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They know how to situationally hit and don't hit into double plays. We're the exact opposite. Edit: I read this as the Rays lol. The Jays are a lot like us, they have a bunch of guys on paper who are good but don't put up runs.

I can't believe they let him play and run the bases on that knee after he got hit.

How many times have we won the first game in a series, only to lose the last 2 with an absolute horse shit lineup in the last game? It's gotta be more than 5 series since the ASB at this point.

lol letting Hamilton hit there is a joke.

Romy only gets hits in the 9th.

Vaughn hitless in the series at his hometown. Pretty disappointing.

No, you're not wrong. I think we score most of our runs in the first 6 innings. We're one of the worst teams at scoring late in games.

Oakland's bullpen had been awful heading into this series. We have 2 runs off them so far.

I'm surprised that's the difference right now.

I think had we hired Hinch like Hahn wanted to, we'd probably have Grossman as an everyday corner OFer. But we might also not have Lynn or Hendriks had we gone that route.

I mean, he's seen how the bottom 4 have hit. There's not much hope if we can't get anything with Abreu and Grandal here.

It's pretty unlikely the 9 spot even comes up again, so it is what it is.

I hate the way he's managing right now, but I still think if there's one thing I trust TLR about, it's load management and managing for the playoffs. It's hard to argue against his experience and pedigree there. We'll see how it works out, but I'm just going to pretend he has a plan and knows what he's doing.

We can't even pinch hit for Seby cause Grandal is DHing...

Knowing Eloy, he'll get hit in the knee if he pinch hit.

Oh boy here comes bad Bummer to make this game really out of reach. Edit: GameDay said Andrus walked and then switched it to a strike out. WTF is going on?

I said I'd be shocked if 6-9 got more than 1 hit today. They're proving me right so far as they only have 1 and there's a chance they don't come up to the plate again this game.

I mean, it's not the worst idea considering how bad we are with guys on 3rd base.

It's easy to be dead when there's only 3 real hitters in it right now. If Robert, Abreu, and Grandal don't get it done, nobody else will.

102 off the bat at 24 degrees should go farther than 391 feet. Stupid Oakland.

Vaughn just missed that one. The ball just doesn't carry at this dumbass park.

Mendick is either positioned terribly or has no range for a SS.

It's not a good throw, but Cesar probably should have picked that.

Well that was a disaster...

Lopez's velocity is a bit down this inning.