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July 25, 2010

Arrieta out of game

Rookie Jake Arrieta has now turned in two straight rough performances.

He lasted just four innings Sunday, giving up five earned runs on seven hits and four walks. He hit a batter and surrendered a grand slam to Jason Kubel in the third inning.

Arrieta had a streak of three consecutive quality starts broken on Tuesday when he gave up five runs in 5 1/3.

This one was even shakier. He threw 87 pitches -- 51 strikes -- in four innings and could never find a rhythm. He allowed two runners to get on base in every inning, but it was in the four-run third in which he couldn't escape damage.

Lefty Mark Hendrickson has replaced him and gave up one run in the fifth. It's 6-1 Twins going into the bottom of the fifth.

Posted by Dan Connolly at 2:54 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

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Sure would be great to see the young guns string together a few quality starts for a change, instead of the string of poor outings! Would certainly ease my mind a bit about the future!

Posted by: tom from Mass | July 25, 2010 3:34 PM

Does anyone think the birds could actually lose 80 games this season ? I do miss the Ripken, Murray era with quailty pitching pitchers and closers.

Posted by: D.Bainbridge | July 25, 2010 5:39 PM

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A Baltimore native, Dan Connolly has been covering sports for 14 years, and baseball and the Orioles for 10 seasons, including the past six with The Sun. His first year covering baseball on a daily basis was Cal Ripken Jr.'s final season as a player. It's believed that is just a coincidence.

Steve Gould is an assistant sports editor for The Sun, overseeing Orioles coverage. The Columbia native joined The Sun as a sports copy editor in 2006 after graduating from the University of Maryland.

Peter Schmuck has been covering baseball for a lot longer than Steve Gould has been on this earth. He is now a general sports columnist, but has been a beat writer covering three major league teams (the Dodgers, Angels and Orioles) and also spent a decade as the Sun's national baseball writer. If you want more of his insight on the Orioles and other sports issues, check out his personal blog -- The Schmuck Stops Here.