Eaton leaves to big ovation
Who would have ever predicted (except me, of course) that Adam Eaton would walk off the mound to a standing ovation from the crowd of 11,723? He gave up a couple of hits in the eighth inning and gave way to reliever Jim Johnson with two on and one out. Johnson allowed both runners to score, but that didn't really diminish the effort.
Eaton's line: 7 1/3 IP, two runs, six hits, no walks and nine strikeouts. Three of those strikeouts were against future Hall of Famer Jim Thome, who got a little revenge with the two-run hit off Johnson that cost Eaton the scoreless outing.
Perhaps the most interesting stat is the pitch count. Eaton threw 103 pitches -- 75 for strikes. That's pretty amazing.
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Comments
eaton a stellar effort, pie with 2 hits
what's next?
sherril retires the side 1-2-3 in the ninth?
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Pete's reply: Yes!
Posted by: jim66 | April 23, 2009 9:28 PM
Nice pontification on tonight's game, Peter. do you do stocks too?
Posted by: root | April 23, 2009 9:32 PM
Surprising good effort by Eaton! He said that he needed to step up and he did. He just need to do that throughout the season! Go Os!!
Posted by: hyn69 | April 23, 2009 9:49 PM
Pete--Any room left for me on the bandwagon?
Talk about getting ahead with the first pitch strike.
Posted by: Barry | April 23, 2009 9:56 PM
- "eaton a stellar effort, pie with 2 hits
what's next? sherril retires the side 1-2-3 in the ninth?"
This makes me more concerned than anything, because if I'm not mistaken this is the first sign of the apocalypse.
Posted by: djph | April 23, 2009 10:10 PM
Pete;
Regarding your pre-game prediction about Eaton, I am humbled and in awe.
Posted by: bob c | April 23, 2009 10:37 PM
Excellent call there, Schmucker!
Posted by: Nick | April 23, 2009 10:47 PM
Let me jump on the Pete bandwagon-good call! It's kind of like that Seinfeld episode..you know Bizarro world when George does the exact opposite of what he is supposed to do and great things happened.
Posted by: TerryP | April 24, 2009 7:25 AM
Great outing, just hope this isn't some sort of false positive and we only see this Adam Eaton once this year. With continued outings like this he could pitch on any staff in the bigs! Nice job Adam and nice prognostication Pete!
Posted by: Keith Rowe | April 24, 2009 8:17 AM
It's sad when you're used to crowds under 15,000. A .500 ball-club in April (despite horrid defense and pitching) and a languishing economy doesn't fill the seats. The O's need Hendrickson and Guthrie to step up, and Koji needs run support every start, then the ball will be rolling!
Posted by: Joe from York | April 24, 2009 9:58 AM
"Who would have ever predicted (except me, of course) that Adam Eaton..."
I predicted it too. And I will also predict that Adam Eaton will finish this season with a winning record. Anyone care to join me out on that particular limb?
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Pete's reply: Okay, you're on record.
Posted by: Clayton Fletcher | April 24, 2009 3:17 PM