoy there. Anybody home? Anybody home? That’s Tyler knocking on the general uh doctor. Anybody home? Ohoy there. Anybody home? O’Neal the DL Nury Caution caution end date asked about We’ve made so many moves. You know what? Forget about looking for Got to get over all these moves. [ __ ] have bunch of moves. Orioles. Orioles have activated Rico Garcia. comes of all that added another outfield by the name of Greg. One year rest of the Who is Greg Allen? Who are you? We’ve got quite the lineup, folks. Who are these people? Who are you? Who are you? Anybody guess the movie? That’s uh I Oh, Vidal Bru. Oh, no. Bruhan. Guess the Orioles had uh FA by the break. All brew make a whole lot much of a brew. Haha. [Laughter] Hit it. [Laughter] Uh-oh. Bill’s here and he’s hopping mad. pregame interview with Manscolino. What a bumbling jerk without a clue. Bill, please indulge me. Don’t mind this uh an example of a rhino. Well done, by the Who are you? No one to be trifled with. Yeah. So, it’s a mess, folks. I don’t even know if I’ve scratched this. Greg Allen orals are Who are these people? I’m cutting in. Sorry for the technical issues. Just audioing and just audio. Oh, why is my audio way? Just audio. Oh, all right. Stand by. Why is my way? Check. Check. Check. Wow, it is way down. Hi. Check. Wow, it is way down. Quiet. Hey, hold on, folks. What I can do. Check check check check check check check check. What is it? Why is it? It’s acting weird. Check check check check check. I really I really The audio is doing something. The audio is doing something. the good good. Uh, all right, folks. I’m going to uh see if I can check check. What is the Check, check, check. Oh, check check check. Uh, rubber baby buggy bumpers. Rubber baby buggy bumpers. Rubber baby buggy bumpers. How’s that sound, folks? Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Uh, it looks like it’s right in the sweet spot, so I should be okay theoretically. Hello. Hello. Uh, it looks like it’s right in the sweet spot. Okay. All right. That’s the sweet spot. I love a good sweet spot, folks. Let me take it down just a hair. All right. Whoa. Okay. Let me take it down a few more hairs. Check. Check. Check. All right, folks. It’s being very pnicity. All right, we’re going to stop right there. That’s where it’s going to be. Here we go. All right. So, now that there’s only one minute until the damn game starts, let me hurry up and get the ball game up. Okay. And the starting lineups up first, the pitching matchup for the Orioles. Tomayuki Sagano’s on the mound. He’s got a record of 8 and five, a 4.42 erra, a 1.32 whip. Date. Uh, for the athletics, it’s JT Gin. with a 2 and3 record, a 4.28 erra, and a 1.26 whip. He’s only pitched 48 and a third innings. Uh but uh not too bad of numbers for the A’s. Uh he does give up the home run ball. Looks up like he gives about two home run balls up per nine innings. So, let’s get some home runs tonight, folks. Uh the starting lineups for the visiting athletics. Oh, who are these guys? Carlos Cortez will lead off and play right field. Brent Rooker is the DH batting second. Nick Curts, you you’re going to want to watch this guy. He has been uh making a big name for himself in his rookie season. He’s at first base batting third. Shay Langalers will do the cleanup hitting and the catching. Tyler Soldstrom will bat fifth and play in left field. Darnell Hern is the shortstop hitting six. Lawrence Butler is batting seventh and playing in center field. Gio Orchella, the veteran third baseman, will hit eighth. And finally, Ramon’s brother. He has a brother. Yes, he does. He’s in the lineup for the A’s. Batting ninth, it’s Luis Aras for the Orioles. Uh, the first few names you know well, maybe the a few in here you don’t. Jackson Holiday will lead off and play second base. Jordan Westber will bat second and play third. Gunner Henderson will hit third and play short. Adley Rutman, the cleanup hitter, and will do the catching. Ryan Malcastle back in the lineup as a DH. Ryan Nota is going to play out in right field tonight. He’ll hit sixth. Kobe Mayo will play first base and bat seventh. Greg Allen, who was just signed an hour or two ago. Switch hitter will play center field and bat eighth. Also switch hitting and playing in left field. Batting ninth is Dylan Carlson. Folks, we are underway this ball game. Well, we’re about underway. We are about underway. Cortez, Rooker, and Curts. Sounds like a law firm if I’ve ever heard one. I remember the Curts. There’s nobody in the lineup for the A’s named Science. No Science and Curts. Just Curts. How you doing, Charm City chat? Couple of teams uh not exactly uh blowing up the league this season, folks. The A’s come in tonight with a record of 51 and 66. The Orioles slightly better at 52 and 63. Sagano on the mound and he is into his delivery. First pitch of the ball game popped straight up on the first base side. Mayo in foul ground over toward the warning track right next to the uh whatchamacallit the tarp. Mayo makes the catch. One pitch and a foul pop up to first and we are underway. Who are these people? Who are you? So, Carlson’s in left, Allen in center, Nota in right. Anybody have that uh oral outfield on their bingo card a couple of months ago? Here’s a first pitch swing out toward left field near the foul line. Long run into foul ground and Carlson will make the catch. Two pitches, two popups in foul territory to begin the night for Sagano. All right, he is on pace for a 27 pitch shutout. That’ll play. That’ll make this a nice quick win. Two down for Nick Curts. And yeah, this guy has uh really made a name for himself. He had a game, I think it was in Houston about two weeks ago. What did he do? He went six for six with four home runs, a single and a double, which is good for uh 19 total bases. I think he scored six runs and drove in eight all in one game. 01 pitch to him is fouled off. It’s 0 and2. The A’s are wearing their yellow, would you call that yellow? I guess that’s right. Green and yellow, their primary colors. Yellow jersey tops with gray pants. And the Orioles are wearing their City Connect shirts with the white pants, black on white. I happen to be wearing a white shirt with black shorts. So, I’m wearing the same colors as the Orioles, just uh tops and bottoms have been switched. One, two, pitch to Curts is inside. Tell you what, those uh I guess it’s not yellow. I guess gold. Green and gold. Any A’s fans out there? Is it Is it gold? I I guess it’s gold more than yellow. That’s a called strike three. Sagano knee high on the inside corner. See you later. Well, y’all come back now. You hear? [Music] Folks, not a bad way to begin a ball game. One pitch pop up. One pitch popup and then a strikeout. Not bad, Sagano. Keep it going. All right, we go to the bottom of the first. Athletics nothing and the Orioles are coming up. Charm City chat, how the hell are you? How you doing? Let’s see. We have We’ve got some folks here tonight. First of all, once again, thanks to Danjo for the super chat. Uh he is here along with Travis Chilo Edward. Uh we’ve got two different Edwards, Cantor and A Bowers. I might have to just call you by your last name so I don’t forget to shout you both out. Matt is here. Rising Rhino checking in. Carl is here. Bam. 6956. And that’s it’s not 50, it’s 50. 56. Uh, let’s see. Everybody’s all the same. Gary’s here. Hello, Gary. Bill. Oh, yeah. I need to check and see if Bill added a little bit more about Oh, this is where the audio started to screw up, I guess. Don Rock is here. Hey, Matt. My brother Matt is here. Nice to see you. He’s not calling me Stevie Weebie anymore, but he’s going with little bro. any reminder of uh me being uh the baby boy in in the in the family. Uh what else we got? Thanks for being here, Matt. Joel is here. Bill says, “BW, I must say, you have an amazing attitude when you have serious technical issues. You handle them very well.” Well, I mean, there’s not much I can do. Uh Chia is here. John M, Kurt M, Rachel. We’re about to get the first pitch for Jackson Holiday here, folks. Trying to catch up with the chat. [Music] And Gins’s first pitch to Holiday is swung on and missed. Low and away in the zone. Consequential is here. Uh, Vonnie, Rodney, Derek. Did I get everybody? Low and away to Holiday. The count, one ball, one strike. Let’s get this uh scoreboard up and running over here. Looks like it’s working. Holiday at the plate with a count of one ball, one strike. Leading off the bottom of the first, he fouls this one back. It’s one and two. Hopefully scoreboard is timing out nicely. I I honestly don’t understand what the deal is with the lighting and this green screen thing. Like it’s so clearly like cut out. Sometimes it’s a nice seamless I set the light up the exact same way. I don’t know. Uh one two pitch to Holiday is a little bit high. Jackson Holiday, he’s been in a bit of a slump. I don’t have the numbers in front of me, but something in the neighborhood of like two hits in his last 20 plus at bats. That’s a called strike three. Holiday walks back to the dugout on a pitch on the inside edge. Gin throws a sinker most of the time. More than half the time that is his pitch. sinker slider. Really just a two- pitch pitcher. Throws an occasional cutter and a rare change up, but it is it is a sinker slider combo. And that looked like the sinker on the outside edge there to Jordan Westber for strike one. Westber. Well, West is that way hitting 272 with 13 homers. gets one in on the hands and fouls it off. It’s 0 and2. Once again, folks, if you’re arriving a little bit late, the Orioles uh roster has had more shakeup in the past 24 hours than probably the trade deadline day being the only other day as active as this. says Westber strikes out. That pitch low and away. Westber down on three pitches. So JT Gin, is it Gin or Jyn? I’m going with Gin. Has uh faced two Orioles and struck them both out. Here’s Gunnar. His name’s Gunnar and he’s dating my mom. He looks at a first pitch strike. Knee high on the inside corner. Gunner hitting .283 with 13 homers, 47 RBI. Pitch high, one ball, one strike. I want to bring up the Orioles active roster just so I can have it all in front of me here. I think if I took a test to try to name the 26 guys on the roster right now, I’d probably get like a B minus. Here’s a swing and a miss. It’s a ball and two strikes on Gunner. We currently have three outfielders listed on the MLB.com official roster page. Three outfielders as Gunner takes low. Two balls and two strikes. How about an early bugle, folks? [Music] Oh yeah, no Jacob Wilson for the A’s. That helps. Two two pitch up and in. Look out. Gunner nearly got hit up near the upper arm on a pitch. Right up in there. Man, how did that not hit him? It looked like it grazed his little uh his uh elbow guard the top of it. 3-2 pitch and Gunner will take ball four. A very close pitch at the top of the zone. Gunner draws a two out walk. [Music] I’m walking here. So, pop quiz, Orio fans. Who can be the first to name the only three active outfielders on the Orioles roster right now? Now, not saying other guys can’t play in the outfield, but who are the three actual outfielders where they are designated as outfielders? That is their primary position. That’s where they’re supposed to be playing. We’ve got three. Who are they? Adley Rutman at the plate. He’s got ball one hitting from the left hand side against the righty Gin. And that’s way outside. It’s 2 and 0, folks. Pencil’s down. No googling anything. Nobody can name the three guys. That’s scary. 