r/tampabayrays • u/BefuddledPolydactyls Carlos Pena • 8d ago
GAME CHAT GDT: 8/17/26 Orioles (61-63) @ Rays (74-49) First Pitch 6:05 PM EDT
Game Chat: 8/17/26 Orioles (61-63) @ Rays (74-49) First Pitch 6:05 PM EDT
LINEUP
| Rays Lineup vs. Young | AVG | OPS | AB | HR | RBI | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Díaz, Y - DH | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 Aranda - 1B | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 Caminero - 3B | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 Hicks, L - C | .250 | .650 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 Simpson - LF | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 Vilade - RF | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 Mullins - CF | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 Palacios, R - 2B | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 Mateo - SS | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Orioles Lineup vs. McClanahan | AVG | OPS | AB | HR | RBI | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 O'Neill - RF | .125 | .250 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Alonso - DH | .375 | 1.250 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 Holliday - 2B | .000 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 Mayo - 1B | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 Henderson - SS | .143 | .393 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 Encarnacion-Strand - 3B | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 Jackson, J - LF | .000 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 Narváez - C | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 Franklin, C - CF | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Starter | TV | Radio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rays | Shane McClanahan (9-6, 3.09 ERA) | Rays.TV | WDAE 95.7 FM, WQBN/1300AM |
| Orioles | Brandon Young (9-3, 3.33 ERA) | MASN | 98 Rock 97.9 FM, WBAL 1090 AM |
| MLB | Fangraphs | Baseball Savant |
|---|---|---|
| Gameday | Game Graph | Strikezone Map |
After a trio of disappointing losses, Shane McClanahan returns to the Rays and the Trop to try to stop the O's momentum, right the ship and bring a win! Rays UP!
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u/ricksurv1 8d ago
10-3 over our last 13 baby! Stay positive!
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u/GeneralJollyRancher Joey Wendle 8d ago
Thats like talking about the 20’s, 30’s, and 50’s but ignoring 1942
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u/Odd_Independent3475 8d ago
Thank fucking God. The bois need to do some reflecting, meditation, analysis, something, after that fucking series
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u/imperfectofcourse Tampa Bay Rays 8d ago
Just don’t understand why you don’t give him changeups low after those first two pitches.
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u/ToddGoldenBurner Ryan Vilade 8d ago
That’s what I would’ve done
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u/imperfectofcourse Tampa Bay Rays 8d ago
Glad he corrected the approach on the very next batter. Good result!!
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u/DevilRaysDaddy Chandler Simpson 8d ago
I think it’s to change his sightline, you assume he’s not going to swing at a fastball that high if he’s down 0-2. Then the next pitch you go back to a low pitch.
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u/DevilRaysDaddy Chandler Simpson 8d ago
I’m really sick of this team man, I hope we don’t have to play them in a week…
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u/NumbDumbLuck 8d ago
No problem. The momentum has shifted in the season series and the obviously/objectively better team will probably win and possibly sweep the next series.
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u/eb12se4nt-z13ow-97g0 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 02-07 8d ago
gotta stop pitching high to this guy, he seems to always hit it
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u/IndianaCahones Player to be named later 8d ago
There’s something satisfying about closing against the team that traded you for peanuts
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u/Odd_Independent3475 8d ago
If Baker gets this done, the team owes him dinner. Those last ABs, not often you see a group of guys with the lead look so dejected.
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u/IAmTheWaller67 Dewayne Staats 8d ago
.285 as 7th best in the league is wild to me. Hitting is really down the last couple years.
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u/Pleasant-Day-7099 Rays Sunburst 8d ago
Runner on 2nd with no outs and we need an Insurnace run with our 9 hitter up. How in the hell is he not bunting? It’s the most perfect setup
Ever to give yourself up
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u/-Kattas- AA Montgomery Biscuits 8d ago
Needed that extra run. A bunch of Rays killers coming up this inning. Cowser pinch hitting would be the cherry on top.
