Luke's launch
Luke Scott's fifth home run of the season traveled 366 feet and landed on the flag court. It also signaled an early end to the evening for Mariners starting pitcher Ryan Rowland-Smith, who was immediately removed from the game even though he had only thrown 55 pitches.
I don't know why M's manager Don Wakamatsu used such a quick hook. Maybe he just figured that three runs and seven hits over three-plus innings was a pretty good indication that Rowland-Smith didn't have much tonight. Maybe he watched last night's game and figured that giving up three runs to the slumping Orioles was like giving up eight to anyone else.
Maybe with Cliff Lee last night and Felix Hernandez going tomorrow afternoon, Wakamatsu just wanted to get his bullpen some work.
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Pete - you ask why Wakamatsu used such a quick hook. It's because he thinks the game is still winable.
Living in Seattle I don't get much opportunity to watch the O's, but I follow the discussion on the blogs here, and frankly I've thought y'all are a bunch of winers. But after watching Jones, Tejada, yes even Weiters, swing at pitch after pitch in the dirt or up out of the zone, I really wonder what's up with this team. And this is on a good night, when the O's are up 3-0 as I write. Wiggington I haven't loved from afar but he is the only one I saw tonight who seems able to tell a strike from a ball.
Despite my location, I've been following the Orioles since the Hank Bauer years, so please take this in a spirit of commiseration rather than out of town piling-on. I'm still hoping (despite mounting evidence to the contrary) that the franchise is not cursed.
Posted by: Tom in Seattle | May 12, 2010 9:12 PM
Quick
Trade him for a rosin bag
Posted by: Anonymous | May 13, 2010 2:06 PM
2 hr's in two days
Trade him for a carton of sunflower seeds
HURRY
Posted by: Anonymous | May 13, 2010 2:57 PM