2 and 0. Oh no. Oh, I’m sorry. Cowser and O’Neal are neither are on the uh roster right now there, Chilo. So, you you uh got a 33 on your test. I I’ll I’ll hook you up. 33 and a third. Nope. Ryan Nota is not considered a outfielder. He’s a infielder by trade, but he is playing in right field tonight. Nope. Nota is not one of them. Boy, this is tougher than it seemed, didn’t it, folks? We’re still looking for the right answer. Three and one the count on Adley Rutman. There’s a called strike. Full count. We are looking for Carlson. All three names have been out there, but nobody’s written them all in a row. Carlson, Allen, and Adams. Carlson, Allen, and Adams. Isn’t that the outfield you were dreaming of back in spring training, folks? Hey, Adley touches one off to right field. Go up. Get out. That ball is gone. By by birdie Rutman hits one on top of the grounds crew shed and it bounces into the bleachers. It’s a two-run shot for Rut and the Orioles take the early lead. Two to nothing, folks. Who are you? Who are you? Oh, it’s magic, [Music] folks. Splash it up. Let’s get wetlish. [Music] Ryan Mount Castle is at the plate. He’s back, folks. Mount up. Okay, mount up. He’s got a count of one ball, one strike after fouling this one off on the third base side. Mounty, we haven’t seen him since uh June. Back in there for the Orioles today. One-1 pitch. That one’s hitting the air to center. Backing up. Still backing up, looking up. And that ball is gone. Welcome back, Mount by by birdie. Backto back jacks for the O’s. It’s 3 nothing here in Baltimore. Mount Castle lifts off to straightaway center field. 3 nothing. Ho ho ho. It’s magic. [Music] Folks, what the hell’s going on around here? We are the nobbodyies and we’re coming to beat you. Don’t mess with the nobbodyies. I like being a nobody. Here’s Ryan Nota. First pitch to him a little bit outside for ball one. Nota has gotten his Orioles career off with a nice start. a pinch hit game tying RBI in the ninth inning couple of games ago. Unfortunately, the Orioles went on to lose it in that game against uh gee, who the hell was it? I’ve forgotten already. I I let it all go. Oh, the Phillies, right? One-1 pitch to not swung on and missed. That’s a ball and two strikes. Derek is asking why he can’t super chat. I don’t know, Derek, but clearly I’m distraught. If you’re trying to help out with the channel, but if you look in the description of all my games, there is a place to go to donate. It’s called Kofi Ko Fi. It’s one of those like buy uh somebody a cup of coffee kind of a things. So, if you if you do want to help, uh there’s another way if it’s not working for you with the super chat. Two and two the count on not swinging a miss and down he goes. That’ll end the inning, but the Orioles get three runs in the inning. Back-to- back home runs, a two-run shot by Rutman and then a solo shot by Mount Castle. And at the end of just one inning, we’ve got ourselves a nice lead here. Three to nothing. All right, go ahead and rub it in. What am I rubbing in? What am I rubbing in? I’m not a inner rubber. I’m not a rubber inner. What? Huh? All right. I’m just trying to get used to these names here, folks. Rico Garcia, welcome to the bullpen. You’re joining the likes of Dietrich Ends and Cade Straoud and Grant Wolfram and Jerem Heraldo. Who are these people? We’ve got Jeremiah Jackson. We got Ryan Nota. We got Luis Vasquez. We got Jordan Adams. We got Greg Allen. Come on, folks. names. You know, this is just what Mike Elias had envisioned in the off season uh before uh the start of the 2025 campaign. I’m I’m sure of it. This is what he had in mind. But hey, we got a three nothing lead. Greg Allen is still playing. All right, let’s click on Greg Allen. He’s had 735 career at bats. He’s had 11 homers, driven in 68, 48 steels. Okay, this guy knows how to swipe a base, but uh the average just 231, the on base just at 300 flat and the OPS not much to write home about either. 640. Top of the second inning, first pitch strike here from Sagano. And Bill’s coming in with a super chat. How you doing, Bill? Message for you, son. message for you, son. The 01 pitch to Langalers is outside. One ball, one strike. By the way, folks, fun fact, The Langalers, not my favorite Stephen King book or adapted made for TV movie. Bill says, “Not thrilled with the O’s, but love good old BW. And I have no idea why.” I know, Bill. That’s the magic. A lot of people enjoy me. Nobody can really pinpoint why. It doesn’t really add up. Two-1 pitch is hit on the ground. And very kind bounce to Gunner. He’ll throw over to first in time. One away. I don’t know. I know exactly why people don’t like me. It’s the same reasons I don’t like myself. [Applause] [Music] But why do people enjoy this? Beats me. Tyler Soderstrom is hitting 258. He’s got 21 homers and 67 RBI. It’s just a little that Jennaqua. Sodestrom has been heating back up, hitting .38 over his last seven games. got off to a really hot start on the season. He was among the major league leaders in home runs for the first month or so. There’s an Oreo fan that looks like a Brett Favre uh stunt double. Beer in one hand, baseball in the other. Enjoy that sir. One-1 pitch is inside. Two in one the count. Derek can’t super chat. H I’ll have to send a very stern letter to the YouTube uh front office. 3-1 pitch. Swung on and miss. Sagana with the challenge fast ball at top of the zone. The count is full on Solderstrom. Payoff pitch fouled away. Yeah. So, the Ravens played the Colts last night across the street, right? Anybody uh attend that or check it out on the TV? Uh I’m I’m not one to really watch pre-season NFL. It’s just as uh swing and a miss. Sigano strikes out Sodestrom on a pitch that dipped low and in. Come on, sugar. Well, y’all come back now. You hear? All right, two down in the inning. Darnell Hern looks at one inside. Hern is hitting 321, but limited action. I’m assuming he’s only got four RBI. 10 pitch is outside from Sugano. [Laughter] Bill is sensing a loaded question. Yeah, I don’t blame you, Bill. Uh there’s a called strike to Hern count is two and one. Two down, bases empty in the top of the second. Chilo is a Patriots fan. [Laughter] Oh man. Two- two pitch to Hern is reached for, fouled away. We’ll do it again. Well, nobody’s perfect, right folks? [Laughter] Nobody’s perfect. Two two pitch low and away. Bull count on her knives. Hey David, how are you doing buddy? I was just thinking about you. And it’s so nice to tell somebody that when it’s true because it makes them feel nice, right, David? I was just thinking about you and there you are. How you doing? Payoff pitch once again to Hern is outside ball four. Not a good pitch there. Hern did not even think about offering the two out walk. Love you back, David. Apparently in the previous matchup against the A’s, Sigano really depended on the sinker. First pitch here to Lawrence Butler is up and in. Butler the average is not so good. 232. 15 homers, 44 RBI. His numbers are a little bit down from last season where he kind of made his made a name for himself last season. So they got him hitting lower in the order here. It’s it’s a very good A’s lineup. A lot of good hitters. can do different things, especially when Jacob Wilson is a part of the lineup, which he is not tonight. Uh 200 to Butler. That one’s crushed out to right center. I said crushed is not crushed. It must have been hit off the end of the bat. That ball was hit shallow into right center. And coming in to make the catch is not to end the inning. Folks, I may have misguided you with uh that call off the bat, but the good news is it’s uh not a uh not a home run ball or anything. Just a out number three. How is this coffee this cold already? Uh standby, folks. I need to heat up some coffee. I haven’t even had a lucky yet. I mean, this coffee is uh this ain’t going to work. So, I’ll be right back. Uh don’t go anywhere and stuff. Thanks. All right. [Music] Bacon. Bacon. Where’s the bacon? I smell bacon. Bacon. Bacon. Got to be bacon. Only one thing smells like bacon. That’s bacon. Bacon. Bacon. Bacon. Bacon. There from that bag. What’s it say? I can’t read. Please, please give me what’s in the bag. Chewy, yummy, smoky bacon. Here you go. Oh boy. Oh boy. Oh boy. Noom no. It’s bacon. No, it’s bacon strips. Brand dog snack from Pyina. Bacon strips. Dogs don’t know it’s not bacon. It’s bacon. I can’t seem to face up to the facts. I’m tense and nervous and I can’t relax. I can’t sleep because my bed’s on fire. Don’t touch me. I’m a real live wire. Psycho killer test to say far better run run away. Oh, psycho killer. Just to say far far better run run away. [Music] Kobe Mayo at the plate. First pitch is a ball and the next one is swung on and missed. It’s a one ball, one strike count. Say something once. Why say it again? All right. Oh, you don’t have to call me God. Vanilla Spice B will do just fine. [Laughter] One and two on Mayo. Get it all on there, Kobe. That pitch off the plate. Two balls and two strikes. Get it all on there. Just spread it out. Just get it all on there. Just spread it out. Just get it all on there. Just spread it out. Two two. Oh, that’s a called strike three. Some late tailing action over the outside edge. Nasty pitch from Gin. Mayo goes down looking. One away here in the bottom of the second. Three nothing Orioles. Oh, Bill. It’s okay. Not everybody can can spare. And even if they c could, you know, there’s other ways to help out. But I do appreciate the help, Bill. Look, folks, I’ll be honest. Uh you uh you you uh like uh how would I say that? You’re you guys are like the the premium bird watchers. If you’re here at this stage of the season watching Orioles A’s, here’s a swing and a miss by Who’s this new guy? Who are you? Greg Allen. All right. Switch hitter batting from the left side. He’s got an 02 count. And the next pitch is way outside. One ball, two strikes. Greg Allen. I’m sure right now Kevin Brown is telling you a whole lot more about him than I know. Uh, if you’re picking up anything about Greg Allen that’s being said on the Masson broadcast, go ahead and share it because I don’t know anything about this guy. Not a thing. He fouls this one off. It’s one ball and two strikes. What are the postseason odds for the Orioles? Not joking, just asking. I would assume it’s somewhere in the neighborhood of 1% or less than 1%. Like it’s not it’s not impossible, but it’s extremely improbable. Uh that’s a called strike three to our newest outfielder. What’s his name again? Who are you? Who are you? Greg Allen. All right, Greg. All right, Greg. Come on, man. I’m gonna I’m gonna remember your name going forward. Here is Who’s this? Who are you? Oh, it’s Dylan Carlson. I know you. I know him of consequence. By any chance, do you happen to have six fingers on your right hand? My father was killed by a six-fingered man. Uh, it’s 2 and 0. 