Game delayed by rain (O's lead 3-1, Norris done)
By Roch Kubatko
Play at Camden Yards was halted at 5:25 p.m. due to the latest storm to hit the Baltimore area.
Mother Nature has a sick sense of humor.
Fans in their orange "I Like Our Guys" T-shirts streamed to the exits. Streams formed in the parking lots. We have a theme today.
The delay won't last long. The grounds crew already is pulling back the tarp at 5:36 p.m.
Bud Norris has allowed one run and five hits in four innings, with one walk and three strikeouts. He threw 20, 20 and 20 pitches over the first three innings and 18 in the fourth.
That's 78 pitches, folks.
Pirates starter Charlie Morton has thrown 46 pitches in four innings while blanking the Orioles on two hits - a double by Steve Clevenger in the second and a single by Steve Pearce in the third.
Clevenger has six hits this season, four of them doubles.
Pearce hadn't batted since April 13. He's now 2-for-8 this season.
The guy is a professional hitter, as manager Buck Showalter likes to say.
Pearce has been outstanding at first base. He saved Norris from a throwing error in the third inning, made a nice backhanded stab and flip to first on Neil Walker's sharp grounder, and cut down Starling Marte going to third base on Jordy Mercer's grounder to short.
Pearce took the throw from J.J. Hardy for the second out of the fourth inning and fired across the diamond to get Marte.
Instant update: The delay lasted 21 minutes, or roughly the amount of time it takes David Ortiz to round the bases on a home run.
Norris retired the first two Pirates in the top of the fifth before Andrew McCutchen singled for the second time today. Norris retired Pedro Alvarez on his 92nd pitch of the day.
Update II: Morton must not have embraced the delay. He threw 32 pitches in the fifth, faced nine batters and allowed three runs.
The Orioles loaded the bases with no outs - a throwing error by Alvarez on Hardy's sacrifice bunt put Morton in hotter water - and Pearce singled to left field to tie the game.
Pearce is 2-for-2 with an RBI in his first game back with the Orioles.
Ryan Flaherty, batting .185 with three RBIs, followed with a two-run single to give the Orioles a 3-1 lead.
Update III: Norris allowed one run and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings, with one walk, three strikeouts, a wild pitch and two hit batters. He threw 105 pitches, 72 for strikes.
Ryan Webb stranded two runners in the sixth.
Norris lowered his ERA in five starts from 4.44 to 3.94.
Walker jawed at Norris as he walked to first base after being hit by a pitch. The dugouts and bullpens didn't empty, but Walker probably will give David Ross a call following the game. Maybe friend him on Facebook.
The delay won't last long. The grounds crew already is pulling back the tarp at 5:36 p.m.
Bud Norris has allowed one run and five hits in four innings, with one walk and three strikeouts. He threw 20, 20 and 20 pitches over the first three innings and 18 in the fourth.
That's 78 pitches, folks.
Pirates starter Charlie Morton has thrown 46 pitches in four innings while blanking the Orioles on two hits - a double by Steve Clevenger in the second and a single by Steve Pearce in the third.
Clevenger has six hits this season, four of them doubles.
Pearce hadn't batted since April 13. He's now 2-for-8 this season.
The guy is a professional hitter, as manager Buck Showalter likes to say.
Pearce has been outstanding at first base. He saved Norris from a throwing error in the third inning, made a nice backhanded stab and flip to first on Neil Walker's sharp grounder, and cut down Starling Marte going to third base on Jordy Mercer's grounder to short.
Pearce took the throw from J.J. Hardy for the second out of the fourth inning and fired across the diamond to get Marte.
Instant update: The delay lasted 21 minutes, or roughly the amount of time it takes David Ortiz to round the bases on a home run.
Norris retired the first two Pirates in the top of the fifth before Andrew McCutchen singled for the second time today. Norris retired Pedro Alvarez on his 92nd pitch of the day.
Update II: Morton must not have embraced the delay. He threw 32 pitches in the fifth, faced nine batters and allowed three runs.
The Orioles loaded the bases with no outs - a throwing error by Alvarez on Hardy's sacrifice bunt put Morton in hotter water - and Pearce singled to left field to tie the game.
Pearce is 2-for-2 with an RBI in his first game back with the Orioles.
Ryan Flaherty, batting .185 with three RBIs, followed with a two-run single to give the Orioles a 3-1 lead.
Update III: Norris allowed one run and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings, with one walk, three strikeouts, a wild pitch and two hit batters. He threw 105 pitches, 72 for strikes.
Ryan Webb stranded two runners in the sixth.
Norris lowered his ERA in five starts from 4.44 to 3.94.
Walker jawed at Norris as he walked to first base after being hit by a pitch. The dugouts and bullpens didn't empty, but Walker probably will give David Ross a call following the game. Maybe friend him on Facebook.
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