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Baltimore in town to take on the Royals. If you didn't catch yesterday's Royals game, you missed a good one.

It's Medlen starting tonight instead of in his usual role as a reliever. Baltimore sending Jimenez to the hill. Yesterday Moose appeared to have finally broken out of his hitting funk going 3-5 with a double, hr and game winning double for 4 rbi's.

@brooksmd uh oh

@Crimsonorblue22 Shaky start but finished by striking out 4 and 5 hitters. He'll be ok.

@Crimsonorblue22 Wife home, back in a bit.

@Crimsonorblue22 That swing and hit by Rios is what I'd like to see Cain do. Cain swings like he's gonna kill the ball all the time.

@brooksmd got 1 back, Cain looking good tonight!

@Crimsonorblue22 Salvy with 2 3-pitch strike outs. Last one should've been 2 balls and 1 strike.

@brooksmd 👀👀👀⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️

@Crimsonorblue22 Great play by Moose. WOW!!!

@brooksmd that was awesome!👀💪💨⚾️💙

@Crimsonorblue22 And the throw was a rocket.

@Crimsonorblue22 Heard anything from @globaljaybird ?

@brooksmd nothing! He knows I worry.

@Crimsonorblue22 Slo-mo replay explains the pain of the ump.

@Crimsonorblue22 Despite the 3 runs, Medlen has a good 6 inning outing. His pitching seems almost effortless.

@brooksmd must have landed hard on wrist too

Big stick💪⚾️💙

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE!!!!

Mooooooose!💪💨⚾️

MOOOOSSSE !!!

Are we thinking alike or what ?!

That's a lot of Mooses!!!

@Crimsonorblue22 Obviously I'm more appreciative than you two are. :smile:

Please infante!👏👏👏👏👏

@brooksmd I'll give ya one for that...

Way to go infante!!! Happy for him!

@Crimsonorblue22 I think your plea has been answered. whoop whoop

Lil league depth!😡😡😡😡😡

Almost seems like some of these guys are playin for their future jobs...Damn glad I checked in when I did.

@globaljaybird we missed you! How's the Fam?

@globaljaybird Me too. Well with Gordo back soon, and Zobrist's bat, there are only 8 spots available on the field. Good competition.

@Crimsonorblue22 We're all hangin in there, day to day.

@brooksmd Hope they bring Gordo back slow-bet they do-damn another double by Zobrist...

@brooksmd So how much of this has been after 2 outs again?

@brooksmd smacking that ball💪⚾️

@brooksmd as usual...

There ya go. Seven runs with 2 outs.

@globaljaybird Does Cain's "I'm gonna kill the ball" swing bother you like it does me? I can see sometimes, but I think a more controlled, go with the pitch swing would help his hit production, not to mention less stress and strain on the back.

@brooksmd morales our 2nd out?

@brooksmd He get's his money's worth, that's for sure.

@globaljaybird Now that's the kind of relief work I like to see.

Get those hot bats back up there.

Dig Medlin's line: 6 Innings, 5 hits. 3 earned runs, 6 K's & ZERO BB, 69 total pitches...I'll take that any friggin day...

@globaljaybird Absolutely. And of course he was backed up by some excellent d. Did you see the play by Moose?

@globaljaybird Plus his pitching looked so effortless and he was usually right on Salvy's spot.

@globaljaybird Infante: "Play me shallow b,,,,!"

@brooksmd new toothache, different tooth. Sucks! Working me in tmrw.

@Crimsonorblue22 Just pull'em all. Get it over with.

@brooksmd no! Have to much money in there.

@Crimsonorblue22 Hoc's 9th inning: 10 pitches, 8 strikes, 2 balls. That's what a bp supposed to do.

@brooksmd infante needs a Gatorade shower.

@Crimsonorblue22 Another fun game. Hope the bats stay hot and the pitching hotter.

@brooksmd Medlin was a tremendous pitcher for Atlanta. Many injuries, lotsa innings, several rehabs & DL stints, but that man is a crafty pitcher. Not flawless, but he has done the job to the letter & knows how it's done. Im' thrilled we have him & I'll bet Ned is too.

I think maybe he was runner up in Cy Young Award while with the Braves also...

@globaljaybird Unlike most of the Royal staff, he's very familiar with a bat:

Medlen graduated from Gahr High School in Cerritos, CA in the year 2003. He attended El Camino College his freshman year and hit .296 with 18 RBI's as an infielder. As a pitcher, Medlen posted a 2.84 ERA with 17 K's in 19 innings of work, leading the team with 4 saves.[1] Medlen redshirted the next year,[2] before transferring to Santa Ana College. At Santa Ana, Medlen played as the starting shortstop and hit .332 with 10 HR's and 42 RBI. He also served as the team's closer, posting a 2.23 ERA with 16 saves, striking out 57 in 44.1 innings pitched.[3]

@brooksmd I love that! I have a hard time believing these guys can be Sooo bad at hitting.

@globaljaybird Yeah, 2 Tommy Johns surgeries.

@globaljaybird BTW, was good to chat with you tonite old man.

@brooksmd @Crimsonorblue22 As always, same to you guys too. Will try to get in on a little game Tuesday night also.