Baltimore Orioles Baseball

Brian Matusz was pulled tonight after providing 6 innings of work. While you ultimately want to get to the point where Matusz is regularly working into the later innings, I think it was the right decision tonight to remove him. With the O's scoring two runs in the...

Chris Tillman had gone through a rough-stretch since being sent back to AAA Norfolk. Tonight, he appears to have again found his form. Tillman went 6.2 innings, allowed 8 hits, 1 er, 1 bb's, with 9 k's.Of his 20 outs, 9 were from grounders. It will be interesting to...

Nolan Reimold had a big Sunday, going for 4 for 5 at AAA Norfolk. Included in his four hits were a double, and a homer. He also knocked in 2, and had a steal. His AAA OPS finally climbed up above .700 to .717 over his 265 at-bats.During his last 10 games, Reimold has...

The old saying is that momentum in baseball is the next nights starter. After taking two of three from the Chicago White Sox this weekend, the Baltimore Orioles have the chance to win their second consecutive series tonight with Brian Matusz getting the start. To me...

After yesterday, Guthrie has now made 5 starts since the All-Star Break. Over those 5 stars, Guthrie is 3-1, with a 1.77 era. He has pitched a total of 35.2 innings, allowed 30 hits, 3 homers, 3 walks, with 21 k's. He has held opposing hitters to a .222 batting...

I just finished writing about how good the starting pitching has been these last four-days, which of course leads to today when Kevin Millwood takes the hill. Through May of this year, Millwood had started 11 games, and pitched a total of 74 innings to a 3.89 era....

The Baltimore Orioles moved to 4-0 under new Manager Buck Showalter last night. While the team does appear to be playing better fundamental baseball under Showalter, the real reason for the modest win streak is simply improved starting pitching. 8/3 Guthrie: 7...