Your 9-4 final
Tonight's attendance: 36,214.
Erik Bedard began to feel a little queasy in the second inning, but he toughed it out through the sixth and won for the first time since July 23 - ending a streak of seven consecutive winless starts.
"I told him, 'You got that one out of the way. It's clear sailing from here,'" manager Sam Perlozzo said.
Brian Burres made his major league debut tonight and gave up a two-run homer to Craig Wilson in the ninth. I asked Perlozzo what he said to the rookie when he went to the mound to take the ball:
"He had a nose bleed," Perlozzo said. "I asked him if he was OK."
Perlozzo made the right move getting Burres into a game that the Orioles led, 9-2, in the ninth. No pressure. And Burres can brag about retiring Sal Fasano on a fly ball and striking out Andy Phillips, though years from now, those hitters will become Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez.
Catcher Ramon Hernandez is questionable for tomorrow after being hit on the left ankle and leaving the game.
Jay Gibbons is playing with a sore right knee, but he remains in the lineup. Tonight, he blasted a home run to right field.
"He's basically hitting on one leg all the time and can't really do what he wants to do," Perlozzo said.
Gibibons has trouble planting his front leg and relies more on his hands.
"That's the first heater I've turned on in probably six weeks," Gibbons said. "Every day with Crow (hitting coach Terry Crowley), it's kind of fun to go out there and invent a swing that will let me get by."
Asked if he's worried about the injury messing up his swing, Gibbons said, "My swing's already messed up. It's been messed up for six years."
Down on the farm, Single-A Frederick advanced to the Carolina League finals after eliminating Wilmington. The Keys will play Kinston in the best-of-five championship series beginning tomorrow night in Kinston.
Danielle Evans, the CoverGirl model and winner of America's Next Top Model Cycle 6, will visit Camden Yards on Sunday, throw out the ceremonial first pitch and sign autographs. Then she'll advise me to change my hair color.
Comments
Well Roch...looks like you were right anything is possible....now can I find a job...thats the real question?!
Posted by: Taka | September 8, 2006 11:26 PM
Frederick closed the season by losing three straight at Wilmington. They still qualified for the playoffs but only had the first game of a three-game series at home, which they also lost to Wilmington. Then they went back to Wilmington and won two straight to advance to the finals. Now they'll play two at Kinston NC and then have the final three at home.
Posted by: Cosmo | September 9, 2006 12:04 AM
I predict that Rodrigo Lopez will be up for the 5th starter job next year in spring training. No way he gets dumped with a salary in the low millions. Even though we know it'd be worth it, I don't think players really get DFA'd that often.
I also predict: Ohio State 27, Texas 10. But the sports radio shows are hilarious here when UT loses. Any numbers coming to you, Roch?
Posted by: PAUL.R | September 9, 2006 12:42 AM
culture of losing:
RoLo would rather leave than pitch out of bullpen.
perfect example. i've always kind of liked RoLo but it's just typical. wouldn't be be a great set up guy? or a spot starter? doesnt' every team need one? why can't these guys stop tripping over their egos for a second?
Posted by: pbdotc | September 9, 2006 10:34 AM
I remember this one guy who had an OPS that was so high and then he didn't get to play and that's why the Os lost and I think Earl Weaver had special powers because back in his day the didn't even have OPS not to mention walks only counted when you were walking to the fridge to get another cold Natty and Baltimore was a great town because the Old Orioles Bird had a OPS of like ten hundred whereas the New Orioles Bird should totally hit eight because of its walk to strikeout ratio.
Bla bla bla mwah mwah mwah everyone did you know it takes a GENIUS to put a winning team on the field? Look at Ozzie Guillen, he is so SMART that's why the White Sox won the World Series! Would you look at the off the hook Adjusted Ballpark Range Factor of that '05 outfield? Man o man it's a wonder Cleveland got close at all with numbers like that!
Have I written enough yet? Maybe I should start my own blog. I wonder if anyone would read it ... ? Probably not since I have a very hight Overbearing Quotient. That's why I post my blowhard treatises here. I love a captive audience.
I wonder if Luis Terrero can fly.
Posted by: the ghost of hurl | September 9, 2006 11:33 AM
Isn't it nice to have a "laugher" where the O's fans get to be the ones laughing? Great game last nite. Hope we have another one just like it today.
Posted by: Lynne | September 9, 2006 12:11 PM
Interesting that Bedard was feeling a little quesy in the second inning but toughed it out through the sixth. That pretty much summarizes how I have felt watching or listening to the O's this season...a little quesy by the second, toughing it out through sixth, becoming violently ill by the seventh!
Oh well, has anybody besides AngeLOSE broken out the old "wait 'til next year" line yet?
Posted by: Larry Blucher | September 9, 2006 4:06 PM