The Baltimore Orioles hit three home runs and scored 14 runs as they beat up on the visiting Cleveland Indians Monday night. The O’s defeated the Indians by the score of 14-3 as they scored ten runs via the home run ball.

Aubrey Huff had the huge shot when he hit a grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning that blew the game side open. Adam Jones then added a three run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning that extended the Orioles lead to nine runs and then Ramon Hernandez tacked on a two run shot to push the score to 14-3. Luke Scott was the first Orioles batter to hit a homer when he hit a solo shot in the fourth inning

Oscar Salazar had a two run single in the sixth inning as well for the Orioles offense. Great showing for the entire offense!

Garrett Olson was the winning pitcher for the Orioles as he tossed six innings. Olson allowed eight hits and three runs in the game while improving his record to 9-7. Lance Cormier tossed the seventh and eighth innings before turning things over to Jim Miller who finished off the Indians in the ninth inning.

Orioles Baseball Blog

The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 on Monday night as the two teams opened up a weekday series.  The Orioles got great production out of the offense while a decent outing on the mound from the pitchers as the improved to 48-50 on the season.

Radhames Liz tossed the first 5 2/3 innings while giving up three runs to pick up the win.  Liz is now 4-2 on the season.  The Orioles bullpen had a great outing as Dennis Sarfate recorded one out to get the O’s out of the sixth inning and then Chad Bradford, Jim Johnson, and Randor Bierd all tossed scoreless innings.

At the plate, Ramon Hernandez and Adam Jones both hit home runs.  Both of the home runs were two run shots.  Melvin Mora also finished the game with two rbi as he was right up there with Hernandez and Jones.  Brandon Fahey and Luke Scott both chipped in with one rbi as well.

Look for the Orioles to go up 2-0 in the series as they will play the Jays once again on Tuesday night.  Orioles Blog

The Baltimore Orioles suffered a 9-8 set back against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night.  It was a high scoring game and the Orioles just couldn’t keep up with the Blue Jays on the scoreboard.  The Orioles will now have to win on Thursday to avoid the three game sweep.

Garrett Olson tossed 3 2/3 innings and was pulled after giving up seven hits and seven runs.  Olson also waked four batters as he didn’t have any control of the ball and was hit hard when he wasn’t busy walking other batters.  Lance Cormier pitched the next two innings of the game and gave up three hits and two more runs.  Fernando Cabrera and Greg Aquino were finally able to get things settled down as the finished up the game on the mound for the O’s.

The Orioles scored first in the fourth inning when Kevin Millar had a rbi single.  In the sixth inning they pushed across six more runs as Adam Jones clubbed a three run home run and two rbi singles by Melvin Mora and Ramon Hernandez.  Nick Markakis hit a solo home run in the ninth inning to draw the O’s within one but that was as close as they would get.  The O’s put a lot of runs on the board but the pitching staff was terrible on the night.

So will the O’s come back and win on Thursday to avoid the three game sweep?  Orioles Blog

The Baltimore Orioles lost a tough game on Tuesday night as the Toronto Blue Jays scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the Orioles 7-6.  Any time your team loses in the final inning you are just stuck with that weird feeling in your stomach.  How many Orioles fans are feeling that right now?

Jim Johnson gave up the winning run in the ninth inning as he took the loss to fall to 2-3 on the season.  Johnson gave up a fielders choice to Scott Rolen in the final inning where Alex Rios scored when Freddie Bynum had an error.

Starting pitcher Daniel Cabrera lasted 6 1/3 innings while he gave up six hits and four runs.  Cabrera didn’t have his best stuff in the game that is for sure.  Dennis Sarfate also gave up two runs in relief of Cabrera.

Nick Markakis and Aubrey Huff led the Orioles at the plate with two rbi each.  Huff hit is 18th home run of the season in the game as well.  Adam Jones had one rbi as he contributed at the bottom of the order.

Orioles Blog

The Baltimore Orioles were able to snap their short two game losing streak on Tuesday night with a 7-5 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals.  A four run third inning broke the game open for the Orioles as they went on to score seven runs in the game.

Radhames Liz pitched six innings and gave up seven hits and three runs.  Liz was taken deep twice in the game but other then that he pitched a pretty good game in my opinion.  Liz improved to 3-0 on the season as he picked up the win for the Orioles.  Adam Loewen tossed two innings of relief when Liz left the game and he did a pretty good job as well.  Loewen only gave up two hits and a walk in his two innings of action.  Dennis Sarfate started the ninth inning but after letting two runners on base, the Orioles brought in George Sherrill got the second out of the inning and then gave up a single and two runs to scored.  Sherrill was then able to strike out Alex Gordon to end the game.

