Orioles 7, Red Sox 6: So this is what a win feels like
by Eat More Esskay on Apr 25, 2010 6:10 PM EDT
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The ingredients were there for yet another heart-breaking loss for the Baltimore Orioles. Despite leaping out to a three-run lead in the top of the 10th inning, they still had to sweat out Jim Johnson doing his best impression of gasoline thrown on a raging inferno for the bottom of the 10th inning. Recording only one out in the 10th after having pitched a scoreless 9th, JJ was replaced by Cla Meredith, who inherited two men on base and a hair-thin one-run lead. Ten pitches and two outs later, the game was over.
For a team that's found so many ways to lose over the cours e of the season, to see them finally find a way to scratch out a win was heartening. Starter David Hernandez had the wheels fall off the bus in the 6th inning, and once the bullpen came into play, Mark Hendrickson did little to help. Thanks to a Rhyne Hughes double and a Craig Tatum RBI single in the 2nd, the Orioles had a 1-0 lead that suddenly became a 4-1 deficit in the bottom of the 6th. An early-season tendency towards offensive anemia made that lead seem insurmountable... at least until the next half-inning and the Orioles' top of the order came up.
Nolan Reimold doubled and went over to third on an Adam Jones grounder (chasing Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield), scoring on a Nick Markakis double. Nicky didn't say on second base for long as Miguel Tejada launched a home run over the Green Monster, his third of the season, to tie the game at 4-4, where it remained until extra innings. These runs all scored under the watch of reliever Hideki Okajima, always a favorite punching bag for the O's.
Five straight Orioles reached base in the top of the 10th inning, with three of them scoring on RBI singles by Hughes and Matt Wieters to give a 7-4 lead which, for any other baseball team, would have probably led to a stress-free bottom of the 10th. However, with two men on and no one down, the Orioles hitters decided three runs was enough and left the game in the hands of Johnson, who gets credited with the win (1-1) despite doing everything in his power to be credited with the loss. Scott Atchison (0-1) took the loss for Boston and Cla Meredith was credited with his first major league save.
The 7-6 win allows the team to go into tomorrow's off day with at least a little pride intact. With 31 hits in the past two games, perhaps the bats are finally coming alive in time for the New York Yankees to arrive in Baltimore.
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No doubt about it
Rhyne Hughes is MBP!
It's like a whisp of cotton candy framing a paper cut ~ Bill Hicks
Great write-up off the bench.
Thanks for pinch-hitting!
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
here is an example
of MBP not being MVP. I’d put Tejada’s dinger as most valuable but Hughes is DEFINITELY most Birdland
cxcxcxcxzzzzzzzzz
exactly.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
agreed
But i voted for the claw because he was the band aid on our bullpen today. Coming in when we are about to blow it in the 10th and keeping us from blowing it, that is birdland to me.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Apr 25, 2010 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I voted for Cla also.
First career save against his former team who happens to be the PHN. Birdland.
This series is taking years off of my life.
by Knubles and Bits on Apr 25, 2010 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, well,
his last pitch seemed to have “RBI” written on it, but the superior mojo of the Wigster drew it magnetically to his glove. If that had had a hole, you wouldn’t be singing Cla’s praises today.
by fishoutawata on Apr 26, 2010 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Once something gets pulled into Wiggy's gravitational field
It has no hope.
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by Stacey on Apr 26, 2010 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I see
Got my primary forces of physics mixed up. You’re definitely right about that. Of course, increasing the mass of either body would increased the gravitational force, which is probably why they don’t let wiggy play softball.
by fishoutawata on Apr 26, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I've got highlights cooking
This is a long one too. Lots of defining moments in this one.
Check out more of my highlights at dailymotion.com/gatecitycanes
I'm the ORIGINAL Rhino, and I approve of this nickname.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
hooray!!
"nicely done."
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by danielreese05 on Apr 25, 2010 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
that rhino looks totally awesome.
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 25, 2010 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
oh he is
the leaf represents boston’s bullpen
"nicely done."
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by danielreese05 on Apr 25, 2010 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
rhyne huges will alwasy be a biscuit in my mind.
"nicely done."
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Is that team sponsered by Popeyes?
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 25, 2010 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Jesus Mary and Joseph
I had a lacrosse game in Richmond, and was able to catch the 8th and 9th in the bar afterwords, and had to head home as the game went into extra innings. I did not expect to see this when I got home. Awesome.
For someone watching on TV,
how on earth does one pronounce “Rhyne”?
by perpetualstudent on Apr 25, 2010 7:30 PM EDT reply actions
i just say ryan.
or rhino.
"nicely done."
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by danielreese05 on Apr 25, 2010 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
it's one syllable, like Ryne Sandburg
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by Stacey on Apr 25, 2010 7:39 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Is that a short or a long 'i'?
Closer to “spin” or “fly”?
/clueless
by perpetualstudent on Apr 25, 2010 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Fly
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 25, 2010 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Highlights up on fanshots now
enjoy!
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I went with Claw Megadeath
Loved Rhino and Miggy, and truth be told he wasn’t that impressive taken objectively, but as we’ve managed to grab defeat out of the jaws of victory so many times this year It’s nice to finally see us go up to the edge of the cliff and not jump over today
Megadeth - 1 'a'
It is my mission to single-handedly assure that everyone in North America will spell this band’s name right before I die.
"I strongly suggest watching the O’s play while on a powerful, legal, prescribed narcotic. All the COLORS!!!!! and that Dempsey really makes sense. " - Adam double bubble
Brinksmanship
When I saw the whole game unraveling in the 10th, I felt that a loss was inevitable. I was very pleasantly surprised that Cla kept the Sox at bay.
I don’t know how long Rhino will hit, but he gave us a real shot in the arm at a time when there were no other options at Norfolk. Both Bell and Snyder are mired in a slump. Congrats Rhino.
hopefully
cla meredith continues to grow into the role, we could use a spot closer/setup man down the road. i bet rhino sticks, it’s not like he has a huge challenge, hitting better than atkins shouldn’t be that tough.
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by danielreese05 on Apr 25, 2010 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder what happens...
if we decide to dfa Atkins and then Hughes goes into a decent slump. If Snyder starts hitting does he challenge for the position or do we go back to new Aubrey?
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
bring up snyder
might as well. when things are going this bad it doesn’t even really matter for decisions like that
"nicely done."
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by danielreese05 on Apr 25, 2010 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
BIRDLAND MOTHERFUCKERS!!!
i'm feeling pretty good
67% of our wins are against the AL East. That’s a GOOD sign.
Moscow calling: Holy crap!!! Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Color me stunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnned.
And happy. No, I couldn’t have stayed up til 2 to watch the Happy Denouement — and my liver wouldn’t have survived anyway — but yeah I sorta wish I coulda…
Time to kill Yerks. 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.
"Time to kill Yerks."
That’s a nice thought :)
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