It was Harvey Day in Baltimore, and things were looking great for The Dark Knight! A 4pm start against a bad team meant that Matt could do tidy work of the birds and then head off to Fells Point for all sorts of adventures. Meet you at Max’s Matt!
The only thing that could possibly go wrong is that in Baltimore those 380 foot fly balls go soaring out of the park. That wouldn’t happen to The Real Deal, would it?
Albert Pujols, who I thought retired like 5 years ago got TDKOALA off to a nice 2-0 lead!
PUJOLS!! 🚨🚨
New city, same story! Pujols BOMB starts things off for the Angels!!@Angels | @PujolsFive pic.twitter.com/Xh9S9tAH6y
— FOX Sports West (@FoxSportsWest) May 11, 2019
So as The Dark Knight takes the mound, let’s take a look at Matt’s stats on the year.
And Matt looks quite focused…
But OH NO the leadoff guy hit a double down the line. I sure hope The Dark Knight doesn’t get rattled and not do well when faced with adversity!
Aaaaaannnnnd…..sit down son. One away.
But then….UH OH…..
Hey why is the camera showing us some random warehouse…
Uh oh!
Well that’s not good. Let’s watch that one….
💥 @DSmittyJr blasts one to the flag court! #Birdland pic.twitter.com/48dwwIEhzi
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) May 11, 2019
But Matty Baseball would stop the bleeding and we’d head to the second tied at 2…
I’m listening to the Angels announcers here and they still think Matt is good. They just refuse to see what I see and explain away everything.
This second inning is excruciatingly boring. A walk, a hit, an overturned double play, 8 million foul balls.
Matt Harvey has thrown 52 pitches. We’re still in the 2nd inning #orioles
— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) May 11, 2019
The 3-2…….
And Matt’s out of it. Let’s head to the third!
A leadoff single and oh no here comes The Sweatshirt Bully
The Sweatshirt Bully seems very mean. He is always yelling at poor Matt.
Matt looks sad. I don’t want Matt to be sad.
Despite the Sweatshirt Bully’s Pro-Tips, the first two Orioles got on base, but Matt is not afraid.
Sit down son! Matt’s third K of the day….on pace for 9+!
The Orioles would load the bases, but this recap is taking me way too long to do and I know how it ends, so let’s skip ahead…
The Angels have 2 mound visits remaining and it’s the 3rd inning.
So that tells you how things are going for Matt Harvey, despite the fact that he’s allowed 2 runs so far.
— Jeff Fletcher (@JeffFletcherOCR) May 11, 2019
Didn’t think Harvey was going back out for the 4th, but he pitched a perfect inning, with 2 Ks, on 13 pitches. He’s at 93 now, with the middle of the order due, so I gotta believe he’s done. 4 IP, 2 R. Could have been worse.
— Jeff Fletcher (@JeffFletcherOCR) May 11, 2019
And that was enough for me. My rabbit ears couldn’t really get a good signal and I had spent an hour+ on this and it was time to something else.
The final line – 4 innings, 2 earned runs , 2 walks and SIX strikeouts. I guess there was some Sit Down Son action in that 4th inning.
It looks better in the boxscore than it does on my screen, but this was shakier than your average Jason Vargas start.
The good news, Matt was done by 6:30 so there was plenty of time to shower, get the hair looking good, and to head off to Fells Point to meet some nice ladies in their 20’s.
And in the end, isn’t that all Matt (or any of us) wants out of life?
Enjoy the good life Dark Knight.
