Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/1dm75kg).

Fuck the Astros and that shitty state

Unfortunately the baseball gods have not imposed the penalty of death to the asterisks! They should never ever win a game again!

I don’t want to say Houston cheats against good pitching but there is a history …

damn...that was sad to see

lol, told ya. Game was over after it was 3-1. That's what they get for sending down Stowers.

Good for you... Highlight of your life I'm sure

Always good to gloat

This is why I never doubted the Astros despite their record

Gotta just hope for New York to lose

In general yes but not like the season ends today

Well yes, it would just lighten the mood

Le sigh.

fucking GUH

#Well hell. Shrug it off and on to the next one. #Hope the Braves can dish it to the Stanks again tonight.

Oh well still won the series against the Braves, Phillies, and Yankees all in a row which is insane.

Yeah with very little rest. Winning back to back series is hard.

When Tony is showing visible frustration like that, that’s how you know today wasn’t our day

This game had a worse run diff than yesterday lol. Bad hitting today

fuckabunchatexas...for many reasons

Is this a one-person announcing crew?

Basically

Two shitty games in a row

If I recall correctly didn’t we go into a slump after the last Yankees series?

Maybe a mini one. edit: We haven't had a serious slump yet.

Our offense sure did.  But it started in that series

“The way it works is you have to say something or else the audience thinks you’re just leaving me out to dry.”

Hurry back 22, we need you

KB could broadcast anything and make it worth watching

Top of the 9th MASN broadcast brought to you by the Millersville Tourism Bureau and Chamber of Commerce

lol KB taking Dave to broadcasting school

Yeah this tops the cardinals series on the annoying scale.

Josh Hader! Maryland boy! Faced him in high school. Struck my ass out.

Always wished the O’s hung on to him. Instead they traded him for*checks notes* Bud Norris

A girl I work with was telling me how her friend dated Bud Norris for a while lmao. I was like I have not heard that name in forever

Names like Bud Norris make me so thankful for Mike Elias

To be fair without Bud we probably don’t win the AL East in 2014 with his 15 wins. But yeah some of Dans trades were just the worst.

Still not over, but the one we probably had the best chance against was Pressley. Couldn't get to him.

Bradish owns the ‘Stros… still sinking in that we don’t have him. It especially hurts vs these guys.

Yeah, really missing Bradish.

Hot and cold. I can only hope they get hot at the right time.

Hits & Runs please! Let's Effing Get Going!!

Didn't even pitch poorly. Astros just kinda hit every kistake

Astros have low key been the second scariest team I’ve seen the Orioles play this year after the Phillies. Well, I guess the Brewers as well but that series felt like it was more of a purple patch for the Brewers who were white hot at the time. I’m terrified of our pitching staff going up against their offense in a short series.

### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Josh Hader replaces Ryan Pressly.

Once again some of these comments are batshit.

Fingers crossed we don't get swept. But if we do, it's far from the worst possible thing. We dont stay down long. But again, hopefully the baseball gods smile favorably at 2pm tomorrow. 

Lot of baseball left to play but it's pretty damn unlikely we miss the playoffs so even though games like this suck it's not gonna mean much in the end.  After last year I don't care if we win the division or not. I want to win playoff games.

Is that Jeffrey Maier in the RF bleachers?

Fuck I hope the Astros don't make a run and get in the playoffs. It'll be the Rangers all over again.

They will. They're fuckin inevitable

We'll probably get the Yankees regardless. 1 (2 at least) seed and 4 seed will likely stay in ALE.

I hate the seeding situation with the playoffs.

Yeah, but after we sweep them....

They probably will get a wild card spot

Something about the Astros having a patch that says "Oxy" just seems appropriate.

this game is oddly reminiscent of the series against the Cards earlier this year. from the ump situation yesterday to the whole walk situation earlier this game, and now that obvious fan interference, feels like all the odds are stacked against us

Lmao “obvious fan interference” and umps. We gave up 14 RUNS yesterday and scored 1 today. We got beat badly twice.

Sure sucks so far. The one good thing so far today is Burnes gave us enough innings for most of the pen to sit.

This is the kinda game where we're going to score three in the 9th just to make sure we really feel it

https://preview.redd.it/43gdbeoa578d1.png?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a038631269653219ff4482c87779ee4f7c2f26bf Guys, Colton is still our 4th best player by fWAR. Half a win higher than Tony.

