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June 13, 2009

Adam breaks out

Adam Jones finally wiped away that strange stat that been hanging over the Orioles offense -- the fact that Luke Scott and Nolan Reimold had been the only Orioles hitters to homer since May 26.

Jones turned on a pitch from Kenshin Kawakami and lined it over the left field fence to give the Orioles a 2-0 lead in the second game of the three-game series against the Atlanta Braves. Maybe that will break the O's out of their lengthy hitting slump, but it was just one swing. The Orioles have to build on that lead instead of waiting around for the Braves to battle back.

Stay tuned.

Posted by Peter Schmuck at 7:16 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Just baseball

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Well, the Orioles are behind again. How can a pitcher look so great on June 1st and then never get the out pitch he needs in the next two starts? The moment the O's get behind they are toast. I think they've already thrown in the towel.

Posted by: FlaOsFan | June 13, 2009 8:58 PM

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