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00:00Today, it will be Seth Lugo and Zach Efflin will try to keep the Orioles season going.
00:10Right now, minus 145 for the Orioles, plus a buck 25 for Kansas City.
00:16Seven and a half is the total after a 1-0 game yesterday, I think, with these guys on
00:22the mound today.
00:23And I know Lugo's good, Scotty, but as I told you yesterday, lots of guys on the Orioles
00:28did some pretty good numbers against Lugo, including Westbrook, 2-for-2 with a homer,
00:33Kauser, 1-for-2 with a homer, Henderson, 1-for-3, Mountcastle, 2-for-4, Mullens, 2-for-3.
00:38They've got some hits off of him.
00:40I think we're going to get runs today in this game.
00:43Yeah, I actually, I think Seth Lugo's a really good pitcher and he changes speeds so much
00:49and throws so many off-speed pitches and then mixes in heaters with it.
00:55He keeps people guessing.
00:57I think he's going to be on top of his game today.
00:59I think he's going to be really difficult to beat for the Orioles.
01:03And I am just simply not afraid of Zac Efflin at all.
01:07In fact, I don't think he'll last in that game longer than you can spit.
01:11I think they'll jump on him.
01:14And now, he might get through a couple innings, but at some point, I think he breaks.
01:19And I think Lugo can go five or six innings at least.
01:23At least.
01:25Lugo really has a repertoire of pitches.
01:29These guys have smashed Efflin.
01:31I think it was you I gave the numbers to yesterday.
01:33Renfro, 5-for-13 with a homer.
01:35Perez, Salve, 2-for-7 with a homer.
01:37Bobby Witt, 3-for-6 off of Efflin.
01:40They've got good numbers.
01:41A lot of good numbers on both sides for me.
01:45Maybe even an early first five or something like that.
01:47I think we could get some runs early in this game before the Pens come in and take care
01:51of business.
01:52I gave the numbers to her yesterday, Mike, and I got burned.
01:55Yes.
01:56I got burned.
01:57Well, look.
01:58Burns and Reagans, a little different, I think, than today.
02:02Numbers a little bit more today with 7-and-a-half.
02:05I think that we've got more of an opportunity to get some runs today.
02:09But it sounds like you think Royals finished them today.
02:12You sound like you don't think of Game 3 tomorrow.
02:14Yeah, I'm thinking that's exactly where I'm going.
02:18I think they're going to choke their way out of the playoffs again.
02:21Wow.
02:23You know, I wanted Orioles-Yankees in a division series, which I thought would have been way
02:29better drama, but I remember, you know, I remember Royals-Yankees back in the day when
02:35it mattered with George Brett, my favorite player of all time against the Yankees.
02:39I think it could be a really good series.
02:42Listen, I always like guys that can pitch and change speeds and throw strikes.
02:47This guy Lugo is going to have them eating out of his palm today.
02:51He's going to throw all kinds of junk.
02:53He just throws just filthy junk.
02:56That's what he does.
02:57He throws all this curveballs and sliders and he's got every pitch in the bags.
03:04He's got everything.
03:05He's got noodles dropping off the table.
03:07So you'll see all kinds of different speeds today from him.
03:10And I think it's hard to hit a guy like that when you're already down one.
03:15You cannot lose today.
03:17So the stress will be there, which means they're grabbing the bats tight.
03:22Every at-bat counts, 27 outs.
03:25Every time an out goes off the board, you got one last chance to get a run in.
03:30And I'm telling you, if a guy can keep you off balance with off-speed stuff and changing
03:36speeds, it can be a problem.