This Orioles Blog has to give the Baltimore Orioles a little bit of credit as they did battle back in Wednesday nights game against the Boston Red Sox as they scored two runs in the ninth inning.  To bad for the O’s however, they still lose the game by the score of 6-3.

Garrett Olson was the losing pitcher in the game as he threw 5 1/3 innings and allowe seven hits and six runs.  Olson was taken deep for home runs twice in the game.  The big hit that Olson gave up was a three run home run in the first inning to Jason Varitek.

Lance Cormier and Dennis Sarfate threw 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief after Olson was taken out of the game.

Luke Scott had a solo home run for the O’s in the fifth inning and then it wasn’t until the ninth inning when they scored again.  In the ninth inning, Kevin Millar doubled to score Aubrey Huff and then Millar scored on a error by Red Sox second basemen Dustin Pedroia.

The Orioles still have a shot at winning the series.  They will just have to beat the Red Sox on Thursday and take the rubber match of the series.

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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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Steve Trachsel and the Baltimore Orioles pitching staff all had a terrible game against the Toronto Blue Jays as the Orioles lost 11-3 on Tuesday night.  Orioles pitchers gave up 16 hits and 11 earned runs in the game that the Orioles really had no shot at winning.

Trachsel only pitched 2.1 innings and gave up five hits and five earned runs.  He walked three batters and also gave up one home run.  Greg Aquino pitched the next three innings and didn’t fare to much better as he gave up four earned runs on five hits.  Randor Bierd pitched two scoreless innings before Dennis Sarfate pitched the final inning and gave up two more earned runs on four hits.

Melvin Mora, Nick Markakis, and Adam Jones all had one RBI each for the Orioles.  The Orioles offense really had no chance at scoring enough runs to keep up with the Blue Jays in this game.  I put all the blame right on the pitching staff and I think Orioles fans would agree.

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The Baltimore Orioles swept the Seattle Mariners in a four game series for the first time since 1999 on Monday with a 5-4 victory.

In the 8th inning, Aubrey Huff hit the go ahead homerun and then George Sherrill finished the game up by picking up his fourth save of the season.  Dennis Sarfate was the winning pitcher for the Orioles.

Melvin Mora also hit a homerun while Brian Roberts collected three hits for the red hot Orioles.  The Orioles are now 5-1 on the season and will look to extend their record to 6-1 when they take on the Texas Rangers.

It has been pretty quite lately for the Baltimore Orioles but on Wednesday they have announced they have signed five players to one year contracts.  RHP Dennis Sarfate, INF-OF Freddie Bynum, RHP Jim Johnson, RHP Bob McCrory, INF Scott Moore were all signed to one year deals while RHP Lance Cormier signed a minor league contract that invites him to spring training.

Nothing big, but a few players like Sarfate, Bynum, and Johnson could all see time with the big league club this year.

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