Rays 3, Orioles 0: Snoozer

by Stacey on Sep 17, 2009 10:34 PM EDT in Post-Game Comment 17 comments

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mark Hendrickson throws to a Tampa Bay Rays batter in the first inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)

2 months ago: Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mark Hendrickson throws to a Tampa Bay Rays batter in the first inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)

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This would have been a good game to watch if I was a Rays fan. Young prospect bounces back from a bad second start to throw a complete game, 10 K shutout. Pretty good. I'm not a Rays fan, though, so this game was pretty sucky.

With Brian Matusz being shut down, the Orioles turned to their bullpen in the hopes that they could put together 9 innings of not-sucky pitching. And guess what? They did! Mark Hendrickson allowed two runs in 3.1 innings, followed by Dennis Sarfate, Cla Meredith, Brian Bass, Chris Ray, and Alberto Castillo. Chris Ray (who else) gave up one run, but the rest held the Rays down.

Unfortunately their efforts would not be rewarded. The Orioles loaded the bases with no outs in the first inning against Wade Davis but couldn't score a run. Nick Markakis, Melvin Mora, and Luke Scott left the runners stranded and that was as close as the Orioles would get for the rest of the night. Davis dominated the Orioles for the rest of the night, allowing just three more hits.

Losing sucks, but you know what? In their last four series against the Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Tampa Bay Rays, this team has gone 6-6. Would any of you have guessed that would happen? I know I wouldn't. Hooray not playing losing baseball over the last 12 games!

Tomorrow the Red Sox and their fans invade Baltimore one last time. I'll thankfully be out of town. The good news is that the Orioles have a history this year of winning games when I'm out of town. Maybe that streak will continue!

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well i guess i had assumed a hendo start would be worse

by twistedlogic on Sep 17, 2009 10:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nah... but

anymore than his relieveresque 3 innings would have been.

By the way, now that my conversion is over, I’ve been able to keep up the MBP page a little more.

Brian Bob went on a little tear there, but now we’re back to the rookies…. and JESUS.

Jioe Flaacco, Hon!!! "He’s like a live JUGS machine."

by dayzd toe on Sep 17, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

conversion??

by O'sFan21 on Sep 17, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, dayzd finally went metric. Had to happen. He'd been saying stuff like "Baseball is a game of centimeters!" for weeks...

so this was merely a formality. Plus, the conversion doesn’t require circumscision, and he already had the green Hamas hat with the Arabic W anyway. Easy decision.

"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 Sep 18, 2009 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Touche...

Nice. LOL. But really, a core banking conversion… I work at a bank.

Jioe Flaacco, Hon!!! "He’s like a live JUGS machine."

by dayzd toe on Sep 18, 2009 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol ok

I was envisioning George’s attempted conversion to Latvian Orthodox for the hats…

by O'sFan21 on Sep 18, 2009 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hahah yea

i assumed this was religious as well.

but the bank thing is cool too…..

by twistedlogic on Sep 18, 2009 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I still don't understand

Why Chris Waters or whatever other career minor-leaguer we have didn’t start.

"When have you ever made that play? Only in Little League... And you probably didn't even make it then." ~ Jim Palmer, 9/14/09

by Markickass on Sep 17, 2009 10:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

do you want them to?

i was just fine with hendo when the other options were guys like waters and lambert

by twistedlogic on Sep 18, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chris Waters will eventually get a start. He’s on the 40 man roster.

"You don’t EVEN KNOW who birdman is!"

by birdman on Sep 18, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good news!

The Longoria/Roberts picture has surfaced and it will be on the Friday Bird Droppings thread. Yes!

Earl Weaver would’ve kissed Adam Dunn on the mouth in public. - SC 08/11/08

by Stacey on Sep 17, 2009 11:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What exactly happened? I missed that.

by O'sFan21 on Sep 17, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I did not go to the game.

so, and only so I could be at the teevee machine at 10PM to watch Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Best decision I ever made.

You don't EVEN KNOW who O's21girl is!

by Senatorrosewater on Sep 18, 2009 12:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

A wise move, my friend

Free ticket… wasted.

Team Relish

by kramertoneman on Sep 18, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

On the Bang-Whimper Richter Scale, this one clocked in as an 8.5 whimperer

Judas Priest guys, four hits off, um, lemme look it up here, oh yeah, Wade “Cy” Davis. Key-ripes, this box score makes it look like phoning it in required too much energy, so they just sent a text. Yeah, cheaper, too.

Welp, it’s Guts against the Sawx tonight. I hope Shaughnessy and Glenn Beck are at OPACY, sharing a box. And decide to drop by Petey’s private suite, where PC Bud will just happen to be visiting. And some crazed slingshot-bearing adolescent kicks the door down and takes out the lot of ’em.

Go O’s!

"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 Sep 18, 2009 1:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs