Tigers 3, Orioles 0: O's Finish Homestand with a Whimper
by Stacey on May 31, 2009 4:34 PM EDT
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Edwin Jackson and Jason Berken engaged in a textbook pitchers duel today, but as good as Berken was, Edwin Jackson was better. I said in yesterday's post game that there are some games where you have to tip your hat to the other pitcher, and today is one of those days. He baffled Orioles hitters all day, giving up just 2 hits and 1 walk in 8 innings. Jackson struck out 7 Orioles and lowered his ERA to 2.30 which is now 2nd to only Zack Greinke for starting pitchers this year.
I'll be honest, when I glanced at the pitching matchup last night, I didn't think much of Edwin Jackson. The Orioles have faced him before and he didn't seem like great shakes. Well, moving from Tampa Bay to Detroit agreed with him because he looked like a different pitcher than I remember.
Jason Berken made his second start of his major league career and pitched a hell of a game. Though he won his first game, he wasn't that sharp, and I didn't really have much hope that he'd have another effective outing. Jason, I'd like to apologize for that, because you were straight up awesome today.
One mistake. That's really all he made. A 4th inning home run by Curtis Granderson put the Orioles in the hole 1-0 and they couldn't recover. Berken finished with 7 strong innings, giving up just 4 hits and 2 walks. He did all he could do to keep his team in the game and I don't think we could have asked for any more from him.
The Orioles bullpen failed for the second day in a row as Danys Baez and Mark Hendrickson each gave up one run, effectively dashing the fans hopes for a comeback. The most frustrating thing about those two runs is that both were scored by batters who reached on two out walks.
It's easy to have negative thoughts after these two losses, especially as it's a harsh letdown from the euphoria of this past week, where 1) Adam Eaton was released, 2) Jason Berken and David Hernandez made their debuts and won, 3) the team staged an awesome comeback against the Jays on Wednesday, 4) they won five games in a row, 5) Luke was simply ridiculous, and of course 6) Matt Wieters made his debut. But I'm fighting off the negativity BECAUSE of those things. Even with the last two games, the Orioles went 5-2 on the homestand and have won 7 of their last 10.
Now the O's head west where they'll have three games each against Seattle and Oakland, the two teams at the bottom of the AL West. Hopefully they'll get a little west coast Orioles Magic and be able to come home with a winning road trip. Especially because when I stay up that late to see the O's and they lose I get very cranky.
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Matt Wieters should just be included in every poll
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 Baltimo on May 31, 2009 5:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Who voted for no one?
I’d like to know. Because Berken was truly Birdland today, even if on one else was (Jesus Weiters included).
by fishoutawata on May 31, 2009 5:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. People don't seem to understand Birdland.
by O'sFan21 on May 31, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol - no two people on this group define it the same way.
next thing you know we’ll be forming a subcomittee for the definition of Birdland.
by typozzz on May 31, 2009 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
NEVER!
This ain’t Athletics Nation and never will be.
"I’m going to go out and buy pizzas for everybody, and we’re going to have a pajama party out there waiting for Wieters..." - Dave Trembley
by duck on May 31, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think we should form a subcommittee to decide if duck speaks for the rest of us
(just kidding…you can speak for me in any camden chat related matters)
by pipkin on May 31, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great, let me try this out....
.
.
pipkin thinks Felix Pie should start at catcher over Matt Wieters and that Jamie Walker should start every game.
How am I doing so far?
:)
"I’m going to go out and buy pizzas for everybody, and we’re going to have a pajama party out there waiting for Wieters..." - Dave Trembley
by duck on May 31, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
if you're willing to put your stamp on it
then i will ride into battle under your standard.
by pipkin on May 31, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
just got back from the game
Edwin Jackson is a nasty man.
"Your wife told you to play in New York.
Well, my wife told me you look like a dork." Boo Teixeira guys.
by birdman on May 31, 2009 5:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Me too.
Fernando Rodney is ridiculous, too.
" I'm happy to announce that we've made Adam Jones our 4th and 5th starting pitcher as well as bench coach and team chaplain" - peter_angelos 8:04 AM May 14th from digsby
"Matt Wieters Adopted Mark Texiera's Parents Because He Felt They Needed A Son To Be Proud Of."
by getxstoked on May 31, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was it me or did it seem like he was gaining velocity as the game went on. In the early innings, he threw his slider and fastball which sat around 93-95. Then around the 7th inning, he starting to throw a change and his fastball was suddenly registering around 95-97.
"Your wife told you to play in New York.
Well, my wife told me you look like a dork." Boo Teixeira guys.
by birdman on May 31, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought E. Jackson had some good stretches with TB as well
"In a couple of weeks or a month, I'll be excited about this team," Dawkins said. "I've got to get used to saying that -- I'm a Bronco." Then he paused. "I'll tell you one thing -- I'll always be an Eagle."
by exitfare on May 31, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The whole “never win on Sunday” thing is getting pretty old.
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
by BrianS on May 31, 2009 5:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is that back again this year?
I haven’t been keeping an eye on it.
by Johnny_S on May 31, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We are now 1-7 on Sundays this season
Current Sunday losing streak is four games in a row.
Cry havoc and unleash the Esskay hot dogs of war! - The Wayward Oriole, Opening Day 2008
by Eat More Esskay on May 31, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is because we always play our backups. We pretty much give Sunday games away.
by smith1468 on May 31, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
excellent point
dave-o is very into getaway days
by pipkin on May 31, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two people
voted no one? What on earth are they thinking?
