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.

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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.

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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.

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The Baltimore Orioles picked up a nice win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night by the score of 5-4.  The Orioles got a three run home run in the third inning from Luke Scott off of Red Sox starter Josh Beckett that proved to be enough for the Orioles.

Scott led the Orioles with three rbi all coming on the home run which was his second of the season.  Kevin Millar and Jay Payton both had one rbi in the game as well.

Jeremy Guthrie pitched six innings to pick up the win for the Orioles.  Guthrie is now 2-3 on the season.  He gave up eight hits and three runs in the game.  Only two of the runs were earned.  Jim Johnson also gave up a run in 1 1/3 innings of action.  George Sherrill pitched 1 2/3 innings to pick up his 14th save of the season.

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The Baltimore Orioles had tied the game in the ninth inning to send the game into extra innings, but then quickly lost in the tenth inning as the A’s beat the Orioles 2-1.  The Orioles are now 16-16 on the season.

Jim Johnson took the loss for the Orioles as he he gave up two hits and a walk in the tenth inning.  Emil Brown singled in Daric Barton from second base for the winning run for the A’s.  Johnson is now 0-1 on the season.

Garrett Olson had started the game and pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up four hits and only one run.  Olson struck out seven batters as well.  He pitched well enough to get a win, there was just no run support by the Orioles bats.

Ramon Hernandez had the lone RBI for the Orioles when he grounded out to shortstop in the ninth inning.  Melvin Mora scored on the groundout.

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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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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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