Looking around the Minor Leagues
Some news and notes around the O's Minor Leagues.
With all the players that have made their way from Norfolk to Baltimore this year, the Tides still have a good record at 61-51 and are three games out of first place.
Brandon Snyder is hitting .424 with 13 RBI over his last 15 games. He has seven multi-hit games in that stretch. Justin Turner is batting .347 over 34 games. Jeff Fiorentino is 4th in the IL in OBP and 5th in batting and slugging. Joey Gathright is batting .389 during an...
The Orioles rallied from a mid-game 3-0 deficit and Jason Berken finally got that elusive second Major League win as the Birds beat Toronto 7-5 Friday night to start a three-game series.
Berken won his big league debut May 26th vs. Toronto but then went 0-9 over 12 starts - until tonight.
Dave Trembley talks with Gary and Buck after the O's 7-5 win
Berken, now 2-9, gave up five hits and three runs over six innings. He allowed back-to-back solo homers to Vernon Wells and Alex Rios in the...
Two starts ago Jason Berken left his start vs. Kansas City with a lead after giving up two runs over six innings, only to see his potential win go by the board when the Royals tied the game.
Tonight, when he got the lead the O's kept it and Berken got his second win of the year as the Orioles beat Toronto. Berken beat the same team May 26th in his Major League debut.
He was 0-9 over his last 12 starts until getting this win. It was his third quality start of the year as he allowed five...
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Orioles (46-63) at Toronto (51-57)
For most of this season, the Orioles have struggled when playing AL East opponents. But not vs. Toronto.
The O's have 15 division wins on the year and are 6-4 vs. Toronto. The Birds are 9-23 vs. the three other AL East teams.
Today at 1:07 p.m. in game two of this three-game series, Chris Tillman (0-0, 6.75) pitches for the Orioles vs. former University of Maryland pitcher Brett Cecil (5-1, 4.36).
Nolan Reimold and Nick Markakis knocked in...
RHP Chris Tillman (0-0, 6.75) today will make his third Major League start of this season and the first of his career vs. Toronto.
In his Major League debut, July 29 vs. KC, Tillman gave up three runs in 4 2/3. Monday at Detroit, he allowed five runs over six innings.
Through those two starts, right-handed batters are hitting .304 vs. Tillman and lefties are batting .333. The Orioles are 1-1 in the two starts.
In 18 starts earlier at Triple-A Norfolk, he went 8-6, 2.70 and allowed 2ER or...
Adam Lind's RBI double to left with one out in the last of the tenth gave Toronto a 3-2 win over the Orioles on Saturday afternoon. The series is even at a win each.
Joe Inglett led off the 10th with an infield hit, and, after a fielders choice and single by Aaron Hill, Lind hit one off the left field wall to end the game.
Chris Tillman started and produced the best of his three starts so far for the Orioles, but did not get a decision.
Mark VIviano talks with Danys Baez about the Orioles...
The Orioles fall to 4-4 in extra-inning games and are now 11-15 in one-run games and have lost six one-run decisions in a row.
Tillman time - Chris Tillman pitched 6 2/3 innings, the longest outing of his three starts to date. The only runs he allowed came on an Alex Rios two-run homer in the second.
He gave up four hits, those two runs, with three walks and four strikeouts. He threw 110 pitches, 66 for strikes. He lowered his ERA to 5.19.
Through three starts, Tillman is still without...
Jeremy Guthrie was charged with three runs and eight hits in 6 1/3 innings. He walked two, struck out six and threw 59 of his 95 pitches for strikes.
The guy who led the American League in home runs allowed kept the ball out of the seats tonight, but Evan Longoria's two-run double with two outs in the fifth gave Tampa Bay the lead.
Will Ohman replaced Guthrie with Reid Brignac on first base and one out in the seventh. Plate umpire Kerwin Danley ruled that Carl Crawford didn't check his...
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Orioles (46-64) at Toronto (52-57)
The Orioles inconsistent offense was in down mode on Saturday in a 3-2, 10-inning loss vs. Toronto. The O's left 10 men on base and went 3 for 14 with runners in scoring position.
The Orioles scored 13 runs in the first two games of their series at Detroit, then plated just five runs in the series final two games.
They scored seven in Friday's win at Toronto and just two in yesterday's loss.
Today they'll play the third and deciding game...
LHP Brian Matusz (1-0, 1.80) today makes his second Major League start of this season.
He got the win Tuesday at Detroit. In five innings, he gave up six hits and one run with three walks and five strikeouts. Matusz threw 99 pitches.
In 19 starts this year between Frederick and Bowie, the 22-year-old Matusz went 11-2, 1.91 and fanned 121 in 113 innings.
He began the year at Frederick, going 4-2, 2.16 in 11 starts.
Matusz made his first Double-A start on June 17th and pitched even better...
Giving up the longball continues to be a problem for the O's pitching staff.
The Orioles entered play today with 138 homers allowed, the most by any staff in the American League.
Brian Matusz gave up three homers today in his 2 2/3 innings outing.
O's pitchers have now allowed at least one long ball in 12 of the last 13 games, giving up 23 in that stretch.
Chris Tillman and Matusz have combined to allow eight homers in 25 innings so far.
Meanwhile, the Orioles have hit 108 homers on the...