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Nice smelly, stinky, rotten egg laid tonight against Mariners. Back to back bad games at home. At least Bosox losing to KC tonight through 6 innings.

Cleetz, I hear ya-bad loss all the way around. Lots of coulda and shoulda's . The Tigers could have blown Gausman out early and often. But Gausman stuck around and fought through it - tough outing for him. The Os had Tiger starter on ropes in the 1st and let him hang around, too. They could have had a 4-5 run 1st inning. Those questionable moves ( or lack of) by Buck seemed like game changers to me too. The missed 3rd strike by ODay was the real dagger. It only counts as 1 loss but this is one that may came back and haunt later. Need to put this one behind and get game against Seattle- not an easy task.

Lots of fun tonight at the yards. It took a while but the bats woke up. Wright had some good stuff and Schoop (or was it Jones) with the big bat. The boys are having fun and it's great to watch. Keep on keeping on !

Gong to tonight's game - should be an offensive display !

And we'll take a 1-0 W anytime. Don't think it will be replicated tomorrow night.

Thanks Cleetz. Expecting some fireworks tomorrow night - hopefully from the good guys !

Veteran pickup from Zona. Decent CB; should add some depth to secondary.

Last nights win reaffirmed the winning formula for this year - keep the opposition in 4-5 run range; score enough to keep close or take the lead; hand over to middle guys and closer. Don't know how long we can keep up but it's fun to watch. Hope it's as fun tomorrow night - I m going to my first game at the yards. Should be an offensive shootout !

One of these days a blind squirrel will find a nut and make us happy with a WR. One day.

But when they get hot ........... Man, would Love to bottle up some of today's power for weekend tilt vs Detroit, especially Satuday - first trip to the Yards this year

Glad I spoke too soon. That was an amazing display of clutch hitting without a HR. Something to build on and we stay in 1st place.

While we on the stats, the Os must be 1st or among the league leaders of 2-3 runs scored with double digit hits. Perfect example tonight : 3runs/11 hits through 8 innings. This offense struggles mightily with scoring outside of the HR. Hate to beat an old horse to death but you wonder why Buck and Co haven't addressed over the past several years.

According to MLB stats, Os are 19th in runs scored, but 9th in ERA. Go figure that ?!

Max, I really like this pick, too. He could be another diamond in the rough. Since you've watched him a few times, do you see him as another slash guy or maybe an Edelman type ?

What's happened to the bats ? jones, Davis, Weiters, Schoop ? Time to wake em up

What's a happening to the ole bats ? Davis, Jones, Weiters, Schoop ? Time to wake up the bats tonight

Sounds good on paper. Let's see what this translates to on the field.

Well said Rob. To have overlooked the CB position is very unsettling and a huge concen. It should be interesting how Ozzie and co will address.

Max, I agree wholeheartedly they will compete this year.

Agree with most in this thread. Max, the "competition" is really a red herring and Ozzie and Co whiffed on the draft. Starting with the 1st pick, we failed to adequately address the key needs and ended up with a bunch of average to above average picks. No real bonafide or "ready to start" players. We needed Ozzie and Co to hit it out of the park. It didn't happen.

So, the Rays Archer starts to pitch tonight. Os bats flat and Alverez get 2 doubles tonight - go figure. Gausman gets a quality start. Watching this team after 18 games you get the feeling we are now starting to fall back to the pack in the AL East.

Who would you draft with the 6th pick ?

Yep; nice all around win - good SP, excellent bullpen work and the bats woke up !

It's early but the pitching, especially SP, is extremely shaky. It'll be good to get home Tuesday, albeit for a short home stand vs the Jays. Bucks going to have to manage his butt off with this pitching staff.

Luckily, only counts as 1 loss. Team should be 9-2; instead 8-3 and beginning to trend the wrong way.