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April 9, 2011

Jakubauskas is in; expect Guthrie to start Sunday

Well, Chris Jakubauskas has come in to pitch the seventh tonight. So the assumption can be made that Jeremy Guthrie will start Sunday.

Chris Tillman is scheduled to start Tuesday, which will leave Wednesday's starter up in the air for now.

This is a big moment for Jakubauskas. He hasn't pitched in the majors since April 24, 2010, when he was struck in the head by a liner.

The first batter he faced was Texas slugger Josh Hamilton and he struck him out on three pitches. Pretty cool.

So there is a silver lining for Orioles fans in this beating on Saturday night.

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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.