Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Fixing the Bullpen
Heading into the 2009 season, I believed the O's had the makings of a strong bullpen.I thought with the limitations of the rotation, that the bullpen would be overworked at times.I thought when you combined that overworking, with being in the AL East, that would lead...
Matusz wins again for Frederick
Brian Matusz improved to 3-2 on the season, as the Frederick Keys beat Lynchburg.Matusz went 7 innings, allowing 4 hits, 3er, 1 bb, with 9 k's.This brings his era to 3.09 for the year.He has now pitched 46.2 innings, allowed 42 hits, 17 bb's and has 60 k's.Matusz has...
Patton and Snyder ‘say’ it is time for a promotion
Troy Patton and Brandon Snyder again had huge efforts for Bowie last night.Patton went 5 innings, allowed 5 hits, with 0er, 0 walks, and 5 k's.He is 4-1, with a 1.14 era... for the year he has now pitched 39.1 innings, allowed 26 hits, 5 er, 10 walks, with 28 k's.Both...
Guthrie tonight… and looking forward
Tonight will be Guthrie's 9th start of 2009... in the previous 8, he went: 5/14: 5 innings, 6 hits, 4 er, 2 bb's, 2 k's5/8: 6 innings, 7 hits, 3 er, 2 bb's, 8 k's5/3: 8 innings, 4 hits, 4 er, 1 bb, 3 k's4/27: 5 innings, 6 hits, 3 er, 1 bb, 4 k's4/22: 6 innings, 8...
The American League East is always going to be a fight
Winning games in the American League East, particularly on the road is always going to be a fight.Despite watching another game get away from the Orioles at Yankee Stadium last night, I left the game feeling like the O's are closing the overall talent gap.This Oriole...
AAA Norfolk played two last night; Single A Frederick scores 9 and loses
AAA Norfolk had a double-header last night.In the first-game, Chris Tillman improved to 5-0 for the year.The 21 year old went 5 innings, allowed 6 hits, 2er, 1 bb, with 5 k's.R. Liz pitched 2 innings in relief, allowing 2 hits, and 0er.Matt Wieters was 1 for 3 with a...
O’s make initial trip to New Yankee Stadium
Baltimore heads to the Big Apple for a 3 game series starting Tuesday. The Orioles will arrive in NY at 16-22 overall, 5-11 vs the AL East, and 7-13 on the road. The Yankees face Minnesota tomorrow, but are currently 20-17, 7-12 vs the AL East, and 9-7 at home....
You know what you will get with Uehara
Uehara made his 8th start for the Orioles today, and was true to previous form.In 5 innings, Uehara allowed 6 hits, 4 er, 2 bb's, with 3 k's.He had 94 pitches for the game, with 64 strikes... and he allowed 3 of the 4 er in the 6th inning.Lets look back at his...