Down On The Farm: July 25th

July 26, 2010 by tank222

AAA Norfolk 2, Lehigh Valley 3

LHP Chris George – 6 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 11 K (4.00 ERA)
SS Robert Andino – 2-5, RBI (.253 AVG)
3B Josh Bell – 2-3, BB, double (25) (.277 AVG)
LF Nolan Reimold – 1-3, BB (.220 AVG)
RF Rhyne Hughes – 1-3, BB, double (17) (.272 AVG)
C Michel Hernandez – 2-3, R, BB (.241 AVG)

AA Bowie 4, Richmond 3

RHP Steve Johnson – 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, W (5-6) (5.38 ERA)
DH Greg Miclat – 1-3, R, BB (.248 AVG)
2B Ryan Adams – 2-4, 2 R, double (30) (.285 AVG)
RF Joel Guzman – 2-4, RBI (.273 AVG)
3B Brandon Waring – 1-3, RBI, BB (.243 AVG)

A+ Frederick 1, Myrtle Beach 7

RHP Ryan O’Shea – 6.2 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, BB, 3 K, L (5-6) (4.16 ERA)
RF Ronnie Welty – 2-4, solo HR (11) (.285 AVG)
2B LJ Hoes – 2-3, BB (.289 AVG)
3B Buck Britton – 1-3 (.274 AVG)

A Delmarva 3, Lakewood 1

RHP Matt Hobgood – 2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, K (4.56 ERA)
RHP Kevin Landry – 3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 5 K, W (2-0) (2.21 ERA)
RF Brian Conley – 1-3, 2 R, RBI, BB, HR (6) (.277 AVG)
1B Mike Flacco – 3-3, RBI, BB, double (1) (1.000 AVG) – Minor League Player Of The Night
CF Michael Planeta – 2-4 (.248 AVG)
2B Gary Helmick – 1-3, R, BB (.220 AVG)

Short A Aberdeen 5, Hudson Valley 2

RHP Scott Copeland – 6 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, W (1-3) (3.09 ERA)
1B David Anderson – 1-4, 2 Run HR (5) (.296 AVG)
LF Blair Dunlap – 2-4, 2 R, double (2) (.296 AVG)
RF Jeremy Nowak – 2-4, R, 2 RBI, double (7), triple (3) (.209 AVG)
2B Austin Knight – 2-4, RBI (.215 AVG)

Rookie Bluefield 9, Princeton 18

LF Kyle Hoppy – 3-5, R, RBI (.183 AVG)
2B Moises Ciriaco – 2-5, R, 2 RBI, double (2) (.250 AVG)
C Greyson Schram – 2-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, double (1), HR (1) (.400 AVG)
SS Javier Santana – 1-3, R, BB, double (2) (.189 AVG)

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Another Lopsided Loss 10-4

July 25, 2010 by tank222

W – Kevin Slowey (9-5)     L – Jake Arrieta (3-3)

It was just another miserable day for Orioles pitchers yesterday. The Twins racked up 10 runs on 19 hits in the game. Jake Arrieta started off pretty good throwing two scoreless innings to open the game but then it all came apart. He gave up a grand slam in the 3rd inning and another run in the 4th and just like that his day was done. Mark Hendrickson came in for the 5th but he was no better. He gave up a run in the 5th inning and then three more in the 6th before pitching a scoreless 7th inning. Koji Uehara pitched a scoreless 8th although he gave up two hits and David Hernandez gave up a solo homerun in the 9th. We had 10 hits on offense but were 2-9 with runners in scoring position. Luke Scott had another good game with a pair of doubles and a walk. Corey Patterson had a single and a double, Felix Pie had a pair of singles, and Cesar Izturis hit a two RBI single. Matt Wieters, Ty Wiggington, and Miguel Tejada also singled. Despite getting most of our injured players back this has been the hardest stretch of baseball to watch all season for me. The trade deadline and managerial search should spice it up at the end of the week.

Player of the game: Luke Scott – 2-3, R, BB, 2 doubles (20) (.296 AVG)

The Orioles flew into Toronto today to play the Blue Jays. Brad Bergesen (3-8, 6.51) pitches against Brandon Morrow (6-6, 4.71) who pitched well against the O’s last week.

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Wieters Comes Off DL

July 25, 2010 by tank222

The Orioles have activated C Matt Wieters from the 15 day disabled list and optioned C Craig Tatum to AAA Norfolk.

