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

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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