Jake Bennett vs Davis Martin

Time to right this train, get it done boys!

I love the EST! I’m in Orlando right now and was going to go this route had they won last night.

Martin has been great at home, sporting a 0.88 ERA. Can't wait for him to shove at 740 EST!

Love our chances tonight. Get the W tonight and set up the rubber match for 11 straight home series wins.

Win the game, please.

Win the next two games by a substantial margin. I hate it with a passion when we lose to the Red Sox.

Bennett is pretty tough so hopefully we get good Davis tonight.

Hey Venable, please no goofy lineup tonight.

Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by The Mighty Mite

54 minutes ago, The Mighty Mite said:

Hey Venable, please no goofy lineup tonight.

Another lefty tonight, another lefty tomorrow. So you will get Acuna both games.

Venable is so frustrating with Meidroth

1 hour ago, The Mighty Mite said:

Hey Venable, please no goofy lineup tonight.

I blame this post for the goofy lineup

The good news for everyone is that all lineups will improve greatly upon Mune's imminent return.

That lineup construction worked wonderfully last night.

24 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

IntoI blame this post for the goofy lineup

Love our clean up guy lately. CM

50 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

I'm a fan of Chase Meidroth, but Will Venable batting him cleanup is almost a fireable offense. Park him at number 8 in the everyday lineup and leave him there.

1 hour ago, South Side Fireworks Man said:

I'm a fan of Chase Meidroth, but Will Venable batting him cleanup is almost a fireable offense. Park him at number 8 in the everyday lineup and leave him there.

It’s absolutely bizarre they keep batting him 4th. I’d love to see the analytics they’re using that came to this decision.

While we wait, an old friend is spinning a gem:

He's at 115 pitches

So, Cease has a no-hitter through 8 in SF. The Blue Jays were up 7-0 and put up a 3-spot in the top of the ninth. Now A. Kirk got a hit with 2 outs. I would think that with a 10-run lead, they wouldn't want to stretch out an inning, or would they want to get Cease more rest between innings?

Teammates made him sit way too long in the top of the 9th.

I don’t like seeing Acuna and Perez in the same lineup - it’s old quick. Makes me miss Hill already.

2 hours ago, BigHurt3515 said:

Venable is so frustrating with Meidroth

Name a better cleanup hitter than Meidroth!

Let's not end our home series winning streak tonight

I hope that the RH hitting platoon line-up works tonight. Sometimes it is better to just start the best players...i.e., Antonacci who had 3 hits yesterday. Perez made a great catch in RF last night so hopefully, he brings his D in CF. Would be nice if he hits as well.