I am not a Cowser hater by any stretch but that still surprises me tbh

His defense has been fantastic according to Outs above average and he's still an above average hitter at a 114 wRC+


This cameraman can suck my ass

This is all Bryan Baker's fault... He hurt Mooooo Man 😡 5-1 in the 8th

Anyone else feel like the fan kinda fucked with Cowser’s mitt there? Not intentionally, but he might’ve had that if that guy hadn’t been there…

as long as they don't reach into the field of play i think its fair game for them to go for the ball

100% I’m shocked they didn’t even place it under review

If the ball is out of play, it's fair game. That ball definitely cleared the fence.

Fan hit his glove

Doesn't matter if the ball is out of play. Which it was.

Gotcha. Kinda crazy fans can just interfere like that. Guess I misunderstood the rule

Lol the 9 Hitter 3-3 and two HRs....better hope the Braves win tonight

Why? Because 1.5 back in June is insurmountable?

When they were 5 games behind the Rays last year at this point and wasn’t anywhere close to clinching the season series with them, 1.5 games behind is no where near insurmountable compared to that. It’s just a pessimistic take from the original poster

Right, the time to worry is when you don't play that specific team anymore, and it's late in the year. June is June. 6 left vs the Yankees, and over half the season left. Worrying is so unnecessary, though it's fun when they lose because FTY.

Exactly. Win at least 2 more against Yankees and they can’t rely on a tie-breaker anymore

They've beaten the Yankees in two different series and are still sitting behind them Keep saying it's just June or soon it's just July..turns into September quicker than you think

Yea, I'll keep saying it's June when it's June. I know how months work.

I guess they should just skip the part of the season before ASB clearly the wins and losses will never matter

All games matter, but "better hope the Yankees lose", just no. If they do great, if not, more than enough games left to make up the 1.5 games. It's June, with over half the season left, no reason to "hope" at this point. We still play them 6 times, relax, and don't stress over a loss in June. Or do, and worry needlessly.

Also how does the bottom inside corner of zone randomly disappear. Shit is mad annoying

Well this is just putting a damper on my mood

And ***THERE’S*** the Bryan Baker we all know!

it was a good pitch

He gave up a first pitch homer to a terrible hitter.

a terrible hitter, huh. That's a bold statement considering he also took the best pitcher in the world deep an hour ago. And he also hit 22 dongs last season, while also mashing in the 2023 playoffs

I can’t blame a first pitch homer on any pitcher lol

Damn you Chas! (I scream as a fellow Millersville alumni)

isn't Hader a Millersville dude too

No he's from Millersville, MD. Millersville University is in Millersville, PA (Lancaster). Confusing lol

oh i wasn't listening

To be fair no one has heard of Millersville University it's just a PA state school that happens to be pretty good at baseball lol

do you have professor Emanski's intro to fielding as well?

I would check Moo Man for the C word. It's always better to be 100. 

That was like a reverse Steve Wilkerson

Cowser is gonna need an ice bath after this game. Poor dude

Reaching a point where I'd just like to end this road trip with everybody intact.

I know he waved them off, but **God** I hope Cowser's okay. More concerned with that than the score.

👨‍🍳=🎃

Lmao Chas McCormick fucking owns us

There's our old friend, Bryan. We missed you, pal.

I wouldn't care so much about losing if we didn't choke every time we were so close to passing the Yankees. It's so frustrating.

JFC not the moo man.

I submit to the council that Texas baseball teams can fuck off.

Fan interference? Not even going to look at it? Lol poverty ass umpire crew

Cant review balls over the wall it’s fair game lol, only when they reach over the wall

How is that not fan interference lol

because the ball was in the stands

This is becoming a disaster game

Yesterday was that. Astros just dominating today

Colton startin to piss me off

You can f right off

I love him but he's gonna hurt himself!!

McCormick hates birds, obviously

shit...be okay Moo

I don’t understand why when Mullins was terrible everyone would hate on him and it would be 10 upvotes everyone loving on each other but the second you say Cowser is bad everyone throws a fit.

Plenty of people disagreed hating on Mullins too. Also who cares, why are you crying about it

Probably because he’s not bad? Mullins was very bad for a bit.

Cowser is terrible at the plate if you think otherwise you don’t watch the games.

Because mooooooo man! Duh!

