Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Arrieta putting a strong finish on AAA season
Jake Arrieta worked 7 scoreless innings for AAA Norfolk last night. Arrieta allowed just 2 hits, 2 walks, and struck-out 6. It was Arrieta's 4th straight outing of at-least 6 innings. In that time, Arrieta has worked 26 innings, allowed 20 hits, 5 er, 6 walks, with 23...
Tillman very solid in 2-1 loss
Chris Tillman took the 2-1 loss in Minnesota tonight, but again looked very solid. Tillman battled his way through 5.1 innings, allowing 6 hits, the 2er, 3 bb's (one intentional), with 1 k. While he only threw 60 strikes in his 102 pitches, I thought Tillman did a...
Another look at Felix Pie
Felix Pie stepped in for Adam Jones yesterday, and had his 4th homer of the year. His average now stands at .259, and he has a .718 OPS.I think there is a limitation to the things you definitively know about Pie.You know that:1) He had pretty strong numbers in the PCL...
Baltimore heads to the Metrodome
Fresh off their first series win since the All-star break, the 51-73 Baltimore Orioles head to the Metrodome, to face the Minnesota Twins. As the Twins will be moving into their new stadium next year, this will be the O's last visit to the Metrodome. The Twins are...
2 more homers for Roberts
Brian Roberts maintained his torrid 2nd-half pace, with two more homers last night in Chicago. Roberts now has hits in 11 straight games, and 4 homers in his last 3 games. Roberts has raised his OPS from .776 on August 1st, to .836 as of today.
Brandon Snyder not finishing strong
After being on-fire for several weeks, to bring his AAA numbers up to respectability, Brandon Snyder has again tailed-off in his last 10 games. During that period, Snyder is 8 for 35 (.229), with 5 doubles, 0 homers, 4 bb's, and 8 k's. Overall at Norfolk, Snyder is...
Matusz moves to 2-2
Brian Matusz recorded his 2nd Major League win last-night, as the O's won 8-7 in Tampa. After Brian Roberts hit a grand-slam in the Top of the 6th, Matusz was not able to finish the bottom of the inning. However, Matusz did go 5.1 innings, allowing 7 hits, 4 er, 0...
Arrieta with his 3rd consecutive strong start
Jake Arrieta is finishing his 2nd-professional season with a flourish. Tonight, he moved to 5-6 at AAA Norfolk, as he picked-up the win. Arrieta pitched 7 innings, allowing 6 hits, 1 er, 2 bb's, with 6 k's. This was his 3rd consecutive start with at least 6 innings...