Ramon Hernandez and Adam Jones both had two rbi each in the third inning to lead the Orioles at the plate with two rbi in the game.  Brian Roberts hit a solo home run in the seventh inning as he finished with one rbi.  Aubrey Huff finished the game with one rbi as well.  Huff singled in the first inning to score Roberts.

Good win for the Orioles as they bounced back after losing on Monday night to the Royals.

Orioles Blog

The Baltimore Orioles went in to Chicago and did what most people didn’t think could happen.  They took two out of three games against the Chicago Cubs and won the series.  The 11-4 victory by the Orioles was a great game as they pretty much dominated the Cubs all game long and got great pitching and timely hitting.

The Orioles scored 11 runs in the game but they did not hit one home run in the game.  Jay Payton went 2-5 but had three rbi in the game as he led the O’s at the plate.  Payton had a huge series against the Cubs and really racked up the rbi.  Nick Markakis, Aubrey Huff, and Guillermo Quiroz all finished the game with two rbi each.  Kevin Millar and Adam Jones didn’t want to be left out as they contributed with an rbi each as well.

Radhames Liz pitched five innings to improve his record to 2-0 on the season.  Liz kept he Cubs batters off balanced even though his curve ball wasn’t very affected.  Liz gave up four hits and two runs in the game.  Brian Burres pitched one inning and gave up three hits and one run.  Chad Bradford pitched the eighth inning an also let one run score.  Jim Johnson pitched the ninth inning and did not have any problems as he shut the Cubs down 1-2-3.

Two out of three against the Cubs is a big accomplishment for the Orioles.  Now they hope to carry that over as they play the Nationals on Friday.

We are currently looking for an Orioles fan that would like to blog here at orioleshomeplate.com  We are mostly looking for somone to cover game recaps during the week.  If you have any interest please use the contact us link on the page or leave a comment here and we will get back to you.

Nick Markakis and Adam Jones both hit home runs on Thursday as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins 3-2.  Markakis hit a two run homer in the third inning while Jones went deep for a solo home run in the seventh inning to give the O’s the lead and win.

Besides Markakis and Jones, the Orioles didn’t have a whole lot of success at the plate.  Brian Roberts, Kevin Millar, and Freddie Bynum were the only other players to record a hit in the game.

Garrett Olson pitched 6 1/3 innings and gave up eight hits and two runs to get the victory.  He is now 5-1 on the season.  Matt Albers and Jim Johnson got the O’s into the ninth inning where George Sherrill picked up his 20th save of the season.

Orioles Blog

The Baltimore Orioles started off their three game series with the Minnesota Twins on the right foot with a 5-3 victory on Tuesday night.  The win puts the Orioles just one win away from the .500 mark as they sit at 28-29 on the season.

Kevin Millar and Melvin Mora both hit home runs for the Orioles.  Millar had a solo shot in the second inning while Moro added a solo shot in the sixth inning.  Adam Jones was the leading rbi guy on the night however as he finished with two rbi.  Brian Roberts also had a rbi triple in the fifth inning for the Orioles.

Radhames Liz got his first win of the season in the game as he tossed 5 1/3 innings and gave up four hits and two runs in the game.  Matt Albers then came into the game and pitched 1 2/3 innings and gave up one run.  That was all the runs the Twins would get however as Jim Johnson and George Sherrill pitched the final two innings of scoreless baseball.  Sherrill earned his 19th save of the season in the game.

Orioles Blog

In a game that went back and forth between the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox, it was the Orioles who came back in the eighth inning with four runs and beat the Red Sox 6-3.  A sacrafice fly Kevin Millar and then a bases loaded double by Adam Jones blew the game open.

Jones finished the game with three rbi while Millar had two rbi.  Aubrey Huff also had a rbi double in the fourth inning for the Orioles.

Jim Johnson got the win and is now 1-2 on the season.  Johnson pitched the eighth inning to notch the victory.  George Sherrill pitched a scoreless ninth inning to pick up his 18th save of the season.  Sherrill did have some control problems however as he walked two batters.

Jeremy Guthrie got a no decision in the game after throwing 6 1/3 innings and giving up eight hits and two runs.

Good win for the O’s, and hopefully they can keep things going against the Red Sox!  Orioles Blog

Jim Johnson gave up two hits and the game winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 on Thursday night.  Johnson gave up the game winning hit to Robinson Cano who scored Hideki Matsui who singled to lead off the inning.

Johnson is now 0-2 on the season with a 1.44 era.  Just a bad outing by Johnson.  Starting pitcher Brian Burres pitched 7 2/3 innings in the game got the no decision.  Burres gave up  six hits and only one run in the game.  He deserved a much better outcome had the Orioles actually put some runs on the scoreboard.

The only Orioles run came in the third inning when Freddie Bynum tripled and Adam Jones scored.  Besides that triple, the Orioles only had four other hits in the game as they struggled against the Yankees pitchers.

Orioles Blog