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Trembley juggling produces hits but not a win

Give Orioles manager Dave Trembley some credit for juggling the lineup to find a combination that will produce some runs.  Most noticably, Trembley swapped Nick Markakis and Melvin Mora so that he has Markakis -- the usual No. 3 hitter -- batting No. 2 in front of Mora.  And Kevin Millar is now out of the cleanup hole and batting a little further back. Aubrey Huff hit No. 4 in the weekend series against the Angels. Markakis will obviuously go back to No. 3 at some point.

Yesterday, the readjusted lineup paid off with 15 hits but the Orioles had a few guys thrown out on the bases and lost 6-5 in a game that would have been a nice pick up because they did have an opportunity to overcome a bad start by Steve Trachsel.  On Saturday, they wasted what was another solid effort by Daniel Cabrera because they couldn't score. 

The West Coast road trip continues tonight in Oakland with Garrett Olson making his second start.

 

 

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O, by the Way: Bill Ordine has been a reporter and editor for more than 25 years and during that time has covered Super Bowls, major murder trials, township zoning board meetings and bat mitzvahs. In his five years at The Sun, he has been an assistant city editor, pro football writer, poker columnist, enterprise sports reporter and now blogger -- which may indicate his editors have yet to find a job he can get right. E-mail Bill.

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