Week 12 Birds Up, O's Down (June 18 - 24)

Jason Hammel's week included a career-high 10 strikeouts. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

Who's hot and who's not for the Baltimore Orioles:

Rotation
	Jake Arrieta	Popped for 4 runs against the Mets (which actually lowered his ERA), but rebounded with a very solid outing against the Nationals. In two starts vs. Washington this season, Arrieta has allowed 11 hits and 2 runs, while striking out 14.
	Wei-Yin Chen	Was not particularly sharp in Saturday's start vs. Washington. Of course, he was hurt a bit by the defensive combo of Betemit and Reynolds, but still allowed 6 hits and walked two over 5 innings.
	Jason Hammel	Dazzling start against Washington (5 hits and 1 unearned run) produced a career-high of 10 strikeouts.
	Tommy Hunter	Wouldn't be a Tommy Hunter start without a home run. Although he might get more starts since the O's recently released Jamie Moyer.
	Brian Matusz	Continues to struggle with consistency, efficiency.

Bullpen
	Luis Ayala	Threw a couple of innings.
	Dana Eveland	Pitched fine in an inning+, but will be placed on paternity leave.
	Kevin Gregg	Still on the roster.
	Jim Johnson	Three scoreless innings produced two saves.
	Darren O'Day	Just 1 IP this week.
	Troy Patton	Another solid week has his ERA down to 3.18
	Pedro Strop	Continuing to excel in the setup role.
Lineup
	Robert Andino	Saw extremely limited playing time this week.
	Wilson Betemit	Another solid week, hitting-wise (.462 with a homer). Just keep him away from lefties....and the playing field.
	Chris Davis	Showing some versatility (well, forced versatility), but stuck in an 0 for 17 slump.
	Ryan Flaherty	Nothing new.
	J.J. Hardy	Just 3 for 24 at the plate and did not take a walk.
	Nick Johnson	Two for seven with two walks, but actually got a little playing time!
	Adam Jones	At 4 for 23, this was one of Adam's worst weeks at the plate. Line drive off of the foul pole on Saturday night was pretty cool though.
	Ronny Paulino	Played in only two games.
	Steve Pearce	Rather ugly 1 for 14 week, including a bases-loaded popup.
	Mark Reynolds	Kinda bad all around this week.
	Brian Roberts	Went 4 for 22, but walked 3 times and seems to be back working the counts again.
	Steve Tolleson	Saw limited action.
	Matt Wieters	Don't run on Matt Wieters.

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