2 and 0 on Carlson, folks. Dylan, your son. Did I eat anything today? What am I, a gremlin? Uh, two and0 the count. Swing and a miss. Two balls, one strike. Yeah, I ate some chicken, but it was after midnight, so anything could happen. Two balls, one strike on Carlson. Two down, base is empty. Make it two and two on a swing and a miss. Who are you? Who are you? Let me explain. No, no, there is too much. Let me sum up. The princess is going to marry Humper Dink in little less a half an hour. So all we have to do here’s a ground ball to second base. Carlson will be thrown out to win the inning. The Orioles go one, two, three here with the bottom of the order, but that’s okay. We got the top of the order coming up in the next inning, guys. You know, who are you? Who are you? Who are you? That’s all I can think. I was thinking, I’ve got all these new names. How am I going to fit them into my soundboard? And what’s the point when probably nine out of these 10 names probably won’t be around for very long? So, I just finally said to myself, I was trying to find the who’s uh who are you? Who who who couldn’t find it just like that snippet. Uh so I went with uh I went with uh our boy from Princess Bride. We don’t see your face. Are you hiding from us? Uh, you know, I just had plastic surgery, Botox, and uh I had a a a lift and uh my cheekbones were altered. I’m just, you know, I’m waiting for everything to settle. Actually, I turned it off because I had to go make some coffee, which is ready now. So, thanks for reminding me. I’ll be right back. Ah, top of the third inning to you. First pitch from Sagano in the top of the third is low. Ball one. So you want to see me, do you? Hi. Gio Orchella is at the plate. He doesn’t have a home run on the season. 17 RBI. Takes a call to strike. Oneonone. Urchella has bounced around. Used to be a New York Yankee. So screw you. One- one pitch is low and away. Two balls and one strike. I think Urchella was with the Reds last seat. No, that was Candelario. Where was Urella last year? 2-1. That’s a hard hit ball. It’s going to get through the left side of the infield for a base hit. Lead off single top of the third forella. Uh the Braves. Yeah, I’m think Oh, that’s where he was last. He was last with the Braves. Okay. Has he been anywhere else besides the Yankees and the Braves? I feel like this guy’s bounced around a lot. All right, next batter. Who is it? I don’t know, but he just took a first pitch strike. I’ll get you a name here in a sec. Luis Aras. Ah, I have a brother. Aras is hitting 238. There’s a base hit up the middle. Damn it. Uh, we’re going to have runners at first and second. Oakland. Uh, nobody out. Bottom part of the order here. Setting things up for a big inning. Was he on the Angels, too? Okay. Appreciate it. All right. Sigano hasn’t had much to worry about till now. Now he needs to lock in here. And the number nine batter Carlos Cortez is up. You need to get him out. Try to keep him from moving these runners up, too. Brown ball to the right side. Could be two. Holiday to Gunner to first. Two. A double play. Just what the doctor ordered, folks. [Music] All right. Rally killer. Rally killer. Got a dubdub dubdub dubdub double play. Oh, all right. Sorry. So, Ursella now is at third base. There’s two down. and Brent Rooker at the plate. Still a tough out to get here. Brooker is a pretty good hitter. 01 pitch is up and away. One ball, one strike. We’re in the top of the third inning. Orioles ahead three nothing on back-to back home runs back in the first. How’s the uh scoreboard? Is it still uh up to date or is it freezing? There’s a called strike. One ball, two strikes. It’s too small for me to see. Okay, looks like it’s where it needs to be. All right, folks. We got two strikes. We got two out. Let’s put Rooker away now. Put him away. Put him away. Put him away now. That ball gets behind Rutchman. No advance from the runner at third. Ball right there at home plate. Two balls, two strikes. BW need to try out on the voice. Uh I’m an old man. I don’t think I’m the demographic they’re uh recruiting, but local Thai karaoke bars around here. I’m a superstar. Uh two- two pitch that hit him. Rooker gets hit somewhere around the hands on a pitch inside from Sagano. I’m not trying to Yeah. Hey folks, you had your chance. I was in bands in my teens and 20s. We put on shows. I was singing and playing bass. Where were you? Where were you when I was trying? Nick Curts. Nick Curts. Nick Scars. Oh, we we need to get this guy out. This is a big moment in the ball game right here. First pitch bounces in there from Sagano. One ball, no strikes. Two down, runners at the corners for the A’s. The pitch up and in. It’s 2 and 0. That made Curts’s helmet fall off, leaning out of the way of that pitch. Now you got a hitter’s count. This is danger zone material, man. Oh man. Danger zone. Gotta be careful here, Shagano. Come on, man. Pitch, check, swing. Looks like he went. He did. Homeplayed umpire makes that call. Two and one the count. Sagano’s glistening with sweat. Probably a humid night out there. Never did check the temperature. What is it? It’s only 78 degrees, I guess. Is it kind of misty in the air or is it just that humid 78° and Sagano’s sweating out there like it’s 103? We’re watching highlights now of that ridiculous game, historic game from Nick Curts out down there in Houston. There’s a swing and a foul ball on a two- two pitch. Still two and two. Who are the umpires for this uh series? Behind the plate, it’s Carlos Torres. Lance Barnett is at first. I think he’s the crew chief. Here’s a chopper behind the plate. Still two and two on Curts. At second base, Charlie Ramos. Third base, Willie Trainer. So, it sounds like the weather’s pretty good, especially for this time of year. We need to get Sagano out of this inning. Lickety split. Two- two pitch again called strike three. Oh, a beauty on the inside edge. Sit down, Curts. Well, y’all come back now. You hear? [Music] We go to the bottom of the third. Orioles three athletics nothing, folks. [Music] All right. How you doing everybody? Welcome to the Orioles Bird Watcher channel. I am your titular host BW. This channel is dedicated to covering live Orioles baseball all season long. I have not missed a game since this channel started. In fact, we’re less than 20 games away now from hitting 300 games called in a row. How about them apples? So, if you’re new here, uh if you like baseball and especially if you like Orioles baseball, I’m telling you right now, go ahead and subscribe to this channel. It’s free. There’s no commitment. There’s no obligation. And no salesman will visit your home. Uh this is a place you can come for free. Anytime Orioles are playing, I’m on and we’re hanging out together. Uh sometimes I’ll go on for some other special events, things going on like uh the MLB draft we had near the All-Star break. I cover preeason games, postseason games when we get there. It’s not happening this year. Uh, but the point is, uh, yeah, this channel’s trying to grow and, uh, if we can get maybe to 3,200 subscribers tonight, it’s not out of the realm of possibility. 3180 is not the exact number. It’s 3180 something. So, somewhere around 15 subscribers, give or take. We can get up to 3,200, folks. Jackson Holiday is leading off the bottom of the third inning and he’s first pitch swinging and following fouling it away. 0 and one. All right. Here’s a excuse me ground ball toward third and Holiday will be retired. Not a good week or so for Holiday at the plate. Two more uh quick outs here tonight. A strikeout and then a weak ground ball to third. Holy cow, folks. Backto back super chats. Boom. Boom. Yo, here comes the boom. Here comes the boom. Message for you, son. Jordan Westber takes a called strike, folks. West is that way. Bill with a super chat. He says, “Come on, let’s support BW and keep this going.” Thank you, Bill. Thank you so much. $10 super chat from Bill. Dano coming in with a $20 super chat saying, “Great job, BW.” Thanks, Dano. Hey, have you been booking anybody lately? Get it? [Laughter] Just another 58-year-old TV reference, folks. Don’t mind me. [Laughter] Thank you, Dano. And then Cantankerus is in here. Uh, gifting a membership that has gone to Jose Ignasio Reyes Tartacowski. Holy cow, that’s a mouthful. Uh, Westber with a 2-1 count. He swings and misses. One out, nobody on. Bottom of the third. The Orioles ahead three to nothing here. First game of three against the Athletics. First game of a six-game home stand here in our yard. 2-2. Right in there. And Westber is down on strikes for the second time tonight. We’re only in the third inning. Gunnar Henderson coming up and he started the rally in the first inning. Again had gotten the first two batters out and then Gunnar reached on a walk on a borderline pitch. Next thing you know, Rutchman knocks him in with a two-run homer. And then Mount Castle in his first at bat in over two months. Frank one out toward the batter’s eye in straightaway center field to make it a three nothing ball game. That’s where we are in the bottom of the third. It’s a one-0 count on Gunnar and make it one and one. He takes a hack at a pitch low and misses. His name’s Gunnar and he’s dating my mom. Once again, thanks for the super chats to both uh well to Bill and to Dano and also the membership gift from Canankerus. You guys are awesome. That was a big uh big moment. Now, what are we going to do in another few innings? That was a whole lot at once. It’s a one ball, two strike count. Thailand is big on dog fighting. That’s new to me, Edward. That is brand new information to a guy that’s been living here 10 years. One-two pitch is hit off the pitcher again. The catcher will retrieve it and will not be able to get Gunner in time. Gunner will reach for the second time on two outs. This time an infield hit again. Nearly gloved this ball with his back to home plate. He was completely turned around. Almost made a behind the back play there. Lingalier is backing up the catcher. Unable to recover in time to get Gunner going down the line. So, Gunner’s there at first base with two down. Rutman coming up. Adley went deep his last time up. Let the clutch out gently. Okay. Let the clutch out gently. Okay. All right. We’ve got a first pitch upstairs to Adley. Hey, welcome in, Cade. Folks, I’m telling you, a subscription means as much, if not more, than a super chat. We’re trying to grow the community. Grow, grow, grow. It’s the best way to grow without everybody having to reach into their wallet. Now, don’t stop reaching into your wallet. If you’re feeling generous, I’m not stopping you. It does help, but I just want everybody to feel comfortable here. There’s ways to help the channel. all kinds of ways. And Cade just helped by subbing up. Thanks, Cade. All right, two and0 the count on Adley. And the first pitch, the first pitch, two and 0 count, the first pitch, uh, the next pitch is low. All