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Originally Posted by Ducay
Someone above said it, but if you're this close to the playoffs, a good team will find a way to beat the O's in 3 of 4 (I'd say a split isn't a good sign, but at least not the end of the world/hopes). We dropped way too many early to the Tigers and O's that now is do or die.
Either we have elite bats & pitchers, or we lose the series to the O's - the two are mutually exclusive.
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People were down on the team because they went 5-4 against those two teams when the Hitters fell into that collective slump where they couldn't cash in any runners in scoring position. Really those two series looked worse because they lost the last game to the Angels, then 2 of 3 vs Seattle, than 2 more to Washington leading up to it.
With the 7 games left against the Twins and O's they should be able to go 5-2 against those teams vs 4-3 type of thing. But really it's a bit hollow if Tampa goes 6-1 against them. If they can pull off a 14-9 record down the stretch they should get in, but no reason they shouldn't win at least 5 of the 9 games they have left against the Rays and Yankees.