Joe Saunders deals his way to victory. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
Who's hot and who's not for the Baltimore Orioles:
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Zach Britton | Simply magnificent 8 innings against Chicago yielded a career-high 10 strikeouts. Scattered 7 hits, but only 1 earned run. |
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Wei-Yin Chen | Like Britton, very solid against Chicago. Had some late struggles against New York more recently, but that's not all on him. |
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Miguel Gonzalez | Seven innings, no runs allowed. Awesome. |
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Joe Saunders |
Gets a pass on the first start after taking a no-hitter into the 6th yesterday. |
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Chris Tillman | Absolutely dominated Chicago for 7 innings earlier in the week, but was lifted after 3 innings on Sunday due to elbow troubles. Will get an MRI this week. Ruh-roh. |
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Luis Ayala | Got 3 innings of work and allowed just 1 hit (plus 3 strikeouts). |
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Kevin Gregg | He wasn't good, but let's be honest....did that surprise you? |
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Tommy Hunter | DNP |
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Jim Johnson | Gave up the hit that cost Strop 2 earned runs, but got the saves anyways. |
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Steve Johnson | One scoreless inning. |
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Brian Matusz | Feels strange putting him in the "bullpen" section. In any case, homer allowed to Curtis Granderson was the only blemish on his 4 innings of relief. |
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Darren O'Day | Three innings of scoreless (and hitless) relief. |
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Zach Phillips | DNP |
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Pedro Strop | Some uncharacteristic struggles for Strop this week. |
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Randy Wolf | Joined the team and immediately jumped in as long relief for the injured Tillman. Over 3+ innings, allowed a run and got a win. |
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Robert Andino | Nothing exciting, but a fairly solid near-.300 week. Added a double, an RBI, and three walks. |
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Xavier Avery | DNP |
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Wilson Betemit | Activated from the DL and got just one AB. |
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Chris Davis | Kinda funny that the Opening Day starter on what was considered a sub-par lineup isn't even playing daily for a team pushing toward the playoffs. |
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Luis Exposito | DNP |
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Ryan Flaherty | Never got to the plate, but did get on the field. |
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Lew Ford | Hit two homers right at the beginning of the week and didn't have a hit afterwards. The homers, however, were rather big (especially the first one). Added 2 BBs. |
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J.J. Hardy | Hit just .212 for the week, although did have some extra base hits. Error with the bases loaded contributed to the O's losing a winnable game against New York. |
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Adam Jones | Not one of his better weeks at the plate, but congrats on 100 homers! |
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Manny Machado | Has cooled off after the big start, but still showing he can produce some hits at the bottom of the lineup. |
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Nick Markakis | Hasn't hit a homer recently, but had another impressive week at the top of the Oriole lineup. Got his average over .300 with an 11-29 week, including 3 doubles, 7 RBI, and 5 walks. |
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Nate McLouth | Pretty decent week at the plate. |
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Omar Quintanilla | Has seemingly faded into anonymity. |
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Mark Reynolds | Boom. |
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Taylor Teagarden | Had his best game as an Oriole this week. Guy hardly hits, but when he does, they go for extra bases. |
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Steve Tolleson | DNP |
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Matt Wieters | Kind of up and down, but he hit in every game he played in last week (plus a homer). |
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