right, Gunners at first base. A three 0 to Adley upstairs. A four pitch walk folks. Another two out rally cooking here for the Orioles. This top part of the order. Mount Castle coming up again. [Music] I’m walking here. I’m walking here. Okay. Mount up. Mount Castle is hitting 250 on the season. He hit his third home run of the year in his last at bat. And Gunner is going. And Gunner has just stole third base without a throw. Rutman at first uh did not take off, but Gunner felt like he had this. Yeah, there was nobody covering third base, so Gunner just takes it. If they’re going to give it to you, take it. It’s one and0 on Mount Castle, folks. First and third now with two down. Come on. That’s a called strike. Bottom of the zone. One ball, one strike on Mount Castle. What’s Gins’s pitch count looking like? You would think it’s got to be in the 50s the way this game’s going. I don’t see it on the screen, though. One-1 pitch. That’s a called strike. Blue. That’s low. That is so low. Why don’t you wake up and smell what you shoveling? Why don’t you wake up and smell what you shoveling? All right, you’re just going to get a wake up and smell what you’re shoveling. I’ll keep the beag down for a minute. Gins’s already got six strikeouts and make it seven. Mount Castle just struck out on a pitch half a foot inside and the inning is over. 62 pitches from Gin. In fact, through the first three innings, more than 20 per inning. Uh the Orioles, it’s all or nothing. They’ve had three hits. Two of them have left the yard, but they’ve also struck out seven times through the first three innings. They’re on pace to strike out if they were to play a nine-in game 21 times. It’s not very good. Got to make a little more contact. But at least when we have, we’ve uh done well. Couple of homers. Three nothing lead as we go to the fourth inning. All right. ESPN has it at 62. Has has uh has what? Michael, I’m sorry. I’m not sure what that’s in reference to. Hey, Frank has just become a Magic member. I’m sorry about that, Michael. What’s the 62 in reference to? Frank, thanks for uh becoming a magic member. And I want to thank you very much for that. I really do. Frank, be sure to try on those binoculars and uh take a look at Oh, that reminds me. Oh, I got a couple things I need to do. First of all, I think now we’ve got enough magic members. I can where YouTube is going to allow me to add a few more emojis, a few more custom emojis. the bigger the membership list gets, the more YouTube gives me uh to play with. But before I do that, folks, why don’t we just get five more magic members in here right now? There. Boom. Folks, there is so many things being given toward the channel, from the channel. We’re all giving tonight, folks. Jay, Love and Light, G. Ashton Sharter, Captain Eagle, Auto, and Jeremy Bear. You’ve all got Magic memberships. No need to thank me. All right, we’re underway in the top of the fourth. First pitch is a strike. the Shay Langalers. He grounded out his last time. This one’s hit on the ground to Gunner. Should be routine and it is. Langelier is retired. Sagano got into a little bit of a pickle there in the previous inning after getting the first couple of outs. He got to the point where the A’s had runners at first and third. got out of it. Innings one, two, and so far here in the fourth though, been nice and easy. Uh-oh. Oh, it’s a diving catch in right field by Ryan Nota. Folks, I told you this guy is a Ryan O’Harn clone. I told you he can cover corner outfield in a pinch. Now, does he have a whole lot of range? No. Is he going to make plays look very pretty? No. But here’s another thing Ryan Nota can do for you. It is a diving catch to get the second out here in the fourth. All right, two down. And where’s where’s where’s my lady who was saying no, he’s not going to be that. Now, where’s my lady? I know your avatar when I see it. Brown ball. Nice pick by Westber at third. He spins, throws, and gets his man. Folks, the Orioles are flashing a little bit of leather out here for Sigano. The inning is over. We go to the bottom of the fourth. Baltimore three, athletics nothing. We’re number one. We’re number one. We’re number one. Oh boy, is this great. This is great iced tea. This is Jack Burton in the Pork Chop Express, and I’m talking to whoever is listening out there. Okay, folks. I’m going to step away for a sec, but I’m going to ask you a quick favor. If you’re watching right now, you are welcome to be here. I hope you’re having a good time. uh get to know the other fine folks here in the Charm City chat. Do what you got to do. Grab a snack, get a beverage, but I ask you one favor. 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I mean, you know, I’m a Lucky Strike fan from way back. So Bottom of the fourth. Coming up, Ryan Nota to lead it off. And he’ll look at a first pitch strike again from the belt. Kicks and deals. And that one’s lifted in the air to right center field. It’s going to die out there a few steps in front of the track. Lawrence Butler will make the catch. One down. Kobe Mayo. Let’s get it all on there. Just spread it out. First pitch is right in there. Strike one. Putt on and missed. It’s 0 and2 to Mayo. Uh-oh. Looks like the scoreboard is jumping out of place. What you doing, scoreboard? It’s not a bad crowd, folks. I’m sure there’s some kind of a giveaway tonight, but tomorrow is the big day. The Adam Jones Hall of Fame induction game. What are they giving away tonight? Some kind of a hat, I’m going to guess. Swing and a miss. Mayo chased one way outside. It was outside all the way there and then it got even further outside. All right. Greg Allen. Who are you? Greg Allen. Who are you? Scoreboard ticker is stuck. All right. Who are you? Appreciate it. Let me see what I can do. Allen. Oh, that ball is a little early, but that ball was hit a long way down the right field corner. up at the top of those slanted tilted seats out there near the warehouse. You know those seats I’m talking about, folks. They’re kind of caddyy cornered. Holy cow. Whoa. That is a significant super chat. That is a rare. Wow. Hold on. Ow. to the count on Allan. What? What’s going on here, folks? Message for you, son. Holy cow. Message for you, son. I I might actually be able to go buy some things. This would be great. Oh, I need a new pair of shoes like nobody’s business. Oh, I need a couple of things. Oh my god. Wow, Richard. $50 super chat, man. That is crazy. Keep the good vibes coming. Sugar, sugar. Thank you, Richard. I mean, really generous. Allen pops it up to right center field. Butler looks like he wants it more and he will chase it down. Rocking that green glove of his. I like that. All right, that ends the inning. The Orioles go quietly here in the fourth. Onto the fifth. Three nothing Baltimore. Richard, I mean, folks, if you send a $50 super chat, I can’t just say thanks and leave it at that. I don’t know what, Richard. Anything I can do? Any special requests? You want me to hum a few bars of your favorite 80s one hit wonder tune? I’ll do it for you. I’ll give it my best. Anything you want, Richard. You name it. Well, okay, let me take that back. just about anything you want. Richard, you guys are something else. Look, uh, the last game we played, uh, it was an afternoon game on a Wednesday with the Phillies. The turnout wasn’t that great, but during the ball game, I had talked about the state of the channel and, uh, you know, some of the concerns I was having, just being fully transparent about it. I know it’s the sort of subject that not most of you probably come here uh wanting to hear about, but you guys have shown me in so many ways that you do care. You do care about the health of the channel. You want to see it grow and succeed. You want to see me be around a long time. I want all those same things, too. Um and look, the it the growth of the channel has slowed down from season 1 to season two. the rate of subscribers uh averaging per game is down by about 50%. So yeah, like last season I got up to nearly 2500 subscribers over the course of season 1. Uh if everything goes right, I’ll get about half of that, about 1,200 this season. uh which would put me up to about 3700 or so, which means it’s going to take three years to get to 5,000 subscribers, not two. So, that being said, as we get the top of the fifth underway, it’s a curveball outside the Butler for ball one. Uh, even though I’m not sitting here trying to persuade you guys to send super chats, I I’ll bring it up from time to time if one hasn’t come in in a while. I’ll just sort of be like, “Hey, if you’re feeling in the mood, but just know that it really does help to make up for the lack of uh turnout, especially these final two months of the season. Uh, just want to explain that to you and let you know how much it really does help. Means a lot to me and uh, I can’t thank you enough. I really can’t. Uh, 2-1 pitch to Butler has reached for. That ball is going to get flared out for a base hit down the left field line. Butler’s thinking two. Here comes the throw in. It’s cut off. It’s a leadoff double. Might have been a broken bat by Lawrence Butler. All right. So, Sagano, he’s got a three-run lead work to work with here. We’re in the bottom part of the order, but he’s going to try to work around a leadoff double. Richard says just keep the good content rolling. Thank you, Richard. I mean, I try. I question myself sometimes. Is this good? Here’s a ground ball hit slowly toward Gunner. He’ll go to first. Uh Butler will move to third on the play. So, it is a productive out for the A’s as Ursella moves Butler to third. One away. Number nine hitter coming up. Luis Aras. Oh, Bill. Bill, don’t pressure everybody. It’s already been a record-breaking night. I would actually, not that I really am in a position to say, well, my preference is I mean, I’m happy to take whatever I comes my way, but spreading spreading it out over over time. That works for me, too. We don’t have to do it all tonight. Here’s a little roller to Rutman in front of the plate, but it’s a foul ball. Okay, a foul ball right there at the plate. Two strikes on the batter. Aras, I always feel like I have to walk a tight rope talking about super chats. It’s like, yes, I very much appreciate it. Yes, they’re very much helpful and and and needed for the channel, but I also don’t want to guilt people into doing it or anything like that. Subscriptions, folks. Word of mouth, letting people know about the channel. Getting one person to subscribe that you might know. That goes a long way, too. And that’s free. All right, we got a one-two count now on Aras. That pitch way off the plate. Sagano from the belt. Next pitch breaks low. Two and two. You guys really are the best. Oh my god. Just wow. You guys are really something. Two two pitch foul back. It’s still two and two. [Music] All right, let the good times roll. Two balls, two strikes on Aras umpire. What’s he doing? All right, Sagano’s got his sign. Here comes the 2- two break slow and away. Full count. There’s a shot of Boo’s Barbecue. And it doesn’t look like there’s a long line. That’s good. Get in and