Official Game Thread - 8/20 - Bucs @ Rangers

[Possum]

Bucs

1 SS I. Kiner-Falefa R
2 LF B. Reynolds S
3 C Joey Bart R
4 1B Connor Joe R
5 RF B. De La Cruz R
6 DH Oneil Cruz L
7 3B Jared Triolo R
8 CF M. Taylor R
9 2B A. Williams R
SP Mitch Keller R

Rangers

1 2B M. Semien R
2 SS Corey Seager L
3 LF Josh Smith L
4 RF A. Garcia R
5 1B N. Lowe L
6 3B Josh Jung R
7 DH Jonah Heim S
8 C Carson Kelly R
9 CF L. Taveras S
SP Cody Bradford L

Shelty is doing his usual lefty-righty thing. Can't stand Joe at 1B but who else will Shelty use there tonight? His wife must have shaken her finger at him and told him to use Cruz in the DH spot.

[Bobster]

Awesome choice of Shelton (or maybe Cherington) to bat Joe cleanup. After all, Joe has a hit this month. It came on August 3. He's hitting .179 for July and august with 0 HRs. He'll make that lineup sizzle!

[Doc]

So it’s our first three hitters against the Rangers tonight. Nice of us to give them a chance.

[Wildwoodcoach]

I am looking at 7,8,9 in the batting order and although Triolo
did have a 3 run HR last night I am wondering if they would be in any other
MLB lineup. Maybe the White Sox

[Surgnbuck]

Let's Go Bucs!!!!

[Surgnbuck]

Well, looking at the roster, this is probably the best group you could have. The arrangement certainly looks suspicious.

Laugh all you want, I'd bat Williams higher, maybe 5th or 6th. He always seems to make contact.

Yeah, I'd go
IKF
BRey
Cruz
Joey Bats
BDLC
Williams
Triolo
Taylor
Joe

But really, all that manners is they win.

[GhostOfPitthorn]

Watching the Brown-Wehner prologue made me think back to those 1970s Kung Fu movies translated to English. It's happened before, but tonight was bad.

[Surgnbuck]

The audio and video isn't matched up on the television broadcast....very distracting

[Surgnbuck]

Man, I can't watch this and listen. Maybe that's for the best.

[Doc]

Mercy, we got Corey Seager out.