The Orioles lineup is finally back to where it was on opening day. We’ll see how long it lasts because I suspect a few players to be traded before the trade deadline. Wieters was finally starting to hit good again when he went down with a strained hamstring. For the season hes batting .245/.315/.357 with 10 doubles, a triple, 6 homeruns, and 29 RBI. Disappointing to say the least but theres still time for him to put up some respectable numbers. Craig Tatum had been playing well in Wieters’ absence but with the Orioles wanting to stay with 13 pitchers he was the odd man out. It was between him and Jake Fox but Fox doesn’t have any options left and would have to be passed through waivers. Tatum was hitting .271/.347/.306 with 3 doubles and 5 RBI as of last night’s game. He seems upset with the decision but hes the back up catcher so he shouldn’t take it so personally. He’ll be back up as soon as the Orioles trade away some position players or decide they don’t need 13 pitchers anymore.

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Down On The Farm: July 24th

July 25, 2010 by tank222

AAA Norfolk 4, Lehigh Valley 6

RHP Chris Tillman – 3.2 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, L (8-5) (3.14 ERA)
LHP Mike Hinckley – 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, BB, K (5.13 ERA)
3B Josh Bell – 2-4, R, RBI (.273 AVG)
RF Rhyne Hughes – 2-4 (.272 AVG)

AA Bowie 10, Richmond 0

RHP Eddie Gamboa – 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K (3.04 ERA)
2B Ryan Adams – 2-5, R (.283 AVG)
1B Joe Mahoney – 4-4, 2 R, 5 RBI, double (4), 2 HR (6) (.453 AVG) – Minor League Player Of The Night – Mahoney is quickly inserting himself as a prospect to watch and could be the O’s best first base prospect at this point.
C Steven Lerud – 2-3, R, 3 RBI, BB, double (4), HR (3) (.213 AVG)
DH Joel Guzman – 1-4, 3 R, RBI, BB (.270 AVG)

A+ Frederick 9, Myrtle Beach 7

RHP Luis Noel – 5 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 6 K (4.50 ERA)
RHP Brett Jacobson – 3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 4 K, W (7-0) (2.30 ERA)
CF Xavier Avery – 3-4, BB, triple (6), SB (25) (.293 AVG)
SS Pedro Florimon – 2-5, RBI (.292 AVG)
2B LJ Hoes – 4-4, 3 R, RBI, double (13) (.284 AVG)
DH Miguel Abreu – 1-2, 2 R, 4 RBI, BB, HR (3) (.251 AVG)

A Delmarva 7, Lakewood 8

RHP Bobby Bundy – 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (3.72 ERA) – This game went 18 innings. The Shorebirds scored five runs in the bottom of the 9th to tie it up.
LHP Nicholas Haughian – 3 IP, H, 0 ER, 3 K (3.90 ERA)
2B Omar Casamayor – 2-7, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB (.250 AVG)
CF Michael Planeta – 2-5, R, RBI, 2 BB (.244 AVG)
SS Garabez Rosa – 4-8, 3 RBI, triple (2) (.238 AVG)

Short A Aberdeen 5, Hudson Valley 4

RHP Brandon Erbe – 3 IP, H, 2 ER, 2 BB, K (6.00 ERA) – Erbe is rehabbing for a return to AAA Norfolk.
2B Sammie Starr – 3-4, 2 R, RBI, SB (1) (.417 AVG)
LF Kipp Schutz – 2-4, R, 2 RBI (.379 AVG)
3B Adam Gaylord – 2-4, 2 RBI (.313 AVG)
RF Blair Dunlap – 1-3, R (.261 AVG)

Rookie Bluefield 8, Princeton 3

RHP Angel Cespedes – 3 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (1.03 ERA)
2B Dudley Leonora - 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI (.235 AVG)
CF Brenden Webb – 2-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, double (5) (.280 AVG)
1B Corey Thomas – 4-5, R, 3 RBI, double (4) (.301 AVG)
3B Brad Decater – 2-4, 2 RBI, double (6) (.241 AVG)
RF Luis Ramirez – 2-5 (.325 AVG)

GCL Orioles 9, Rays 0

RHP Orlando Alfonso – 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 K, W (4-0) (1.75 ERA)
CF Martin Serrata - 1-3, R, SB (3) (.253 AVG)
RF Grolmann Gonzalez – 2-3, 3 R, RBI, BB, triple (2) (.326 AVG)
1B Preston Hale – 2-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR (1) (.318 AVG)
2B Auburn Donaldson – 1-2, 2 R, BB, SB (1) (.300 AVG)

GCL Orioles 3, Rays 2

LHP Yancorix Adrian – 5 IP, 3 H, ER, 4 BB, 5 K (1.91 ERA)
2B Pedro Rodriguez – 2-3, R, double (4) (.339 AVG)
SS Vincent Zazueta – 1-2, R, RBI (.278 AVG)

