O's game blog: Miguel Gonzalez on the mound in Miami series finale

After a very frustrating Saturday night that ended in a 1-0 loss in 13 innings, the Orioles will need a win today to avoid losing the series to Miami.

The Orioles are now 7-19 all-time against the Marlins in interleague games and are just 2-12 in Miami. The O's have lost seven of the eight series the teams have played all-time.

Miami is 17-27 and ended an eight-game losing streak Saturday night. It was just the second win in the last 13 games for the Marlins.

The Orioles were shut out for the third time last night with all three games coming in Florida, the first two at Tropicana Field. The O's offense went just 1-for-10 with runners in scoring. They had several scoring chances early on, but not many late as the O's went just 2-for-22 in the last seven innings last night with a bloop hit and an infield hit.

On the mound this afternoon, Miguel Gonzalez (5-2, 3.24 ERA) pitches against 28-year-old right-hander Tom Koehler (2-3, 3.70 ERA).

Gonzalez has pitched seven or more innings in three of his last four starts and four times on the season. He has allowed one earned run or less four times. He has an ERA of 7.88 in the first inning, but that drops to 1.88 in innings two through four.

Koehler pitched to an ERA of 5.18 his first six games. But over his last three starts he has worked to an ERA of 0.57, allowing just one run in 15 2/3 on 10 hits with six walks and 12 strikeouts.

In five home games, Koehler is 1-1 with a 1.61 ERA while he is 1-2 with a 6.53 ERA in road games.

In the minors on Saturday: Triple-A Norfolk won 2-1 at home over Rochester in front of 10.066 at Harbor Park. Elih Villanueva, in his second start since moving up from Double-A Bowie, allowed four hits over 5 1/3 scoreless innings. Pedro Beato got his second save and has an ERA of 1.09.

Henry Urrutia went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Nolan Reimold went 2-for-3. Reimold is batting .271 for the season and is hitting .327 his last 14 games. Norfolk is 7-2 in its last nine home games.

Double-A Bowie won 3-2 at Richmond as starter Terry Doyle allowed one run over five innings. Mychal Givens earned his seventh save and his ERA is now 1.42. Bowie's bullpen has pitched to an ERA of 0.99 in five games on their current road trip. Sean Halton hit a two-run homer for the Baysox.

Single-A Frederick lost 5-3 at Lynchburg. Chris Lee got the start and made his O's organization debut. Over five innings he allowed six hits and one run with one walk and four strikeouts.

Single-A Delmarva was held to just four hits in a 5-1 loss at West Virginia. Shorebirds starter John Means took the loss, allowing eight hits and five runs over 3 2/3 innings.

The records on the farm:

* Norfolk is 23-20
* Bowie is 22-20
* Frederick is 23-20
* Delmarva is 22-20