Baltimore Orioles Baseball
O’s lose 11-3 to Tampa, fall to 4-2
Baltimore had a successful opening week at home, winning 2 of 3 from both NY, and Tampa - but the Orioles have some misgivings about game 3 in each series. With the opportunity to sweep both series, the Orioles have been crushed in the final game each time. Today...
Wieters arrival should be April 17th in Boston
Wieters is 0-7 with 4 Ks, 2 BB so far in AAA.Zaun has 3 doubles in 14 at-bats, and is working well with the pitching-staff.Some would use that as justification that there is 'no reason to rush Wieters.' I look at those numbers, and feel neither one matters.The O's...
O’s demote Albers, retain Bass
To add Adam Eaton to the roster, the O's had to make a corresponding move... On Opening Day, I thought it would come down to Baez/Bass... but Baez was impressive enough in his 2 outings, that I thought it would be Bass.. even with Bass being out of options. The O's...
Baltimore beats Tampa; O’s win their 2nd series of the year
The Orioles moved to 4-1, with a 6-0 nothing win over the Rays at Camden Yards tonight.Guthrie provided 6 scoreless innings, allowing 5 hits, with 2 k's.Albers, Walker, and Ray combined to pitch the last 3 innings, with each showing good-stuff.Ray in particular was...
O’s Minor League Action 4/11
Norfolk and Durham were rained-out last night, delaying the highly anticipated Wieters vs David Price match-up.They are facing off this evening, right now in the 2nd inning with Norfolk ahead 2-0. Wieters struck-out in his first at-bat, but his 2nd at-bat was epic....
Troy Patton with a strong 1st outing for Bowie
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_04_10_bowaax_akraax_1Prized Oriole prospect Troy Patton has had a strong appearance tonight for AA Bowie, after missing all of 2008 with a Torn Labrum.The Southpaw went 5...
O’s beat Tampa, move to 3-1
At Camden Yards tonight, Baltimore beat the Rays 5-4, ending Tampa's 12 game winning streak against the Birds.6'9 Mark Hendrickson provided 5.1 innings of work, allowing 1 er, 6hits, 2 walks, with 2 k's.Ultimately, you want Hendrickson in the bullpen in a swing-man...
Minor Leagues are back in action
April 9thNorfolk lost 2-1 to Durhamhttp://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2009_04_09_noraaa_dubaaa_1&t=g_box&did=milbBergesen went 5innings in his AAA debut, allowing 4 hits, 1 er, 1 bb, with 6 k's...Liz provided 2 innings of scoreless...