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August 19, 2008

Turning point

Funny how fast momentum can shift. The Orioles had the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the fourth with Melvin Mora and Aubrey Huff coming to the plate, which looked like a fairly promising situation. The Orioles were down by one with their top two RBI guys lined up to knock Daisuke Matsuzaka through the ropes.

No such luck. Mora jumped ahead 2-0 and 3-1 on the count and struck out on a ball well out of the strike zone. Huff popped out and that was that. The next thing anybody knew, Daniel Cabrera was looking around the clubhouse for a sandwich and the Red Sox were four runs ahead.

Hmmmm. Let's see if I have this straight. The best two Orioles starters are 0 for the series and Chris Waters gets to try and pick up the scraps tomorrow night? Please tell me they're giving away a bobblehead or something.

Posted by Peter Schmuck at 8:59 PM | | Comments (1)
        

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