Daniel Cabrera goes back to being Daniel Cabrera, loses his 8th.
Every pitcher that appeared in the game for the O’s let in at least one run. Cabrera went 4 innings and gave up 5 hits, 5 walks, and 7 runs. He struck out 3 and one of those hits was a homerun. Still no consistency from Cabrera, but theres no harm in running him out there every 5th day anymore. We have nobody better to throw out there. Russ Ortiz (arghhh) pitched 2 innings and gave up a run along with a walk. Todd Williams pitched a third of an inning and gave up 2 hits and 2 runs. Bruce Chen finished it off, pitching the final inning and 2/3rds. He gave up a homerun (shocker) and that was about it (seriously, shocker). The pitching was just absolutely horrible in this series. We can’t compete with Boston and New York (who we play next) if we continue to pitch like this.
If it wasn’t for the pitching, we probably would have won today. The hitting broke out for 9 run on 14 hits and 3 homeruns. Everybody had at least one hit except for Jay Gibbons, who has been slumping lately. Brian Roberts went 2-4 with a double, his 4th homerun of the season, 2 walks, and a stolen base. Melvin Mora had 3 hits and a walk. Jeff Conine and Ramon Hernandez both had 2 hits, Hernandez added a walk. Kevin Millar hit his 9th homerun and Corey Patterson hit his 12th. Nick Markakis had 2 hits including a double and a walk. The offense had a great day and its a shame the pitching had to ruin it.
Markakis watch: 2-4 (.301)
A short relief with a day off Monday and Erik Bedard (12-8, 3.91) pitching on Tuesday. He’ll be facing ex-Orioles ace Mike Mussina (13-5, 3.50) who has been having a fine season. Go O’s.
