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February 26, 2009

Orioles: Baez off to difficult start

Starting rotation candidate Danys Baez got the first two outs of the first inning rather handily, but struggled with his control and walked the bases loaded before giving up a two-run double to Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina.

Baez threw 34 pitches and only 16 strikes. He finally got DH Brian Barton out on a fly ball to right and gave way to reliever Alberto Castillo.

The Orioles tied the game in bottom of the second inning on a single by Aubrey Huff and a two-run home run by outfielder Justin Christian, then took lead later in the inning when Nolan Riemold jacked a two-run shot into the screen above the left field fence.

Posted by Peter Schmuck at 1:39 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)
Categories: Just baseball

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Good thing it is early in spring training and the pitchers are ahead of the hitters.

Posted by: Rusty | February 26, 2009 2:12 PM

Here we go again . Next we'll be running Pete out on the mound .

Posted by: the artist formerly known as jack in hebron | February 26, 2009 2:17 PM

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