out of there quick. Popped up center field. It is going to be Greg Allen with the catch. Butler will tag from third and come in to score. It is a sack fly for Luis Aras. We’ve been Aras. A’s are on the board. It’s now three to one. There’s two down. Base is empty for Sigano. And the top of the order coming back up here. Cortez. He’s 0 for two. 64 pitches so far for Sigano. That pitch is low for ball one to Cortez. He popped out foul on one pitch to begin the ball game and then he hit into a double play his last time up. That ball is lifted into center with some carry on it and a diving catch made by Greg Allen in center field. Who are these guys? Two new oral center two new Orio outfielders making defensive plays. What is going on? Who are you? Inning over. Who are you? Who are you? Besides that, it’s all in the reflexes, folks. Who are you? Who are you? I don’t believe it. There is Orioles magic in the air tonight. We go to the bottom of the fifth. This game’s half over. Baltimore three, Athletics one. You do not know how difficult it is for me to prevent myself from saying Oakland. Uh be right back. Who are you? Boy, Harry, you’re you’re full of energy. You look great. I hate to tell you how I feel. I I’ve had that bad back myself. Also, with this cold, it just seems like it’s settling in there. That’s age, friend. I don’t care what it is. It feels awful. You smell like a drugstore. That’s right. I am a drug. You’re not a hyperchondric, are you? What does that mean? Over sexed. I’ve lost my Chesapeake music. It got moved and I don’t know where it went. Oh, there you are. [Music] Ahoy crew members. [Music] We met a strange friend in the folks. We are underway. Bottom of the fifth. Dylan Carlson at the plate. And the first pitch to him is a strike on the inside edge. JT Gin still out there. Look at these Baltimore Huns. Look at these hats. Holy cow. That pitch is upstairs. One ball, one strike. Carlson is 0 for about his last I don’t know 30. Need to get him off the Schneide. Low and away. It’s two and one. I mean, they got him batting ninth. They can’t bat him any lower. They’re going to use him. He’s the only experienced outfielder on the roster right now. major league experience. 2-1 pitch fouled away. It’s two and two on Carlson. By the way, that uh snippet of Harry Kerry is back from when he was still calling games with the White Socks. It’s a early 80s clip. Two two pitch is in on the hands of Carlson. He fouls it off. Dylan, you son of a Come on, Dylan. break that slump. 2-2 check swing. It looks like he went. Oh, he didn’t. They appeal. He did not go. Okay, full count and a nice long atbat to begin the inning for Carlson leading off here. Even if he can’t get on, it’s been an effective at bat. Payoff pitch swung on, grounded toward first and right at the bag, Curtz fields it and steps on the bag to make the out. Unassisted put out at first. One away here in the bottom of the fifth. Top of the order. That’s where we’ve done our damage. Jackson Holiday coming up. [Music] Holiday hasn’t done anything yet. 0 for two. Need to get him going as well. Takes low for ball one. Now, why is the Madison broadcast tonight not showing us the pitch count running? I feel like they normally do. Gin is about to throw his 80th pitch of the night. We’re in the fifth inning. Holiday. That one is going to be pulled. Foul off to the right. Count. One ball, one strike. 80 pitches from Gen. 30 strikes or 50 strikes. 30 balls. That pitch is high. Two and one on holiday. Folks, I’m in the mood for a bugle. How about you? [Music] There are some athletic fans in the crowd. Holiday fouls it back. Two balls, two strikes. One more time. [Music] again. Rubs up a fresh baseball from the belt. The 22 up and in. What? You called that a strike. It’s inside you, schmuck. All right, get the Bag. You don’t send Jackson down like that. Hold Grab that ump. Hold him down by the legs. Not the beast. Not the beast. My eyes. [Music] Another victim. Here is Westber with two down. Check swing. It’s outside. Ball one. Westber has not had a good night so far at the plate. 0 for two. struck out both times. Average at 270 right now. Low and away again. 2 and 0. Come on, Westber. Which way is west? Well, West is that way. Oh, yeah. Thanks. Bottom of the fifth, bases empty, two down, and a two- count to Westber. That is a called strike. It’s low, blue. It is low. Why are you giving this guy the benefit of the doubt? Two and one the count. It should be 3 and 0. Why don’t you wake up and smell what you shoveling? Why don’t you wake up and smell what you shoveling? Ground ball. Third base. Aras over to first in time. And the inning is over. Ah, Orioles do not do much here and the umpire did not help. Here’s the beag. Not the beast. Not the beast. My eyes. My eyes. [Music] Boo boo. Bow down to her. Bow down to the queen of slime. The queen of refuge. Boo. She had true love and she threw it away. Boo. Boo. End scene. Thank you. Uh, all right. Uh, we’re going to the sixth inning now. Is that right? How about some out of town scores? What’s shaking? At the end of six, Reds lead the Pirates two to one. At the end of four, Astros over the Yankees two nothing. Top of the fifth, Angels with a 4-3 lead over the Tigers. Top of the fifth, Miami all over the Braves 5 nothing. Cleveland with a big lead on the White Socks going into the bottom of the third. Guardians have a six nothing lead. Phillies up early, one- nothing in the first on the Rangers. 1-1 tie in the bottom of the first between the Royals and Twins. Mets up two nothing on the Brewers. Top of the second at the end of one between the Cubs and Cardinals. No score. Coming up in about an hour and change, the Red Sox and the Padres’s, the Rockies will face the Diamondbacks. The Rays will be out in Seattle to take on the Mariners. Toronto out in LA to take on the Dodgers. Now, that right there is a series. I might be watching that after I call this Blue Jays Dodgers out west tonight. Also, Nationals out in San Francisco to take on the Giants. There’s your out of town scoreboard, folks. We’re now in the top of the six. Sagano still on the mound and the first pitch he throws is a strike. To who you ask? I don’t know yet. Uh Brent Rooker. That’s a second strike. It’s 0 and2 on Rooker. He’s 0 for one, but he was hit by a pitch. He’s just mostly dead. There’s a difference between mostly dead and all dead. check swing and he went around. Brent Rooker, sit down, folks. Well, y’all come back now. You hear? Well, y’all come back now. You hear? [Music] One out in the sixth. Here is Curts. ground ball and he’s going to get a hit out of this unless Gunner does something ridiculous. Gunner does try to do something ridiculous. Ball hit on the second base side of the second base bag. Gunner shaded toward the bag. Was way over to make a diving stop in the outfield grass. Tried to throw from his butt, but uh not happening. Just happy he didn’t throw it away. Oh, the look on Gunner’s face. All right, one man on, one out. Excuse me. And the batter Shay Lingalers Sigo. Whoa, my throat just gave out. Hold on. Oh. Boy, you take two days off, you’d think it’d be good for your voice. It’s 2 and 0 on Langalers. Popped up. Stay in play. First base side. Mayo looks like he has it. He leaps up against the screen. Did he catch it? He did. Kobe Mayo goes butt first into the screen and his height certainly helped make this play possible. It’s the second out of the inning. We are just stealing outs from the A’s tonight. Look at that folks. If you’re sitting in that row, you got Kobe Mayo’s butt in your lap. Here’s a hard hit ball. Base hit into right center field. A two out knock will keep the inning going. Two men on now for the Athletics on a base hit by Tyler Solderstrom. So that will put the tying runs on and Sigano trying to get this final out here in the sixth. It’s going to be I think I’ve been saying Darnell. It’s Darell. I’m so sorry. D A R E L L Dell Hernise. I apologize. He goes after the first pitch, grounds it to Gunner. He goes to second for the short play and he gets it. Holiday there to receive the force play out at second. Sagano gets out of trouble again. Six innings of oneun ball from Tommo. We go to the bottom of the sixth. Orioles three. Athletics one. [Music] Folks. Yeah. Where’s Sagano’s pitch count at? Where is that pitch count at? Because now it would be the bottom three of the order due up in the next inning. He’s on se pitches. Send him out there. Let’s go. What are you kidding me? Versus the bullpen we have. Yes. Sagano, go back out there. 75 pitches through six. That’s only about 12 and a half per inning. Fantastic. Erra right now at 4.28. four strikeouts. He’s scattered five hits in a walk. Looks like the A’s meanwhile are going to bring out a reliever to begin the bottom of the sixth. Let’s look at him. It’s Ben Bowden, a left-hander, 30 years old, 6’4”, 249 lbs, and he’s got a erra of 3.38, a 1.31 whip. I’m not sure how much pitching he’s done. He’s Oh, very little. Just five and a third innings this regular season. So, he’s a recent addition to this bullpen. Ben Bowden. Uh in his five appearances, he’s gone one inning. Once he went one and a third innings. Uh the first two appearances he made, he gave up a run in each. But he has not given up a run in any of the last three, giving up just one hit in two walks over three and a third innings. So, we’ll see. We’ll see if we can get to this guy. What is this? It’s a mom hugging her little boy. Look at how cute that is. Just a big old bear hug. Oh, you love to see it. All right, Ben Bowden Bowen tomato tomato. Who cares? It’s going to be Gunner at the plate and he is late on the fast ball here to begin the bottom of the sixth. Gunner. His name’s Gunner and he’s dating my mom. Yeah, well, he gets around. Gunner has singled, walked, stolen a base, and scored a run. Pitch outside, one ball, one strike. He’ll be followed by Rutman and Mount Castle, the two home run hitters and RBI men of the night. The one one is laid off. Wow, my voice. Wow, my voice. Wow. I took two days off. I didn’t talk for two days. Swing and a miss. High heat from Bowden. The count even up at two and two. Come on, Gunnar. Let’s get a rally cooking here. Two-run lead doesn’t feel good enough. That ball’s hit out to center field. Carrie, Carrie. It is caught out there in front of the deepest part of the yard. Lawrence Butler on the track in front of the 410 ft sign catches a 400 foot out from Gunner Anderson. Yeah, folks, you don’t want me to be added to the disabled list. It’s large enough as it is. Here’s Rutman. He’s going to bat right-handed here. and he takes a first pitch strike. Two-run homer from Rutman back in the first and then he drew a walk, four pitch walk his last time up. Up to nine homers and 27 RBI. 01 is low, folks. Tomorrow night, same start time as tonight. Uh, information is scrolling at the bottom of your screen as I speak. The 1-1 hit in the air. Center field. Butler has got plenty of time to camp under it. Makes the catch. Two down. Ryan Mount Castle. Uh, Bam. I’m not sure. I can check the daytoday. uh injury report for the A’s. See if