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Another Loss, This Time 7-2

July 25, 2010 by tank222

W – Scott Baker (8-9)     L – Brian Matusz (3-11)

We didn’t really do anything on offense last night. Luke Scott continued his hot streak with another two hits including a two run homer to account for all of our runs. He should’ve had another one but Denard Span robbed him, leaping over the fence. Felix Pie doubled, Brian Roberts, Miguel Tejada, and Ty Wiggington singled, and Adam Jones walked twice. We were 0-5 with runners in scoring position. Brian Matusz got out of some jams but not enough to avoid the loss. He pitched 5 innings allowing 3 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks with 5 strikeouts. Matt Albers, Michael Gonzalez, and Jason Berken combined to pitch the last 4 innings allowing four more runs to score. Berken has been struggling lately after three months of great pitching.

Player of the game: Luke Scott – 2-4, R, 2 RBI, HR (16) (.291 AVG)

The series comes to a close today with Jake Arrieta (3-2, 4.87) matching up against Kevin Slowey (8-5, 4.94).

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Down On The Farm: July 23rd

July 24, 2010 by tank222

AAA Norfolk 8, Lehigh Valley 3

LHP Troy Patton – 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 4 K (4.72 ERA)
CF Matt Angle – 2-5, RBI (.284 AVG)
SS Robert Andino – 2-4, R, BB, double (25), SB (8) (.251 AVG)
3B Josh Bell – 2-4, BB, solo HR (11) (.270 AVG) – 1B Michael Aubrey also hit a HR (14).
RF Rhyne Hughes – 1-3, R, SB (6) (.268 AVG)
1B Brandon Snyder – 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, double (11), HR (6) (.259 AVG) – Snyder makes a triumphant return from the disabled list. He was starting to hit before he got hurt, hopefully he can pick up where he left off.
C Michel Hernandez – 1-3, 2 R, BB (.231 AVG)

AA Bowie 4, Richmond 14

RHP Ryohei Tanaka – 2.2 IP, 8 H, 10 ER, BB, L (4-11) (6.13 ERA)
DH Tyler Henson – 2-5, R, double (28) (.293 AVG)
RF Joel Guzman – 2-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 HR (22) (.271 AVG) – Minor League Player Of The Night
1B Joe Mahoney – 3-4, solo HR (4) (.408 AVG)
C Steven Lerud – 2-4 (.198 AVG)
2B Carlos Rojas – 1-3, BB (.254 AVG)

A+ Frederick 8, Myrtle Beach 5

RHP Zach Clark - 6 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, BB, 6 K, W (1-0) (3.00 ERA)
RF Ronnie Welty – 3-5, R, RBI (.286 AVG)
3B Bill Rowell – 2-4, R (.258 AVG)
2B LJ Hoes – 2-4, 2 R (.270 AVG)
DH Miguel Abreu – 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, double (7) (.249 AVG)
SS Pedro Florimon – 2-4, R, 4 RBI, double (7) (.286 AVG)
1B Buck Britton – 1-3, RBI, BB (.274 AVG)

A Delmarva 7, Hickory 9

RHP Patrick Kantakevich – 4 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, L (0-3) (3.86 ERA)
RF Brian Conley – 1-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, HR (5) (.280 AVG)
1B Tyler Townsend – 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, double (12) (.342 AVG)
DH Kieron Pope – 2-3, R, 2 doubles (13) (.260 AVG)
C Luis Bernardo – 2-4, 2 RBI, double (5) (.198 AVG)

Short A Aberdeen 2, Hudson Valley 5

RHP Bruno Sanchez – 3.1 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, L (2-2) (4.97 ERA)
RHP Jose Barajas – 3.2 IP, H, 0 ER, 5 K (4.19 ERA)
CF Trent Mummey – 1-3, R, BB (.318 AVG)
1B David Anderson – 1-3, RBI, BB (.301 AVG)
3B Mike Flacco – 2-4 (.260 AVG)

Rookie Bluefield 2, Princeton 3

LHP Jarret Martin – 6 IP, 4 H, ER, 3 BB, 3 K (3.30 ERA)
1B Corey Thomas – 2-3 (.278 AVG)
SS Jonathan Schoop – 3-4 (.320 AVG)

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Orioles Win 3-2 In Robert’s Return

July 23, 2010 by tank222

W – Jeremy Guthrie (4-10)     L – Anthony Slama (0-1)     SV – Alfredo Simon (14)