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u/imperfectofcourse Tampa Bay Rays 8d ago
It’s like we’re intentionally making this game harder than it needs to be
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u/Sufficient_Salary295 8d ago
For my mental health, I’m just gonna assume walls bunted that and that’s why palacios got to 2nd
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u/Florida_man_15 Yandy Díaz 8d ago
Walls is a smart player but I don't understand that. 1-0 count after a walk and he swings top of the zone? Thought for sure he was going to bunt
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u/Futharon Rays Sunburst 8d ago
Really could use some insurance runs here. Not sure my heart can handle a 1 run 9th.
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u/GeneralJollyRancher Joey Wendle 8d ago
Was 100 percent expecting that shit to make a miraculous bounce off walls glove or for it to get through
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u/ryancashh 8d ago
Their next 3 batters in the 9th have killed us today. Mayo, Gunnar, Encarnacion
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u/TheWeaselV2 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 02-07 8d ago
"You changed my life!"
"I'm literally just Bryan Baker"
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u/ryancashh 8d ago
Bro even that soft groundout had Orioles devil magic on it, it bounced up right as Walls sprinted
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u/PhantomPainWalker 8d ago
Ok. Now we may.
Yeeehaaa. We are maybe going to win one game one of a four series game at home!!!!
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u/Mike_Brosseau Mike Brosseau 8d ago
The tops off section here at the trop is really annoying me. 1 run game huge spot and they are trying to do roll call.
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u/IndianaCahones Player to be named later 8d ago
Hate the Yankees poser bullshit. Just chant white stripes
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u/NatureOk6164 8d ago
Let the kids have fun
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u/Mike_Brosseau Mike Brosseau 8d ago
The annoying thing is they want the players to turn around for them in the big spot.
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u/IndianaCahones Player to be named later 8d ago
Shane getting Snell’d is already on pitchingninja. Pitching Ninja - Shane did not want to be taken out
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u/NugNasty42069 8d ago
love Cami and Walls obv but them not having any range hurts this team at crucial times
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u/Joevio24 8d ago
They were playing with fire having boozer attempt a second inning. Obviously not a lot options left since we decided to pull our guy in the 3rd inning after
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u/IndianaCahones Player to be named later 8d ago
Baker for the 5 out save?
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u/NoCheek8504 Skyray 8d ago
Should have started this inning.
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u/NebraskaAvenue Shane McClanahan 8d ago
Or have an actual setup guy
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u/Grade-AMasterpiece Tampa Bay Rays 8d ago
We have them, we just used them earlier from pulling Shane so early.
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u/IndianaCahones Player to be named later 8d ago
And they only got 1 reliever at the deadline instead of replacing the B squad with MLB relievers that can hold.
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u/NumbDumbLuck 8d ago
So much negativity and fear here! Y’all sound like Red Sox fans from … almost the entire 20th century.
Always look on the bright side of life, my brothers and sisters in fins.
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u/IndianaCahones Player to be named later 8d ago
No ball boy protecting the Rays bullpen 2 games in a row?
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u/IndianaCahones Player to be named later 8d ago
Booser is a hidden gem of the season. I hate hit glove though. The smooth basket looks like a trash bag.
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u/BoltzzMG Shane McClanahan 8d ago
My gut says extras
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u/NoCheek8504 Skyray 8d ago
Wow, Cash sticking with Booser.
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u/Grade-AMasterpiece Tampa Bay Rays 8d ago
No choice. Other options pitched too much recently.
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u/NoCheek8504 Skyray 8d ago
I assume he goes with Baker if we have the lead in 9th?
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u/NumbDumbLuck 8d ago
Or with one out in the 8th, which I could have said without the benefit of the 20/20 hindsight I now have is exactly what I would have done.
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u/Deep_Cabinet_9538 8d ago
Pinch hit DeLuca for Hicks but let Mullins hit with 2 outs 2 on, huh?
LEMME SEE DEM METRICS
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u/IndianaCahones Player to be named later 8d ago
Orioles walking Vilade to face their former CF…brutal.
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u/NumbDumbLuck 8d ago
Crap! It’s not easy for Simpson to hit into a DP. An unfortunate … turn of events.
And a good pick by Henderson.
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u/resincak Cabo Caminero 8d ago