he’s on there. Uh yes, Denzel Clark is on the 10day disabled list. He’s out along with Jacob Wilson. Uh Clark could be back. No, he would be back one day after the end of this series. That’s the first day of eligibility. So yeah, we get a break. Denzel Clark playing a gold glove caliber center field. He’s really something special with that glove. One and0 on Mount Castle. Swung and a one hopper to short. Look at that throw. Not a whole lot on it, but it gets to first on a bounce and the inning is over. Mount Castle grounds out six to three. We go to the seventh, folks. This game is going quick. The Orioles still lead at 3 to one. So yeah, Denzel Clark, Jacob Wilson, Max Muny all out for the Athletics. Couple of relief pitchers as well, Brady Basso and Grant Hullman. Oh, by the way, uh here’s some decent news. Maverick Hanley uh has begun a rehab assignment tonight. I believe tonight, if not tomorrow night, but Maverick Hanley is finally uh Oh, yeah, it’s today. So, Hanley should be matter of fact, let me bring up the Norfolk Tides ball game tonight, folks, because uh Kyle Bradish was on the mound, and we are very interested in keeping up with how he’s doing. As soon as I logged on, he had already pitched the first inning and did not give up a run. Looks like he has given up a few though in this ball game. Uh they are playing uh who is that? They are losing by a run four to3 to the Rochester Red Wings. Remember them? Beavers is one for three with a walk tonight. But let’s look at uh Bradish three and two/3 innings, folks. It’s not pretty. Three and two/3 innings for Bradish. He gave up six hits and two walks, three earned runs. He did strike out four, but his erra right now during these rehab starts is up to 10.80. It might be a couple of more. Yeah, George. I know. That’s why didn’t I just say remember them? Yeah. Um Oh, Jud Fabian had a Well, I I honestly don’t understand why we didn’t call up Fabian when we needed an outfielder like he’s not hitting that well. 218, but the OPS at 784. Uh we are underway in the top of the seventh. Sagano is out here for another inning of work, but he’s fallen behind Lawrence Butler here. 2-0. So not good news on Bradish’s rehab start tonight. That’s two bad starts in a row. Maybe bad is a strong word. Two less than desirable starts in a row. How about that? 3 and 0 now on Butler and we need to have the bullpen ready if Sagano starts to show uh show signs of tiring. I mean the pitch count is okay. He should be good. Three and one the count now. Pitch and a foul ball right at the plate. Full count. All right. There you go. Sigano back in it with a full count after falling behind 3 and 0 to Lawrence Butler. Oh, I forgot to fix the out of town scoreboard scroll. Or at least try to. Sorry. Somebody brought it up and I totally forgot. Payoff pitch. Bow back. We’ll do it again. All right, let’s see if this uh helps. Which one am I looking for here? Uh, what is it? Ticker. Yeah, ticker. Refresh. Let’s see if that helps. It went away. Now it’s back, but we Oh, there it’s moving, folks. Butler fouls it away. Still a full count. Sorry about that. We have barely moved the needle, if at all, on subscribers tonight, folks. once again. And that is where the help is needed most. We got to get some new subscribers in here. Folks, if you’re watching and you haven’t subscribed, go ahead. We need two more to get to 3190. And uh yeah, trying to get to 3200 here ASAP. There’s a brief mound meeting between Rutchman and Sagano. as Tomyuki will get ready to face Gio Orchella or no, it’s still Butler at the plate. What am I saying? It’s a full count. I guess they wanted to go go over something specific. Payoff pitch. That’s ball four. What the hell was that mound meeting for? If that’s the result on a 3-2 pitch, what was that mound meeting about? All right, that is a red flag. Walk in the leadoff man. We’re in the seventh inning again. Sagano’s pitch count, it’s now at 83. That was a long AB right there. I have not seen any bullpin activity yet, but there better be. There’s a first pitch strike to Urchella and that was a generous call from the umpire. That was a inch or two high. Shell is one for two with a single back in the third inning. This one’s hit toward right and it’s right at Nota who makes the catch. One away. Boy, Sagano’s been pretty fortunate tonight. There’s been some hard hit balls right at guys. There’s been some nice plays on defense to bail him out and he’s got the first out here in the seventh inning. Luis Aras, he’s driven in the only run of the night. Last time up, a fly ball to center drove Butler on a sack fly. Butler is on base for him again, but right now he’s at first with one away. The oral uh the A’s have a right-hander up in their bullpen. Did not ID him. 10. That one’s lifted to left. It’s carrying. It’s taking Carlson onto the track, but he’s got enough room to make the catch. Okay. Bit of a close call there. You didn’t think Luis Aras had the power to drive it out of here, but he had warning track power. Two down in the inning and Drew French is going to come out with the interpreter to have a chat with Sagano. There is activity in the oral pin. That looks like Heraldo out there, I think. Or is that the new guy? Is that the new guy? That’s the new guy. Another guy who I have to ask. Who are you? Who are you? I got his name here. Where is it? It’s uh Rico Garcia. Rico Garcia. Looks like he’s getting loose for the Orioles and getting ready to make his oral debut. Matt with a super chat, folks. Message for you, son. Message for you, son. Folks, you guys aren’t just being nice with the super chats. You’re being super nice in terms of uh amount. Wow. Thank you, Matt. Thank you. So, my voice is literally about to give out. Excuse me. Uh I don’t get it. I had two It’s been a while since I’ve had as much time off between calls and here I am with a scratchy throat. Okay. Sagano mound meeting is over. There’s two down, runner at first, and the first pitch is a curveball low to Carlos Cortez. This could be Sagano’s final batter either way, I would think. We got some big bats coming up next. That’s a strike one and one. Come on, folks. Let’s root Sagano on to finish out seven innings of one-run ball. That is that a spider? Hold on, folks. I might have to deal with something. I might have to deal with a spider. There’s a called strike, too. Oh, could you crawl up the wall a little bit? Oh, it is. I got to get I got to get it. I got to get it while getting’s good. This looks like a nasty spider. This looks like one you don’t want biting you. Uh, one ball, two strikes. I need uh what am I going to use here? What do I got? What’s my defense? Swung on. Rolled over toward Holiday at second. He throws to first in time and the inning is over. Folks, it is seventh inning stretch time in Baltimore. You know what we do? We’ve got a three to one lead and it’s time to throw some cakes on the griddle. Get them cakes up in the chat, folks. Thank God. The spider, it’s located between my light and my TV. And I’m telling you, it’s I got to like I don’t have a straight shot at it. I got to I know I’m going to miss it. I’m going to freaking miss it, but I got to try cuz this sucker looks like one you don’t want to have around. I’ll be back. Ladies and gentlemen, we got him. Thank God I’m a country boy. Thank god I’m a country boy. Yep. I knew I’d have one shot. You only get one shot. Do not miss your chance to blow. This opportunity comes once in a lifetime. Yo, you got to get that spider. Oh, by the way, spiders in Thailand, they jump. They jump around. They will jump off. They’ll jump at you. Who doesn’t like a good spider jumping at them in their apartment? Good grief. Thank god that one was. See, now you you feel like you find one of those and now it’s like, well, what the hell else is over here? All right, we’re in the bottom of the seventh and Ryan Nota barely moved the bat on a pitch, but it looks like it caught the bat for a foul ball. Tyler Ferguson, a right-hander on in relief for the A’s. My, look at that. Erra, 6.69. 69 in 36 appearances. The bottom part of the order here for the Orioles. Nota takes inside. He’s 0 for two, but he did have a nice play out there in right field earlier. Uh, this one’s fouled away. One ball, two strikes. Why does it say Orchella? Let me fix that. Uh, it wasn’t very big at all, Travis. It was the size of like a I don’t know, like a I don’t know, like you could put it on top of a ring on your finger, like the width of a finger, I guess. Here’s a ground ball. the first base and that will be taken to the bag by Curts unassisted for the first out in the bottom of the seventh. Why does it still say Ursella? What the hell’s going on? Did I not acknowledge Matt’s super chat or is this something during the seventh inning stretch? Did I miss something? Matt Matt’s with a super chat. I hit the like button on it. Did I forget to say something? I’m sorry, Matt. You know good and gosh darn well. That ball gets away, but there’s nobody on base. I want to know the count right now on uh Kobe Mayo. Mayo is up. Uh Matt, let’s get it all on there. Just spread it out, Matt. And I want to thank you very much for that. I really do. I apologize for not uh shouting you out, my friend. swinging a miss oneonone on Mayo. Uh Matt, it’s not the first time he’s supported the channel. Uh always appreciate it, sir. I mean, Matt not only throws out a super chat, he’s in here helping out doing some mod work, keeping the Charm City chat nice and charming. Matt, you’re salt of the earth, my friend. Salt of the earth. Two in one the count on Mayo. Just get it all on there. out. Base is empty in the bottom of the seventh. Outside three and one. All right, folks. Five likes away from a 100 says Travis. Come on, folks. Let’s get over that hump. If you’re watching, come on. That is ball four. All right, a one out walk. Kobe Mayo is on at first base. [Music] I’m walking here. I’m walking here, folks. Queen Tanya is here. How you doing, Queen? Greg Allen is up. He’s 0 for two, but he’s made a nice play out in the outfield in his oral debut. He takes up an in for ball one from Ferguson. Check on Mayo at first. He’s back standing again. Greg Allen’s a switch hitter. Here’s a ball hit to second. It’s a tailor made double play ball and the A’s turn it to end the inning. [Music] Stop it. [Music] We are through seven innings. The Orioles have only had three hits on the night. Luckily, two of them have left the yard and that’s the only reason we’re winning right now. It is three to one Baltimore as we go to the eighth. Probably the end of the line for Sagano. And in fact, I already know who’s coming on now, folks. Yinier Canó. Well, come on to pitch the eighth inning and cross your fingers for Canó. tworun lead to work with is erra coming into today at 5.26. What version of Canó will we get tonight? Well, at least it’s somebody in the bullpin that you don’t have to ask who are you? Who are you? All right, we do know him. We are aware of who he is. Uh Sigano, by the way, seven innings, 91 pitches, gave up five hits, two walks, one run, four strikeouts. He hit a batter. Mount