Tigers 4, Orioles 2: No chance
by Stacey on Jul 7, 2010 10:33 PM EDT
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PrintI predicted that Max Scherzer would strike out over ten tonight, and he only struck out six. So...victory? Scherzer was perfect through the first three innings, striking out five of the first nine batters. The Orioles managed one base runner in the fourth (an infield hit by Nick Markakis), one base runner in the fifth (a Felix Pie triple), and two base runners in the sixth (Cesar Izturis single, Markakis walk), but couldn't get on the board.
Scherzer entered the 7th inning with just 81 pitches and touched 98 mph in the inning, so he probably wasn't tired, but he did finally have trouble. Adam Jones doubled down the left field line to lead off (he tripped between first and second, but LF Brennan Boesch did him a favor by dropping the ball and allowing him to get to second) and Matt Wieters singled up the middle to knock in Jones and finally put the O's on the board. Just when it looked like something might happen, Felix Pie grounded into a double play. Oh, man. The double play hurt even more when Josh Bell singled and Izzy walked. B2B grounded out to end the inning and despite three hits and a walk, the O's scored only once.
Adam Jones and Matt Wieters struck again in the 9th as Jones tripled into the right field corner and Wieters brought him home with a sacrifice fly. But it was too little too late.
Brad Bergesen didn't have a great start, but he kept his team in the game for the duration. It wasn't pretty as he gave up four runs on ten hits and three walks in his six innings (including a home run to rookie Danny Worth, the first of his big league career). He had only one 1-2-3 inning and left the game down 4-1. Not great, not terrible. He's a fifth starter. His ground ball was working, at least, as he had eleven ground ball outs to just three fly ball outs. Matt Albers pitched the final two innings and was uncharacteristically good, allowing just a walk.
The O's head to Texas for four games to close out the first half before sending Ty Wigginton off to the All-Star game on Tuesday. Don't mess with Texas!
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SHJ gets my vote.
Knocking in both runs is as Birdland as you can get in this suckfest.
Insert something witty here.
by Knubles and Bits on Jul 7, 2010 10:38 PM EDT reply actions
i voted for no one
but i’d agree. dunno what this business of voting for jones is. nice day at the plate, but some shitty ass defense kinda negated that.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 8, 2010 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Vote for Wieters
No one would also be acceptable. But, yeah… Jones’s defense eliminates him from consideration. What the hell is up with that?
by Joltin Joe Orsulak on Jul 8, 2010 8:29 AM EDT up reply actions
i.e., put me on the record as a vote for Wieters
… I didn’t mean to sound like I was telling others how to vote.
by Joltin Joe Orsulak on Jul 8, 2010 8:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I didn't see the ball he misplayed
But was told he wouldn’t have gotten to it anyway. As for the falling down, well, falling down makes me laugh.
Oh and now we’re warming up Uehara. He’ll die. He will actually DIE if he pitches in this heat. -KenDixonFanClub
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Fire Julio Lugo.
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Let me rephrase
Falling down that doesn’t ultimately allow two runs to score by the other team.
Oh and now we’re warming up Uehara. He’ll die. He will actually DIE if he pitches in this heat. -KenDixonFanClub
See, you don't HAVE to leave eleventy-three men on base to lose...
But it never hurts!
Great, we’re under the .300 limbo bar again, leading the league in sucktitude. What are we gonna do for actual sports after Sunday — watch the Tour de Grenouilles?
And speaking of soccer, the following is a Public Service Announcement for those who followed my perfectly sensible advice and bet on Germany: SUCKERS!!!
No, seriously: you may have sropped a few bucks (euros, pounds) — so what, I HAVE NO FARM!!! My only hope is to win it back on the final. But who’s gonna bet against Spain? It’ll have to be some over/under thing…
Meanwhile, it’s Guts tonight at the launching pad. Uh-oh. Anyway, 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.
jones fell down on the basepaths jack cust style and let a ball go over his head in bottom of fifth AND almost fell down on that one too. that ain’t birdland.
maybe he has an inner ear infection. its screwing with his balance. he should get that checked out. or use a q-tip more frequently.
"This is the Nineties, Bubba, and there is no such thing as Paranoia. It's all true."~Hunter S. Thompson
by PBR me ASAP! on Jul 8, 2010 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
He's a down to earth player
Has there ever been a cooler Oriole than Eddie Murray? I mean, just straight up cool. Like a bad, suave dude. You know what I'm sayin'. COOL. SC 7/24/08
by 33 on Jul 8, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
but he still rakes in 52 percent of the vote
who votes for these people anyways? must be outsiders trying to skew the voting.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 8, 2010 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Again, i'm missing the reason for the AJ hate
I get that he was miserable for the first two months and his defense isn’t quite so great. I haven’t been able to watch lately, but it seems like he’s really made an effort to improve his approach at the plate and his defense could use some work but if he’s playing deeper than he’s used to then it may take a year or so to adjust.
Still, 2-4 with two XBH, scoring our only two runs, and no major mistakes in the field from what i’ve heard shouldnt qualify him for LBP
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Jul 8, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
LBP is just one game dude. I'm still an Adam Jones fan.
jones fell down on the basepaths jack cust style and let a ball go over his head in bottom of fifth AND almost fell down on that one too. that ain’t birdland.
If that isn’t LBP, then I don’t know what is.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.
ok makes more sense
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Jul 8, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
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