Baltimore Orioles Baseball
John Lackey had an interesting post-game quote
LA Angels starter John Lackey beat Baltimore last-night, to gain his 99th career Major League win. After the game, Lackey was quoted about serving as an instructor to young Angel starters Sean O'Sullivan, and Trevor Bell. “I’ve been fielding a lot of questions,...
Brian Roberts is bucking a 2 year trend
During the past two seasons, Brian Roberts has seen his numbers decrease during the 2nd-half of the season. After a mediocre 1st-half, there was plenty of concern of watching his play fall further off to end the year. With 47 games left in the 2009 season, Roberts may...
Steve Johnson goes 6 innings for Bowie
The newly acquired Steve Johnson went 6 innings last night for AA Bowie. In his 6 innings of work, Johnson allowed 4 hits, 1 er, 2 bb's, with 5 k's. At Bowie, this gives Johnson 15 total innings, where has allowed 12 hits, 5 er, 6 bb's, with 13 k's. Johnson has logged...
Arrieta solid, but takes the loss
Jake Arrieta had his 2nd-straight solid game for AAA Norfolk, but took the loss. In 6 innings of work, Arrieta allowed 6 hits, 2er, 2 bb's, with 5 k's. In his previous outing, Arrieta had also went 6 innings, allowed 6 hits, 2er, with 4 k's. The loss means little,...
Pie hits for cycle; Tillman in line for first ML win
With 7 runs scored in the bottom of the 7th inning, the Baltimore Orioles lead the LA Angels 16-5. Felix Pie is 4 for 5, hitting for the cycle, knocking in 4, and raising his average to .254. Upon hitting a triple in the bottom of the 7th to gain the cycle, the LA...
Orioles 1st-round Pick Matt Hobgood gets his first win
The Baltimore Orioles 2009 1st-round pick Matt Hobgood, earned his first professional win, last night for Bluefield in the Appalachian League. In 5 innings of work, Hobgood allowed 2 hits, 0 er, 0 bb's, with 3 k's. This gives him a total of 13 innings of work, where...
The LA Angels arrive in Baltimore for 4 games
The 68-44, first-place LA Angels arrive in Baltimore to face the 47-67 Orioles for 4 games starting tomorrow.The Angels are 20-9 against the American League East, and have won 3 games in a row.Heading into this series, the O's are 1-5 against Los Angeles. The pitching...
MASN – O’s withdraw offer to draft-pick Mychel Givens
The Baltimore Orioles Scouting Director Joe Jordan, announced to MASN that the O's have withdrawn their offer to 2nd-round pick Mychel Givens. http://masnsports.com/2009/08/os-withdraw-contract-offer-to.htmlHere is a link to my profile on Givens at the time of the...