Trembley and Hernandez post-game quotes
On a night his team lost 11-5, Dave Trembley saw some pitching he liked and some he didn't.
"We were encouraged the way Hernandez threw. That was his best outing in a while. Albers had good numbers coming in, 1 for 7, vs. Pedroia. Youkilis, we were looking for a groundball there and didn't get it. Castillo has pitched well for us, much improved from the past, but he just didn't get outs. We had a potential double-play with McCrory on the mound, didn't get it and that opened the...
Late offense - Hard to remember that Saturday's game was actually tied 3-3 after six innings. The Red Sox scored the next eight runs to open an 11-3 lead before the Birds got some back in the last of the 9th.
Boston tonight through six frames: three runs, seven hits.
Boston offense, innings 7 - 9: eight runs on ten hits.
When the Red Sox rallied for three runs in the 7th and five in the 8th, Jon Lester moved into position to beat the Orioles once again.
The lefty pitched six innings...
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Boston (88-59) at Orioles (60-88)
The Boston Red Sox, who have three series sweeps already this year vs. the Orioles, can add a fourth today when the clubs meet for the final time in 2009.
Jason Berken (5-11, 6.08) pitches for the O's vs. Daisuke Matsuzaka (2-5, 7.02) at 1:35 p.m.
It's the final game of a seven-game homestand where the O's are 2-4. After today the O's have three home games left, three with Toronto to end the regular season.
Boston sweeps vs. the O's,...
RHP Jason Berken (5-11, 6.08) today makes his 22nd start of this season, his 13th at home and his 4th of the year vs. Boston.
Despite allowing five runs over 6 1/3 innings on Tuesday, Berken got the win vs. Tampa. He gave up four runs in the first, then settled down after that.
Over his last five starts, Berken is 3-0, 4.23.
Before this stretch, the 25-year-old righty had a record of 2-11, 6.72.
Berken has struggled often in the first inning, giving up 25 of his 71 runs and a batting...
Luke Scott's two-run homer in the 4th inning today is his 24th this year, that's a new career high surpassing last season's total of 23 longballs.
Last year he hit 23 in 475 at bats. Today, he got number 24 in his 408th at bat of the year.
Last year, he hit just 5 of 23 homers off a lefty. This year he has hit 9 of 24 off lefties.
Scott has hit 18 homers this year at home to six on the road. This was his third homer on the season vs. Red Sox pitching.
While 24 is Scott's Major League...
The Red Sox scored six runs over the first three innings today on their way to a 9-3 win over the Orioles at Camden Yards to complete a three-game sweep.
It's Boston's fourth series sweep of the Birds this year and they end the season series going 16-2 vs. the O's.
On his 31st birthday, Jason Bay hit a solo homer and drove in three runs. It's his 35th homer to tie his career high. Jacoby Ellsbury added a two-run double and solo homer while Mike Lowell added a two-run single to lead...
Not his day - Losing pitcher Jason Berken entered with a record of 3-0 and 4.23 ERA over his previous five starts. But he walked two of the first three batters he faced today and it only got worse from there.
Berken falls to 5-12, 6.41.
In three innings today he allowed ten hits (one off his season high) and six runs. Over his last two starts, he has given up 11ER in 9 1/3 frames.
Berken gave up three runs in the first today and on the year, 28 of the 74 runs he has given up have come...
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Orioles (60-89) at Toronto (66-83)
Their first road trip of the season took them to Texas and on to Boston. Tonight, the Orioles begin their 11th and last road trip of this year.
They'll play three games starting tonight at Toronto, than it's on to Cleveland for three and Tampa for four to wrap up the ten-game trip.
The Orioles have not had a winning road trip all year, they went 3-3 on one trip. They are 24-47 on the season on the road.
The O's completed a 2-5 homestand...
RHP Chris Tillman (2-3, 4.50) tonight will make his 11th Major League start of the year, his 6th on the road and his 2nd this year vs. Toronto.
Tillman is coming off his best start of the year in the big leagues. He did not get a decision Wednesday vs. Tampa, but allowed just one run and five hits over 6 2/3 innings. For the first time in 28 starts this year between Norfolk and Baltimore he failed to strike out a batter.
Tillman said he took something off his velocity in that game in order...
Lefty David Purcey picked up his first win of the year in his 7th Major League start of the season, pitching Toronto past the Orioles 9-2 Monday night.
It was game one of a ten-game trip for the Orioles.
Purcey, 1-2, gave up just one run and four hits, all singles, over 7 2/3. He fanned and walked four, throwing 111 pitches. This was his 4th Major League win.
Felix Pie's RBI single in the second provided the first O's run and he added a sac fly in the 9th. The Orioles have scored just...
Not Tillman time - After allowing just one run over 6 2/3 vs. Tampa in his last start, tonight, O's rookie Chris Tillman gave up four runs and six hits over five innings. Tillman falls to 2-4, 4.71 after 11 Major League starts.
In two starts vs. Toronto, Tillman is 0-1, 4.63. The O's are 4-7 when he starts.
The O's bullpen again served up late runs for an opponent. Tonight in three innings, the bullpen allowed seven hits and five runs (all earned).
Over the last three games, the O's...