Morris will skip start, but showing great promise
Potomac Nationals pitcher A.J. Morris has recovered from getting hit by a line drive and pitched well in late July.
Now, the talented young hurler will skip a start because of a high inning count. Morris has been placed on the seven-day disabled list. Morris was supposed to start tonight but will be replaced by Adrian Alaniz in the rotation.
In three starts since July 15, the 23-year-old right-hander has gone 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA, allowing only two earned runs over 14 innings, seven hits,...
Catcher Craig Tatum optioned to Triple-A Norfolk
The Orioles today announced that CA Matt Wieters has been reinstated from the 15-day disabled list. To make room for Wieters on the roster, CA Craig Tatum has been optioned to Triple-A Norfolk.
Wieters was placed on the disabled list on July 10 with a strained right hamstring. At the time of his injury, Wieters was batting .245 (66-269) with six home runs and 29 RBI in 77 games for the Orioles.
In 32 games for the Orioles, Tatum batted .271...
I wouldn't dare take credit for Matt Wieters' two homers last night, but I'm going to drop Buster Posey's name on him before every game.
It's too bad that Madison Bumgarner didn't have the same effect on Brad Bergesen.
The All-Star break didn't last long enough for Bergesen, who has allowed 17 earned runs and 28 hits in 16 1/3 innings since play resumed. He's lost five consecutive starts and hasn't won since May 12.
Zach Britton is scheduled to start tonight for Triple-A Norfolk....
Since their first season in 2002, the Aberdeen IronBirds have been a successful minor league franchise.
I said a successful, not winning franchise.
The IronBirds are an amazing business success. They sellout Ripken Stadium every night, have a top-notch staff and have a respected and well-known name within minor league baseball circles. They put on a great show for the fans that pour into Ripken Stadium.
But in eight seasons in the New York-Penn League, the IronBirds have had just one...
Matt Wieters came up with his first career two-homer game, but the Orioles fell behind 8-0 after five innings and lost 9-5 to Toronto tonight.
The Orioles are now 0-10 on the year vs. the Blue Jays and have been outscored 57 to 21.
Gary and Mike talk with Juan Samuel following the O's 9-5 loss to Toronto
The Orioles, who have lost nine games in a row at Rogers Centre, have now lost ten straight to Toronto for the first time since May of 2000.
Wieters, who came off the disabled list Sunday,...
Matt Wieters has homered twice tonight, and Luke Scott homered again because I'm pretty sure a law has been passed requiring it.
The Orioles have cut Toronto's lead to 8-5 in the eighth. They could have rolled over, like I did, but they're trying to fight back.
Not to pick on Jake Fox, who struck out with the bases loaded to kill that fourth-inning rally, but why is he trying to stretch a single into a double in the eighth with the Orioles down by three runs?
Fox was thrown out at...
Nate Moreau, who pitched a no-hitter for Frederick on June 30th at Salem, in his first start with the Keys, tonight struggled vs. Lynchburg at Harry Grove Stadium.
He entered this start with an ERA of 1.89 in his first three Frederick starts, but gave up seven runs and seven hits over 3 2/3 innings. He allowed five runs in the first inning and has given up four homers after not allowing one over 19 frames in those first three starts.
Tyler Townsend, who went 0 for 7 in his first two...
I checked to see if Brad Bergesen was getting as many ground ball outs this year as last year and he is. Last year he averaged 1.57 ground outs for every fly out and this year he is at 1.59, actually a little better.
But Bergesen clearly is not getting the great sink on the ball he was last June and July when he was rolling and too many of his pitches are finding the middle of the plate this year and tonight at Toronto.
It's hard to figure. Why can't Bergy recapture the sink on the ball...
The Orioles loaded the bases in the top of the fourth inning and didn't score.
The Blue Jays scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth.
Going back to the title of this entry: It...never...fails.
Jake Fox struck out to kill the Orioles' rally, flailing at another pitch out of the strike zone and leaving them behind, 1-0. Jose Bautista led off the bottom half with a double and scored on Adam Lind's one-out double. Aaron Hill launched a two-run homer to center field on Brad Bergesen's...
If you are squeamish, you may want to skip these stats.
Yes, the O's are 0-9 this season vs. Toronto, 0-6 in Baltimore and 0-3 in Toronto.
The Orioles have lost eight in a row at Rogers Centre and 17 of their last 19 there.
They have been out-scored by Toronto this year 48-16, out-homered by them 18 to 1 and Toronto has produced 45 extra-base hits in the season series this year vs. the O's 11.
The Jays slugging percentage vs. the Orioles is .547 with an OPS .887 in the nine games. The...
Bad news for MASN's Amber Theoharis. Due to the Canadian exchange rate, she's only in her first trimester.
Here's the Blue Jays lineup:
LF FRED LEWIS
SS YUNEL ESCOBAR
RF JOSE BAUTISTA
CF VERNON WELLS
DH ADAM LIND
2B AARON HILL
1B LYLE OVERABY
3B EDWIN ENCARNACION
C JOSE MOLINA
P BRANDON MORROW
Hope you enjoyed the caps. I wasn't yelling at you. That's just how I received it in an e-mail and I did a cut-and-paste.
The Blue Jays lead the season series 9-0 and have outscored the...