Castle’s home run went 433 ft. I think it was like the first or second pitch he saw. right back into the swing of things. Sometimes, folks, all these analytics and all this knowledge and data you try to absorb to go up there with your at bats and try to use all of it to get a an advantage and and figure out how to approach a pitcher. Sometimes, folks, if you’re a major league hitter, just go up there like Mount Castle, you haven’t seen major league pitching in a couple of months. You’re just up there with a free swing. You get a pitch in a in a part of the zone he can handle and he just crushes it. 430 something feet. Just go up there and use your natural talent sometimes. You know what I’m saying? All right. Canó is on the mound. First pitch is inside for ball one to Brent Rooker. So it is the heart of this A’s order that Canó is being asked to get out. Rooker, Curts, and Langalers. Sawestrom if anybody gets on. Rooker with a fly ball to right. Long run toward the corner for Nota, but that ball bounces off the side wall. One and one on Rooker who has been held in check tonight. He was hit by a pitch but 0 for two otherwise. Hang in there folks. What do you think? Is it time to call upon the hat? Do we need the hat to help get us through the rest of this? One- one popped up playable left center going out as Holiday or Gunner, excuse me. Now he gets out of the way. Carlson has to go into a sliding catch, but he does make the out. That ball hit out there in no man’s land, but luckily hit high enough and stayed in the air long enough for the Orioles to figure it out. One away in the eighth. Nick Curtz, careful, Canó. First pitch is pretty much in the dirt for ball one. Bill says no hat needed. Orioles have a lefty up. Is that Wolf from again? My god, he’s up every game. Hit on the ground and hard. A base hit into right center field. A one out knock will bring the tying run to the plate for the A’s. Curts gets his first hit of the night and that’ll bring up Langalers. A righty for the A’s. Alvarado is getting loose. Langalers is 0 for three. He does have pop in that bat. 22 home runs on the season. Takes a first pitch strike from Canó. Not excited about that location. That was right down the middle. Frank, do you mean a 100 likes? I’d love to get a 100 subscribers right now inside. One ball, one strike to Langaliers. Thank you everybody for getting it up to 100. Keep it going. One-1 pitch. Uh Chopper to second. Holiday is charging. Throws to first in time. Two down. Curts moves up to second base. I’m sorry. Yeah, there’s two down. Okay, two down, runner at second for the A’s. Here’s Soderstrom. And this is setting up nicely for whoever is going to close it out in the ninth. If you get Sodestrom here, you get the bottom four bats of the order in the ninth. And you don’t have to face Rooker and Curts and all those guys again. First pitch swinging, fouled away by Tyler Sodestrom. He is one for three. Strike out, a line out. And last time up, a base hit to right. 01. That one breaks far off the plate. One ball, one strike. The one one that one’s low. Canó may want to be a little careful here. You don’t want to put the tying run on for free. But the next batter is a better matchup on paper. That is a ground ball through the hole. It’s a base hit and that’s going to score a run. So there you go. Maybe pitching around Sodestrom was the move. He had the open base, the right-handed hitter on deck. It’s going to be an RBI single for Sodestrom. And we’re down to a one-run ball game, folks. Daryl Hernay is coming up next. Derell, sorry. I’ll get it right eventually. Still have a lead, but now we have no cushion. Hern is 0 for two. He walked back in the second. Cano check on the runner. And now the pitch is low and in. You got the lefty power bat of Lawrence Butler on deck. You really need to get this guy out right now. There’s a strike right in there. And again, not too happy with the location. Canó is not hitting corners. He’s either missing substantially or he is throwing pitches right in the middle of the plate. That ball is chopped and Holiday will field it over to first in time. Inning over. Canó not the sharpest. He does give up a run, but he does not give up the lead. The A’s will have three more outs to work with at the plate. We have a chance to add some insurance. We got a one-run lead, 3-2 going into the bottom of the eighth. The Orioles lead the Athletics, folks. Uh, give me a sec. It’s time for a late game lucky. I will be right back. And I still can’t find where I put the Chesapeake music. There it is. All right, folks. Hang in there. Let’s try to get this W. [Music] He met a strange friend in the Chesapeake Bay Annie up and kick in like Men like men and up and kick in like men like men. This being Baltimore and all. You never heard of Baltimore style. We’re on a mission from God. This is Jack Burton in the Pork Chop Express and I’m talking to whoever is listening out there. I’m starting to adjust. I’ve gotten really into running 10Ks. I garden now and I even bought season tickets for the Orioles since that’s what guys who can’t satisfy women do. What folks? Welcome back to the Orio Bird Watcher channel. It is the bottom of the eighth. The Orioles have a 3 to2 lead. Elvis Alvarado is making his 18th appearance for the A’s out of the pin. A 343 erra. First pitch swinging here by Carlson and he missed it. 0 and one on Carlson leading off the bottom of the eighth. It’ll be Holiday and Westber to follow. There’s a cut and a miss. That one at 99 miles an hour from Alvarado. Carlson’s 0 for two. Grounded out twice. Average now down to 189. He has not had a hit in a while. Pitch up and away. One and two. Was that Akin getting loose? I believe I spotted Keegan Aken getting warmed up. Aken has one save since uh we gave away the bullpen. Two- two pitch is fouled back by Carlson. I’ll say this about Carlson. He’s had some decent at bats, working counts, seeing a lot of pitches, but he just can’t find that hitting stroke. 2-2. That one’s hit high in the air behind. Well, it’s going to be shallow center field. Infielder is going to make the catch. Hern with the catch for the first out in the bottom of the eighth. Carlson continues to scuffle. Now, why would that make you laugh, Chile? Don’t understand, Chilo. Chile demands nothing but perfection out of all players. But when looking back on a game that went wrong, it’s hilarious. Ah, the mystery of Chile. The 01 the holiday. That was 100 miles an hour and he was late. 0 and2. Why is Carlson on this team? Well, John, at the moment, he’s pretty much the only outfielder on our roster with any kind of major league experience. That is a called strike three. Holiday got a 99 mph heater on the outside edge. He goes down looking. Two down in the inning. Last chance to add on. Jordan Westber coming up. Well, West is that way. Well, John, we’ve got somebody ready from TripleA. Here’s a ground ball to third. Westber’s going to be retired on one pitch. We go to the ninth, folks. No cushion. A one-run lead for Keegan Aken. Close the door. Close the door. Close the door. Folks, grab some uh anti-anxiety medicine, maybe some heartburn medicine, ulcer medicine, whatever you need to get through this next half inning. [Music] I got to do it, folks. I got to do it. I mean, we’re asking Keegan Aken to close out a one-run lead. I got to I got to call for reinforcements, folks. I mean, you can understand, right? Let’s go. All right, bring it on. Who got next? Folks, thanks for hanging out with me for another night of Orioles baseball. How the hell are you doing? We’ll be at it again tomorrow night. Same start time as tonight. Who’s on the mound? I forget, but it it’ll be scrolling at the bottom of your screen within within moments. I think it’s No, who is it? I don’t know. It’s uh ah Brandon Young. Brandon Young against Perkins. Perkins, one of the worst restaurant chains I’ve ever been to. I’ve been to one Perkins and never again. Terrible salad bar. All right, ninth inning. Here we go, folks. Strap in. Ain’t no faking, ain’t no mistaking. It’s time to bring home the bacon. We got Keegan Aken. 44th appearance of the season, a 3.29 ERA. And do we have a pinch hitter for the A’s here? First pitch, bottom of the zone, call it a strike. Here we go. It is a pinch hitter for the lefty butler KBY Thomas who’s hitting just 156 in limited action. The 01 swing and a miss. That looked like a change up. Low and away. And oh, he got him to chase. It’s 0 and2. Come on, Keegan. The O2 swing and a miss. How about a three pitch strikeout to begin the ninth? Well, you all come back now, you hear? Well, you all come back now, you hear? Hit the bricks, pal. You’re done. You get nothing. You lose. Folks, good day, sir. You got those hearts coming up in the chat, right? Those hearts better be flying in the chat. First pitch is low and in torchella. Hearts better be flying in my chat right now. I will not settle for less. Oh no, what happened to the game? Hurry up. Now, what the hell is this? All right, here we go. This pitch is fouled back. One and two. The count on Ursella. One more strike for out number two, folks. [Music] Pitch. It’s low. Two and two. Luis Aras, the number nine hitter on deck. We’d love to get a one, two, three inning and avoid watching this lineup flip over. 22 swung on and backhanded by Aken over to first for the second out. Look at the smile on Keegan’s face. He just did a a blindfolded stab of this baseball up the middle. The fans can’t believe it. Keegan Aken behind the back. Are you kidding me? Two down. Come on, folks. [Music] Look what I found. Look what I found. There’s noise at the yard, folks. First pitch to Aras is up and away. Ball one. Aras has a hit and a sack fly. Orio fans are on their feet. The 10 outside 2 and 0. Come on, Keegan. Come on, buddy. Come on, buddy. We need a strike right now. Two pitch popped up left field going back on the track. Carlson’s got room and this game is over. Carlson makes the catch and the Orioles hang on. We win it. Final score 3-2. Friday night fireworks in Baltimore. [Music] [Music] Splish splash. I was taking a bath. All right, folks. The only way Keegan Aken is making that behind the back play with the glove is because of the hat. Everybody respect the hat, folks. Come on now. Do you believe in me? Do you believe? Do you believe in me? Final score. The Orioles just three hits on the night. Just three freaking hits. It’s enough. Three runs, three hits, no errors. The A’s two runs on seven hits, no errors. Sagano gets the win. Gin the loss. Aken gets his second save. Uh the big inning back in the bottom of the first. We never scored after the first inning. We got three runs. Gunner with two down. Got on base with a walk. Rutman then drove him in with a two-run homer. And Mount Castle came up next. Hit a solo shot for back-to back home runs. That made it three to nothing. The A’s got a couple of runs along the way. One in the fifth, one again in the eighth. But that is it. And we hold on. We hold on. despite uh very little production from the offense tonight. Sagano, a nod to him. Seven innings of work. He