Today's WBC Games (Thus Far)

by Scott Christ on Mar 7, 2006 6:28 PM EST in News & Rumors

Dominican Republic 11, Venezuela 5

This was a hell of a lot of fun. The fans were outstanding, and finally made the whole thing seem worthwhile to me. The players were also hyped up so that was fun. Ortiz and Beltre hit a couple homers each, Ortiz's second was an absolute bomb. Tejada looked terrible at the plate against Santana and Carlos Zambrano, and nearly hurt himself in the field. The Dominicans are going to be tough for anyone to beat.

USA 2, Mexico 0

Pretty good game, probably closer than most people would expect. I thought Roddy Lopez looked good for Mexico, so that's something.

Korea (3-0) and Japan (2-1) advanced out of Pool A.

The O's lost to the Red Sox, 10-6. Jay Gibbons homered in the fourth inning off of Rudy Seanez and Corey Patterson went 2-for-3 with a double. Brandon Fahey went 3-for-3 with a double starting at shortstop.

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That's just Jorge being Jorge...

Check out Julio's line for Venezuela:
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Player     IP    H    R    ER    BB    SO    HR    ERA

Julio      0.2    4    3    3    1    0    1    40.50

Ouch.

by zknower on Mar 8, 2006 12:16 AM EST reply actions

Whereas Bedard kicked ass.



Pitcher    IP    PC    H    ER    BB    K

Bedard    4.0    55    2     0        2     6

6 strikeouts in 4 innings! Woo-hoo!

by zknower on Mar 8, 2006 12:20 AM EST up reply actions

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Well Julio faced actual hitters. That South Africa team has no one.

"My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.'" - Earl Weaver

by Scott Christ on Mar 8, 2006 2:01 AM EST up reply actions

Okay, that's fine...

...but you can't make that argument and also say that it doesn't matter which pitchers Markakis is facing.... :)

by zknower on Mar 8, 2006 10:54 AM EST up reply actions

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Sure I can! It's silly, but I can do it.

"My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.'" - Earl Weaver

by Scott Christ on Mar 8, 2006 4:04 PM EST up reply actions

WBC

I was able to catch the whole DR v. VEN game and most of the USA V. MEX game. Tejada really looked like crap out there. The only hit he got was a bunt, first time I've ever seen him bunt and it actually was a very good one I must say, and the entire crowd laughed when he put it down. Aside from that he struck out 3 times, flied out, and grounded out.

Ramon Hernandez did nothing as well, going 0-3 including a GIDP. However both Hernandez and Tejada came close to getting injured...with Hernandez getting hit by a pitch and Tejada falling hard on his knee while making a throw to first. Daniel Cabrera was declared ineligible to pitch in the opener because he threw in the recent exhibition game for the Orioles. So not a good game for the Orioles involved.

On the other hand, Rodrigo Lopez looked pretty good versus a tough Team USA lineup. He gave up only one earned run in 4 innings pitched on a solo HR by Derek Lee. Apparently Bedard did well tonight also. Tomorrow Bruce Chen will start for Panama against Cuba. It's kind of funny that 3 of our starters are the #1 starter in the rotations of their respective teams.

by Jonnypops on Mar 8, 2006 1:09 AM EST reply actions

That is waaay ironic....

especially when you consider that we feel, on this board, that we really don't have that good of a rotation.
I guess only time will tell!

"What's my secret for winning? That's easy. Pitching, defense, and three run homers" Earl Weaver

by elktonfan on Mar 8, 2006 7:56 AM EST up reply actions

Really???

I thought most of those on this board thought I rotation was actually pretty solid. If you take a look at the predictions from this board our rotation looks great.

Maybe I've been sniffing glue and haven't learned from the O's previous let downs, but I think our rotation is going to be pretty strong and has a very large upside. I think it's our outfield and our bullpen that is weak. I would love for the O's to find a way to get Lopez out of the rotation and into the pen as he's always seemed much more effective out of the pen. Of course that would leave us one starter short.

by BirdFanInPhilly on Mar 8, 2006 1:37 PM EST up reply actions

I think the board has ....

a lot of optimism on how well the starters could be...but there are so many questions I don't think anyone is assuming we will have three or four fifteen game winners!
Now, when it's all said and done, we may have as much potential to be among the best starting fives in baseball, but we're all so freakin' snakebit after the last eight horrifyingly bad years that no one has a ton of confidence in the board numbers that SC has gathered the past few weeks.
I guess...we'll see soon enough.

"What's my secret for winning? That's easy. Pitching, defense, and three run homers" Earl Weaver

by elktonfan on Mar 8, 2006 5:31 PM EST up reply actions