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

George Sherrill gave up a game tying home run to Miguel Olivo in the ninth inning as he blew the game and then Chad Bradford gave up a rbi single to Jose Guillen in the 11th inning as the Kansas City Royals came from behind to beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5.  The Royals finished the game by scoring four unanswerd runs in the game.

Brian Burres started the game for the Orioles and pitched five innings while giving up five hits and one run.  Ryan Bukvich gave up two more runs in only one inning of action.  Dennis Sarfate also gave up one run in the game.

Ramon Hernandez had a solo home run for the Orioles at the plate in the third inning.  The Orioles four other runs all came in the fifth inning when Alex Cintron had a rbi ground rule double, Nick Markakis a rbi single, Aubrey Huff hit a rbi double, and then Kevin Millar added a rbi single that scored huff.

The offense was good enough to get the win, but the bullpen just couldn’t do their job.  Next time out, I would pretty much bet money that Sherrill will do his job and get the save.

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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.

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Kevin Millar hit a rbi single in the 10th inning as the Baltimore Orioles completed a comeback and defeated the Houston Astros 2-1.  Melvin Mora and Aubrey Huff both had singles in the 10th to get thigns going and then Millar did his job and knocked in the game winning run for the Orioles victory!

The other run for the Orioles came in the seventh inning when Luke Scott hit a game tying home run.  Before that it was 1-0 and Scott came up big for the Orioles as they won another one run game.

Jeremy Guthrie awesome as he pitched eight innings and only allowed three hits and one run. The one run was a solo home run to Lance Berkman in the top of the seventh inning. Guthrie pitched great and got the no decision in the game.  Chad Bradford pitched the ninth and tenth innings to pick up the win.  Bradford is now 3-2 on the season after picking up the victory.

The Orioles will now go for the three game sweep on Thursday.  I like their chances as they are playing with a lot of confidence right now.

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The Baltimore Orioles were going for the series win against the Boston Red Sox on Thurdsday night but they ran into a strong hitting Red Sox team as they lost 9-2.  The Red Sox hit three home runs including a grandslam as they beat the Orioles and were able to win two out of three games in the series.

Jeremy Guthrie threw the ball pretty bad as he pitched 4 2/3 innings to take the loss and drop his record to 3-7.  Guthrie allowed seven hits and five runs including the grand slam in the game.  Pretty much made the one mistake to Mike Lowell who hit the grand slam in the second inning.

The Orioles bullpen really wasn’t much better however as they gave up four more runs in the game.  After Guthrie was taken out of the game, Chad Bradford pitched a scored 1 1/3 inning and then Dennis Sarfate and Jamie Walker both gave up two runs each.

Both of the Orioles runs came in the sixth inning.  Salazar had a rbi double to score a run and then Aubrey Huff had a ground rule double that score another run in the inning.  There wasn’t a whole lot of production in the game for the O’s as the struckout six times and left 10 runners on base.  They really just seemed to have problems with Red Sox starter Jon Lester.

The Orioles will now take on the Pittsburgh Pirates in Baltimore over the weekend.  If you have time we really urge you to get out there and see a game in person and root the Orioles on!

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The Baltimore Orioles could not keep up with the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night as the Orioles lost to the Twins by the score of 7-5.  Two Orioles out hit the Twins 10-9 but that ont hit didn’t amount to anything.

Brian Roberts had a rbi single and a rbi double to lead the Orioles with two rbi on the night.  Nick Markakis, Melvin Mora, and Kevin Millar all had one rbi.  Mora’s and Millar’s rbi’s both came via the home run ball as they both hit solo shots.

Daniel Cabrera fell to 5-2 on the season as he took the loss Wednesday night.  Cabrera pitched six innings and gave up eight hits and six runs in the game.  Cabrera just didn’t have his pitches working for him and he got hit pretty hard.

Jamie Walker gave up a run in the seventh inning as he pitched in relief.  Dennis Sarfate and Chad Bradford both pitched without allowing a run.

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The Baltimore Orioles lost to the Oakland Athletics on a walk off home run in the tenth inning on Wednesday afternoon.  Mark Ellis took Lance Cormier deep for the game winning home run off of the left field foul pole.  Cormier is now 0-1 on the season.

It was really too bad the Orioles lost the game after they came back to make it a game in the eighth inning as they scored three runs.  Brian Roberts came off the bench to provide two RBI, Melvin Mora, Kevin Millar, and Ramon Hernandez all had one RBI in the game as well.

Starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie got roughed up as he allowed five hits and four runs in only 5 2/3 innings.  Chad Bradford also gave up a run in the eighth inning that tied the game up.

The Orioles continue to be in games but are not doing the little things and that is what is causing them to lose these close games.  Not turning double plays and getting picked off bases are stupid mistakes that shouldn’t be happening.   We will see if the Orioles can turn it around as they head to Kansas City for their next series.

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The Baltimore Orioles rallied after being down five runs to the Seattle Mariners and pulled out a 8-7 victory.  The Orioles were quickly down five runs after only three innings of play, but that is when they turned things on at the plate and started to score some runs.

Jay Payton got things started in the fourth inning when he hit a solo home run to put the Orioles on the scoreboard.  In the fifth inning, Kevin Millar grounded into a double play, but did score one run.  The sixth inning, Adam Jones had a infield single that plated Payton.  It was the the seventh inning when the Orioles really did some damage as they scored four runs to take the lead.  That quickly went goodbye however as the Mariners came back and scored two runs in the bottom of the inning.  Good thing for Brian Roberts as he hit a solo home run in the eighth inning to give the Orioles a one run lead.

Chad Bradford pitched 1.1 innings of relief to pick up the win.  Bradford is now 2-1 on the season.  Starting pitcher Adam Loewen only lasted 2.2 innings as he gave up five runs on four hits.  Matt Albers and Jamie Walker both gave up a run out of the bullpen.

The hitters picked up the pitching staff on Thursday night, hopefully they won’t have to do that again on Friday when the Oriole start a series with the Chicago White Sox.

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Even without the presence of the Yankees star third baseman Alex Rodriguez for the late part of the game, the Orioles were unable to pull in a win at home on Sunday against the Yankees.  Unable to get a run on the board until late in the game in the 8th inning, Baltimore struggled all night against the pitching of Andy Pettitte and the Yankees bullpen.

Baltimore opened up the night with Steve Trachsel on the mound and kept him there for six and a third innings before giving up the spot to Chad Bradford who immediately gave up a 2 run home run to the Yankees.  Trachsel took the loss for the Orioles and is now 1-3 on the season.  George Sherrill also gave up three earned runs out of the bullpen for the Orioles.

Baltimore didn’t have much hitting happening for them all night with only Brian Roberts picking up an RBI and with Kevin Millar and Guillermo Quiroz each getting a double. 

With the Orioles leaving for a 3 game match up against the Mariners in Seattle, will they be able to rest up on their day off to get a win on Tuesday?

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The Baltimore Orioles lost the Chicago White Sox by the score of 3-1 on Wednesday night.  It was a close game but the White Sox came out on top after  Jim Thome three-run home run in the first inning.

Adam Loewen pitched a pretty good ballgame besides giving up the three-run home run in the first inning to Thome.  Loewen ended up pitching six innings as he gave up six hits and the three earned runs.

Jim Johnson and Chad Bradford pitched the final three innings of the game and did not allow any runs to cross the plate so they did a good job.

The only run that the Orioles got was in the fourth inning when Aubrey Huff had an infield single that scored Nick Markakis.

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