Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Chris Tillman is making his case
Chris Tillman's knocks at the Major League door are becoming louder by the day. Last night, Tillman went 7.2 innings, allowing 4 hits, 0 er, 1 bb, with 7 k's. That was Tillman's 5th consecutive start of at least 6 innings of work. In that time, Tillman has pitched a...
The O’s need to win tonight
The O's are already 0-2 for July, and have started the West Coast trip off with a Loss. I want to leave LA with a split. To do that, you likely need to win tonight. You have Santana coming back off the DL, and you need to get to him early. Santana had a rehab start on...
Arrieta turning it on for Norfolk
Jake Arrieta was in action last night for AAA Norfolk. Arrieta worked 7 innings, allowed 5 hits, 1 er, 2 bb's, with 5 k's. His last 2 outings, he has pitched 13 innings and allowed 2er. In 3 of his 5 AAA starts, Arrieta has worked at least 6 innings, allowing just 1...
Matusz moves to 3-0 at Bowie
Brian Matusz has made 3 starts at the AA level, and won them all. Last night, Bowie played a double-header making the games 7 innings each. He pitched 7 scoreless innings, allowing 4 hits, 2 bb's, with 6 k's. Along with his 3-0 record, he sports an era of 0.49, having...
July Preview; Baltimore heads to LA
The Orioles started July with an auspicious start, as they lost to Boston 6-5 in 11 innings yesterday. Baltimore is 35-43 overall.With the loss yesterday, the O's have still won 4 of their last 6 series, but are just 4-6 in their last 10 games. The O's are 24-20 at...
Things average out during the course of 162 games
If you have a proven track-record of being a .300 hitter, you will probably finish near there, even if the average reads .230 on Memorial Day.Players will hit scorching line-drives that are caught for outs, and get bloops that fall in for hits.A pitcher might lose...
MASN – Uehara out for 2 months
Roch Kubatko and MASN reported today that Koji Uehara would be out for two-months. http://masnsports.com/2009/07/kojis-injury-is-serious.htmlThis does not change much in the near-term, as Hernandez had already replaced Uehara in the rotation - but there are some...
O’s mount an incredible rally; take an 11-10 lead to the 9th
After being down 10-1, the Baltimore Orioles have fought back to take an 11-10 lead heading to the top of the 9th. The O's have scored 5 runs in both the 7th, and 8th innings. A total team-rally, as Baltimore has pounded out 16 hits.Pie replaced Jones who left the...