scattered five hits and a couple of walks. Just the one earned run. His erra is down to 4.24. Canó did not have a very good inning. He gave up a run, a couple of hits. His erra has gone up a bit to 536. But Keegan Akin comes in and pitches a 123 ninth with a strikeout. Second save is RA now at 3.21 321 contact folks. Uh we saw some debuts and some guys playing in some uh positions that aren’t necessarily primary for them. Ryan Nota out in right field tonight made a nice diving catch. I mean, it wasn’t the most athletic, graceful catch, but considering he’s a stocky first baseman being asked to play in the outfield, uh, he got there and he made the play. Also, Greg Allen, uh, not much at the plate tonight, but he made a nice catch in center field to help Sagano out tonight. So, good defense, good pitching, and although the hitting was certainly not there with any amount of consistency, it was at least timely. And uh the hits we got, they went a long way, folks. Home run dependency. It’s not necessarily a bad thing. All right, so we’ve won uh two in a row. Are we back to 10 games under 500? Where the hell are we? 53 and 63. The A’s are now 51 and 67. We are still a long way away from uh you know. Yeah, you know, it’s a long way away, but it’s a win streak and it feels good. And tomorrow we’re going to try and take this series uh without having to go three games. Let’s just keep trying to win. Okay. Uh let’s go over some other notes real quick. First of all, let me just point out to the Charm City chat tonight, folks. You guys have been amazing. We barely got over the 100 like count. All right. And the view count tonight, I’ll be perfectly honest, it is bad. Under 1,500 views. It’s like it’s about 40 45% below normal. Uh there are a lot of fans, I believe, that have just plain checked out, folks. But for those of you who have decided to stick around and watch this team, well, first of all, you were rewarded. I hope you enjoyed the call tonight. And uh we had some home run balls early, got exciting, and then we just had to sit on the edge of our seats and and hang on for this win. But despite the low turnout, I have to just acknowledge the Charm City chat and express my gratitude. I can’t do it enough. Uh you guys more than made up for the lack of turnout tonight with uh with your generosity. a lot lot of super chats, a lot of new magic members, and uh I’ll take one more gander over at the sub count here. Uh that is still going slow. We we couldn’t even get to 3190. Never mind 3,200 tonight. I think we added what? Two or three subscribers. No, we got four. We got four. Four days not going to cut it, though, folks. Uh, let’s hope for better tomorrow. That’s honestly the number one thing. If you guys enjoy helping out, and you guys really did tonight. You did. Uh, just remind folks from time to time. Hey, if you’re watching, sub it up. Join the fam. We won’t bite. We won’t bite. All right. We’ve had our rabies shots. Even if we did bite. All right. So, tomorrow, uh, I’m expecting everybody here to come on back for game two, right? Brandon Young against Perkins. Should I get a first name? Jack Perkins, a right-hander from Cooko, Indiana. Way down in Cooko. Kilago, Montego. Baby, why don’t we go to Bermuda, Bahama? Come on, Pretty Mama. Uh, yeah, this guy’s out of Cookamo, Indiana. Jack Perkins. He’s listed as a relief pitcher. He is listed as a relief pitcher, which tells me don’t expect this guy to go deep into the ball game. Hopefully, we’ll uh find some offense early and uh make this uh A’s bullpen uh work, work, work, work. Let me see. Last time this guy pitched, he started and went only three innings. Okay, folks. So, he’s made one start. One start. He went three innings. Gave up five hits, three walks, four runs. If he does that tomorrow, we’re going to be in good shape. Jack Perkins against Brandon Young. Let’s give Young some run support, please. Again, Kyle Bradish uh pitched for Norfolk tonight and it did not go well. Uh backto back uh pretty bad starts. I’m going to go ahead and say it. I don’t think we’re going to see him now until maybe the final week of the month. I think it’s going to be two more trips through the rotation for Bradish based on how things are going for him right now. And that’s if things go well in those next two. Could be even more. Uh but just keep your fingers crossed, folks. What we what we want more than anything is for Bradish to come back healthy. Uh, I’m sure the Orioles, say what you want about uh our our training staff and our strength and conditioning approach, uh, but I would assume, unless the Orioles have completely lost the plot, are going to be very, very careful with the management of Kyle Bradish for this final stretch of the season. But it’ll be just nice to have him back. And hopefully in September down the stretch, maybe the last two or three starts he makes, we get to see the version of Bradish uh that has got ace-like stuff and could be ready to go in 2026. That’s the hope, folks. So, again, this season, has it gone the way we wanted? No. This roster is a bunch of who the hell are you? But the who the hell are you won tonight? Who are you? Who are you? So why not do it again tomorrow? A bunch of nobodies, folks. We’re the nobbodyies and we’re here to win. All right, I think that’s about going to wrap it up for me. The stomach’s growling. The spider is dead. And uh yeah, I got a ice latte with my name on it. Folks, thanks so much. Let me see if there’s somewhere I can send you. And there’s somebody else I need to add to my uh list of places to go. A gentleman by the name of Dr. Delay who covers Pittsburgh. Uh JJ’s out there. Why does it say Phillies Orioles? That’s wrong. The Phillies aren’t playing the Orioles right now. What in the world? Uh, let me do a little bit of internal investigating here. Yeah, he’s covering this Phillies Rangers. Why isn’t that showing up over here? Uh, Okay, there it is. All right, folks. I’ll be sending you over to JJ and uh is that game still? Yeah, it’s only going into the fifth inning. So, I’m not sending you to somebody else’s postgame show. There is a call going on. So maybe if you’re ready to hunker down for the night and you just want to hear somebody calling some baseball, you got JJ coming up, folks. I’ll be back tomorrow. And thanks once again to everybody uh the mods in the Charm City chat for all the work you do. Uh there’s my brother saying, “Yo, yo, Matt, Commander getting punished.” Oh, how’s that? How’s that? It’s It’s the first preseason game. It’s They got their first stringers out for one drive, right? I mean, it’s not a big deal. It’s not a big deal. Let me see. The Commanders are doing what? Ravens won last night 24-16. Oh, 27 to3 P. Oh, and I hate the Patri. That’s what sucks. I don’t really mind the result. I mind the opponent. Patriots 27, Commanders three. Come on, Washington. Get it together. Richard says, “Enjoy those new shoes.” Richard, honestly, you guys really sent an incredible amount of support my way tonight. And yeah, I’m going to actually not feel like uh any financial stress about going out and picking up some things that I’ve been uh delaying or procrastinating or just saying, “Ah, just wait.” Well, you can wait a little bit longer. But yeah, shoes. Shoes is number one. In fact, let me show you folks. You think I’m lying? Hang on for one sec. Hang on for one sec. Where am I? All right, I’m right here. Okay. Whoops. I’m over here now. Hold on a sec. Just to let you guys know that I’m not blowing smoke up your butt when I talk about how much it helps. This is my only pair of uh shoes right now. These flipflops. Can you see how beat up and completely worn all the way through? Yeah. Yeah. I’ve been wearing these now for I don’t know how long. Uh and every time I go out wearing them, I’m worried that I’m just going to walk right out of them. And I keep telling myself, “Get some new shoes. Get some new shoes.” It’s not easy to buy new shoes out here, people. All right, let me show you something. You see this? See this foot here? That’s a big That’s a big foot. All right. And I live in a part of the world I live in a part of the world where finding a shoe in my size is damn near impossible. Uh the only thing I can really find are like really cheap flip-flops that are like one size fit all. But if I wore those as my everyday footwear, they would they would uh be unwearable after about a week. And I’m not in the mood to buy a new pair every week. I’m looking to buy a pair that’ll last a long time. So there you go, folks. Look at that. Look at where this big toe. Look at this. Look Look at this. You know, look at look at this. Look at this. I mean, I’m embarrassed. I’m honestly embarrassed when I walk around in these because they’re so beat up. I play it off like I don’t care, you know. But secretly, I’m embarrassed. Don’t tell anybody. But, uh, thanks once again. Long story short, thank you, Richard. Uh, going to go try to find another pair like these. They they lasted a long time, longer than they should. Any sane person would have moved on from these shoes about 500 days ago, but long story short, thank you. I don’t know what I’m talking about. All right. Uh, I’m sending out a playbyplay with JJ, folks. Thank you so much. And, uh, I can’t say it enough. I really enjoy watching baseball with you guys. Thank you for allowing me to be the voice and follow along with me. it. Uh, it’s good for the soul. It’s good for the soul. All right, I’ll see you tomorrow night, folks. Until then, this has been the bird watcher and the hat. Don’t forget about the hat. Um, I think we owe this win to the hat. 50 tomorrow. 50. What, Richard? What about 50? What? Another $50 donation tomorrow? Sure. Sure. I’m not stopping you. [Music] I’m walking here. Whoops. Wrong button. Sure. Why not? I’ve got If you want to see the list of other things that need upgrading. Holy cow. I’d show you the state of my boxer shorts, but this is a familyfriendly show. Hey, Manscelino’s got a press conference going on. And this one he’s sitting down at a table. Normally he’s standing with microphones in his face. Now he gets to relax. 20 now. What’s that? Ah jeez. Yeah, you guys did. Oh gosh. Gosh. Gee. Oh. Oh jeez. Hey, you know, if I write out the clock, I might be able to get the views up to 1500 before the end of the stream. If I just keep writing the clock. This was a short short game, right? We’re well under three hours. Yeah, this game ended after gee 15minute pregame show. I’ve been on another 10 minutes. Yeah, this was about a 2 hour and 20 2 hour and 25 minute game. Pretty quick. Hey, it gives everybody a chance to go out and do something on a Friday night. It’s only 9:30. Head on out, folks. Get your uh get yourself into a little bit of trouble. All right, I’ve already been uh I’ve already been teasing it now forever. Let me get out of here and send you on over to JJ. Thanks again, everybody. You’re fantastic. Hope to see you tomorrow. And again, till then, it’s been the bird watcher in the hat. And we will chirp at you later. Good night everybody.
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