they will be getting a look at
Spencer Watkins again as he is
back in the rotation today he
had a relief appearance.
Piggybacking off of Diehl hall
for his debut in Tampa Bay and
you hope it's back to business
as normal.
Next pitch, breaking ball, slap
to third, Ur??as is there corner
to corner, they get to open up
the game, so with one away,
Willson Contreras is coming up.
Contreras bouncer out to
shortstop, moving left is matteo
loops the throw to first base
and Contreras is retired.
Two ground ball outs to open up
the game.
For Watkins will come up to the
plate in half out to left.
Austin Hays is there and a nice
clean inning for Spencer Watkins
gets a start against Adrian
Sampson, the starting pitcher,
30 year old right hander, six ft
2 ??210 Here comes the 1 to 2.
Cedric Mullins, left handed
batter will take strike three
called on top of the zone, so
now one away with the bases
empty.
Adlai Richman will step in That
one is ball four and again
ruckman with a walk rate, he
walks about 13.3% of his plate
appearances.
Big League average this year is
8.2 Ryan Mount Castle, the
batter, strong right handed
batter with 16 home runs, he has
driven in, 57 pay off and he
wins the battle gets Mount
Castle to expand on a slider and
now it's going to send up
Santander foul tip for strike
three, so Santander took a big
hack but in the end, Samson
three strikeouts in the first
inning and Richmond is left on
Base, two outs, nobody on
Mullins called out on strikes,
his first time up, 1-1 pitch,
hit in the air to right field,
he hit it pretty good right
fielder back to the track, it's
off the wall and into second
with Mullins, he's going around
it and try for third and he
dives in safely with a triple.
Carom.
Velasquez juggled it a little
bit and that allowed Cedric to
with the play in front of him,
makes the call to go for three.
Now this is just a mistake pitch
by Sampson changeup and appeared
to stay a little bit up.
And then you pointed out what
happened and you know, he
bobbled it and then he also
didn't play the carrot very
cleanly.
So it hit off of his leg and
then kicked away and as soon as
it rolled around for a little
while on the warning track, I
think we were all figuring that
Cedric Mullins, he's not going
to break stride and he makes it
in the third base with a triple
as the Orioles get their first
hit.
Now Adlai Richman who walked his
first time up, Orioles looking
to break the 00 tie here in the
third inning Mullins on third in
the air left field towards the
corner happ into foul ground and
Ian makes the catch more good
defense for Ian had.
That's an outstanding play right
there have not been in this
ballpark, but for one game, the
second game got rained out, you
know what he just determined, I
don't care if I hit the wall,
what happens?
I got to make this play nelson
velazquez to face Spencer
Watkins back up the middle, look
out, scorched by velasquez and
it's a leadoff single and I
really do think this was a
mistake on their part because it
was the same pitch that he just
missed earlier.
He missed it the first time,
he's not going to miss it again
, morale grounded out to third
base back in the third inning,
moral weeks for the 11 play at
second and it's thrown in the
center field velasquez on his
way to third Mullins on the
throw to third, not in time,
it's offline.
And velasquez takes third Base
one and 2. Here it is strike
three called inside corner and
moral goes down.
So after throwing air which got
velasquez to third, Watkins with
a little Picasso over the inside
corner to strike Morel out and
velasquez left at third base and
the Orioles put runners at the
corners with one out for jorge
mateo, good speed on the bases
for Baltimore at 1st and 3rd.
Good speed at home plate shows
bunt down the first baseline
shovel toss by Sampson to the
plate in time and they get the
runner.
Hayes at home.
How about that exceptional play
by Adrian Sampson in one motion
, flip the ball with his glove
to Contreras at the plate and
they get Hayes at home.
Willson Contreras is over to a
ground out of a fly to center
that is a bullet right field And
that one is off the top of the
wall and gone, oh boy Vavra
turned around and it hit the top
of the wall and went out and
it's a home run to make it one
nothing.
How do you like that for castro
is 18 Atlanta just to the left
of that tall 20 ft high section
of the fence and snuck over the
eight ft high barrier with just
about a foot to spare a line
drive, opposite field, home run
for Contreras, cubs lead one to
nothing.
Adrian Sampson, the starting
pitcher to third, only four hits
, of course he had the two walks
, but he had six strikeouts, so
he got out of some jams and
there weren't many of them, but
he did it with the strikeouts.
So overall terrific outing and
Christopher Morel who was
scheduled to bat instead.
It's going to be rafael Ortega
is going to hit in his Place in
the 8th Inning, Drilled right
field, this one back McKenna
near the wall looking out of
here home run, Rafael Ortega is
6th of the year, a little bit of
insurance.
The Cubs lead now and both
coming via the home run.
He had the first one in the 6th
inning.
It was also to right field that
is clobbered left field.
Forget it, Contreras has gone
deep again, taking his time
around the bases.
It's three nothing wow!
! Clubs lead three to nothing
here in the eighth inning.
31 hit high in the air, right
field, McKenna into the corner.
Does he have room for this one
near the garage jumps and makes
the catch slamming into the
garage.
So he disappeared from our field
of view.
But McKenna jumping up, made the
catch and Ian Happ is not really
sure what happened because he
can't, he can't tell and it's
going to be Ryan Mount Castle
who steps up to the plate
representing the tying run and
they've got it here.
Runners tag, here comes now the
tying run 90 ft away.
Still just the one out of the
infield in for Ur??as who had a
single in the sixth, ground Ball
to 3rd coming home with it throw
tagged out, put it on the money
and put down the tag the tying
run at second and the winning
run is at first base, as Cedric
Mullins makes his way up to the
plate against a little soft line
drive toward the second double
play, double play in the ball
game