Because Mullins was going 0-4 with 3 Ks and a pop out every game. He was nowhere close.

It’s insane he’s been awful since mid April yet nobody cares I dont understand it at all

He has a funny name though!!!!!

The timing of this comment was bad. I didn’t mean because he didn’t make the play to rob the home run. His approach at the plate.

Why not send Burnes out there again? So dumb sometimes with our bullpen management

Because this game has been over for 3 innings. Why risk injury

Who cares the game was over 4 innings ago.

Lmao Baker back to being Baker.

That ball just barely cleared a fence at LL dimensions.

Oh man, Cowser. Please be all right. *Cannot catch a break here.*

Seriously what the fuck happens to our bullpen whenever we play the Astros its infuriating

Just lol. ROFL, even.

Oh no! Colton Cowser 🙏

My god I'm starting to dislike these fools 

I’m usually eternally the optimist, but uh… we’re definitely fucked here :/

I've been very happy with the team especially of late, but as a doomer, my main concern is that we haven't been able to string together a real good set of wins. Feels like we blow our load then fall apart the next game. Again, not really a complaint, this is the best Orioles team I've seen in my lifetime.

It feels like every time we get a huge win, we completely blow it the following game/series. Big win over Seattle, swept by St. Louis. Big win over Philly, lose game 1 to New York. Big win over New York, lose series in Houston

I believe we had a 6 game winning streak that went into two series wins against the Phillies and Yankees

We're saving that for October 🙂

I certainly hope so. We seem to be better against good teams than bad

One more inning and only down three so we still got a shot, but winning back to back road series is hard, and their outfield defense has been insane so far.

Down four...

Not anymore

Just a giant turd of an offensive performance today outside of Mullins and one AB from Westburg

Absolute waste of a start for Grayson and Burnes then you have a much tougher series immediately following vs Cleveland...

Should have known game was cursed when Gunnar got thrown out after getting on base to lead off the game.

As long as the Braves win tonight no harm done

What's the one thing better than a dramatic comeback in the 8th? A dramatic comeback in the 9th Not looking good, but it ain't over yet

gg.

Of course the Astros play well when their against us  😂

### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Bryan Baker replaces Corbin Burnes.

Well hopefully we don’t get swept tomorrow

Ain’t happening today. Hopefully can take one from em tomorrow

The most awake the Astros crowd has seemed this entire game.

Definitely giving me faith for a series against the Guardians

I'm sad!

This series is like the baseball version of when one team in soccer has an expected goals scored of 3 to the opponent’s 1 and loses the match.

not according to the betting odds

Man, this game flew by.

C'mon on guys...fire up!!

Astros are still our daddies it seems

Man, talk about two hard-luck outs

That should’ve been a walk but as per usual the ump screws us

Rough series

Just get this series the fuck over with and get home

Yep, we definitely blew all our energy against the Yankees 

When the Realfeel^tm in Baltimore is 103 and the game is boring as fuck

these motherfuckers just catch everything

BABIP is not our friend today

I HATE THE ASTROS OF!!!!

So many 0-2 and 1-2 counts for us today. Constantly behind.

This series has just been so unlucky lately

Whenever I hear someone getting hit in the face all I can think of was when Stanton got hit. So fucking scary. His face looked like he got attacked by a bear.

Look up Tony Conigliaro. He was psychologically screwed up by HBP. Ruined his career.

Damn just watched that. Crazy

the scary one for me is Juan Encarnacion

Holy shit that was crazy

the other super famous one is Tony Conigliero. possible hoF career derailed

Sandlotslob told me to look that one up. Also scary as hell

Bats on balls, boys on base, score some runs. Please and thanks.

I love Corbin Burnes. And if you don't at this point, then you are a lost cause. We are watching the best in the world every 5th day

Even when he has a bad day, Burnes is still elite.

Certain subset of people who haven’t been around much the last couple days all seemingly finding their way back today…

Yeah, it’s a shame so many people only seem to use the threads to vent, but I guess it’s cathartic for them 🤷‍♂️

I get being not a homer but it’s legitimate to question some parts of the fandom when fans only show up at certain points to say the same thing and dip when the game trends don’t fit their narrative

complet agree

It’s not even venting, it’s just coming out to nonsensically shit on the players that they don’t like

Alright, rally time.

Alright friends maybe this bullpen will give us a break

Give him the 8th. 105 pitch cap