Berken was about as Birdland as it gets today… especially considering the fact that no one else on the team was doing too much…
by LenaO on May 31, 2009 5:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It's up to 8
"I’m going to go out and buy pizzas for everybody, and we’re going to have a pajama party out there waiting for Wieters..." - Dave Trembley
by duck on May 31, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
agreed.
Berken was Birdland. I don’t know that he can keep this up but today was definitely Birdland. Birdland is not just about winning. It can’t be.
"Might as well just win this game." - Adam Jones, 4/17/2008
Adam Jones is the tits.
by KenDixonFanClub on May 31, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I didn't give a second thought to Edwin Jackson either
but he had a 3.40 FIP this morning, which is top 20 in MLB, ahead of Sabathia, Zambrano, and some guy named Bedard. That’s going to go down. I guess the Tigers have some pretty good pitching.
Berken had a better day than Greinke: 7.0IP 3ER 7K 0BB.
Matt Wieters broke a bat last night. Nobody knows what happened to the ball.
by CoachOfEarl on May 31, 2009 5:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jackson has the 2nd lowest ERA for a starter in the AL
He’s no Adam Eaton.
"I’m going to go out and buy pizzas for everybody, and we’re going to have a pajama party out there waiting for Wieters..." - Dave Trembley
by duck on May 31, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's no D-train either
Matt Wieters broke a bat last night. Nobody knows what happened to the ball.
by CoachOfEarl on May 31, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great day for Berken...
…and I can’t believe Luuuke Scott didn’t have 2 or 3 HRs (what a slacker)
Just no offense today…props to Mr. Jackson.
by Tetris on May 31, 2009 8:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Disappointing game, great week
I brought my five year-old daughter to the game — her first at Camden Yards and second ever anywhere, and only my second in Baltimore in the last couple of years. The atmosphere was great, and it was a fantastic day for baseball. We saw Boog and Buck Martinez at Boog’s, bought (yes) a pink hat for my daughter (she also has a pink Nats hat; she says she’s going to collect one for each team), and walked around a bunch. The team store seemed to be completely out of XL Wieters t-shirts (though I didn’t scrounge as much as I might have if I didn’t have an impatient kid with me).
A pitchers’ duel is not really an ideal game for a five year-old whose favorite thing about baseball is any time everyone gets up and cheers all at once. So the highlight for her today was the seventh-inning stretch. We left in the 8th, after her growing tiredness became apparent, and listened to the final outs on the radio. I’m taking consolation in the facts that Curtis Granderson is on my fantasy team, that Berken held his own, that Baltimore/DC traffic was uncharacteristically bearable, and that the rest of the week was so damn great.
by Joltin Joe Orsulak on May 31, 2009 8:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
when I stay up that late to see the O’s and they lose I get very cranky
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Me too. meeeee too
Jioe Flaacco, Hon!!! "He’s like a live JUGS machine."
by dayzd toe on May 31, 2009 9:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What do you expect?
Coming into today O’s are 11-44 on Sundays, 0-4 in game four of a four game series, and I don’t know the exact numbers but I’m pretty sure they are horrible in day games too. Might well make some loot of this fact until they can finally break one of these trends.
by wishEYEhadCRABS on May 31, 2009 9:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm watching the Dodgers-Cubs game on ESPN
Which, why? I don’t know since listening to Steve Phillips and Joe Morgan is pretty much the definition of torture, but Jon Miller just said that there were over 108,000 fans in Baltimore this weekend and talked a bit about Matt Wieters. Then Steve Phillips chimes in to say that people are comparing him to Johnny Bench (which, I haven’t heard that comparison by anyone legitimate). I think he was just baiting Joe Morgan who flipped out and said how you could tell how great Johnny Bench is just by looking at him standing in his catchers gear.
I’m smart, not a dummy. ~Adam Jones
by Stacey on May 31, 2009 9:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Anyone who can piss off Joe Morgan
can’t be all bad. We have now found Steve Phillips’ one redeeming characteristic.
"I’m going to go out and buy pizzas for everybody, and we’re going to have a pajama party out there waiting for Wieters..." - Dave Trembley
by duck on May 31, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well
we better take it to the Mariners, my reputation is on the line here.
by WestcoastO'sFan on May 31, 2009 9:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I feel like those voting for "No one"
Just don’t understand how pitching works.
by Johnny_S on May 31, 2009 10:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
With each quality start
by the youngsters, the decision of who goes back down when Koji! returns is getting more and more difficult. Unless we do something surprising, it has to be out of Berken and Hernandez.
I am of the opinion that if Hernandez has another quality outing, we keep him up due to his greater potential. This sucks considering that Berken has been so darn effective, but I still feel that he is the odd man out barring sucktitude from David.
P.S.-All this talk about moving Koji to the bullpen seems slightly premature. Before his injury, he was easily the most consistent starter (even with the obvious fatigue issues). I am not objected to doing this sometime later in the year or at the beginning of next year when the influx of young pitching is just too great.
by sickuvitall on Jun 1, 2009 10:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I just can't see sending Berken or Hernandez down
they did what they’ve been asked to do. How do you reward them with a demotion? They will be here 3,4,5 years from now, when Koji! is a distant memory. Koji has been a reliever for the past 2 years. It’s not like he’s not used to the job…
"I’m going to go out and buy pizzas for everybody, and we’re going to have a pajama party out there waiting for Wieters..." - Dave Trembley
by duck on Jun 1, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it’s pretty obvious
Jioe Flaacco, Hon!!! "He’s like a live JUGS machine."
by dayzd toe on Jun 1, 2009 12:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
C'rect. This was clearly a great start by JB, whose strong signal of HoF potential has even reached Mumblef*ck, PA.
Now if the frickin’ radio would just catch some equally strong signals…
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
by Titov on Jun 1, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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