Jeremy Guthrie is pitching well at the right time. With the trade deadline fast approaching and plenty of teams looking for starting pitching Guthrie could be a target for a number of teams. It would be wise for the Orioles to move him if the right deal is put on the table. He has two years of arbitration left after this season so his value is higher than a half season rental. Tonight he pitched 7 solid innings giving up 6 hits and the only runs coming on a two run homer by Joe Mauer. He struck out 6 batters and didn’t walk anybody. Will Ohman started the 8th and got the first two outs but allowed a single and a walk. David Hernandez came in and got the last out although it was a little scary, a fly ball that was caught against the wall by Adam Jones. Alfredo Simon pitched a scoreless 9th to pick up the save. He gave up a single but a nice play by Miguel Tejada killed the Twins rally and ended the game.

The Orioles took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on a string of singles. Miguel Tejada started it off, moved to second on Luke Scott’s single, and scored on Adam Jones’ RBI single. After the Twins took a 2-1 lead in the top of the 6th inning the Orioles struck right back in the bottom half. After Tejada singled Scott crushed a two run homer into right center field, his 15th, to put the O’s on top for good. The only other hits were an opposite field triple by Ty Wiggington and a single by Craig Tatum but for once the Orioles got key hits when it mattered. The return of Brian Roberts was anti-climatic as he went 0-4 with a strikeout but it was nice to have him back and at least we won the game. It should also be noted that he batted right handed against the lefty and he hasn’t had many swings from that side of the plate in his rehab assignment. I’m sure he’ll get back into the swing of things before long.

Player of the game: Luke Scott – 2-4, R, 2 RBI, HR (15) (.288 AVG)

Tomorrow night Brian Matusz (3-10, 5.21) tries to turn things around against Scott Baker (7-9, 5.15) in game three of the series against Minnesota.

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Roberts Makes His Return

July 23, 2010 by tank222

The Orioles have activated 2B Brian Roberts from the disabled list and designated INF Scott Moore for assignment.

Finally Brian Roberts has made it all the way back from his back injury and he’ll bat lead off tonight for the Orioles. He played in the first four games of the season before re-aggravating the back injury he came into spring training with. There was some speculation that he would miss the entire season but apparently theres no risk of hurting it worse. He played in a fairly short rehab stint with the GCL Orioles and Bowie Baysox for how much time he missed. He played well for them batting a combined .483/.516/.586 with 3 doubles. He batted .143/.250/.214 with a double and 2 stolen bases in 16 plate appearances before going on the disabled list. He should help out alot both offensively and defensively. Hes a big improvement at second base over Scott Moore, Ty Wiggington, and Julio Lugo and he finally gives us a legitimate lead off batter. I think Roberts injury was a big reason for our terrible start and play as a whole this year. Moore will have to pass through waivers before we can send him to AAA Norfolk but I think he should. Even if somebody claims him he wouldn’t be a huge loss. He hit .209/.274/.337 with 2 doubles, 3 homeruns, and 10 RBI in his time with the Orioles over 96 plate appearances. Matt Wieters is expected to come off the DL on Sunday and Nolan Reimold is starting to hit again so we’re finally starting to be full strength.

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Down On The Farm: July 22nd

July 22, 2010 by tank222

AAA Norfolk 7, Syracuse 6

LHP Zach Britton – 4 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K (2.05 ERA)
CF Matt Angle – 2-5, R, BB, SB (16) (.282 AVG)
DH Michael Aubrey – 2-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, double (17) (.243 AVG)
3B Josh Bell – 1-3, 2 BB (.266 AVG)
1B Nolan Reimold – 3-4, RBI, BB (.222 AVG)
RF Rhyne Hughes – 1-3, 2 RBI, BB, SB (5) (.267 AVG)
LF Jonathan Tucker – 2-4, R, BB, 2 doubles (5) (.226 AVG)

AA Bowie 2, Richmond 3

LHP Rick Zagone – 6 IP, 3 H, ER, 3 BB, K, L (1-2) (3.55 ERA)
LHP Chad Thall – IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 K (3.86 ERA)
1B Joe Mahoney – 3-4 (.378 AVG)
SS Greg Miclat – 1-4, RBI (.268 AVG)
CF Danny Figueroa – 1-4, R, SB (8) (.212 AVG)

A+ Frederick 1, Myrtle Beach 4

LHP Oliver Drake – 6 IP, 6 H, ER, 4 BB, 6 K (4.62 ERA)
CF Xavier Avery – 1-4, RBI (.288 AVG)
RF Ronnie Welty – 2-4, SB (9) (.281 AVG)

A Delmarva 5, Hickory 7

RHP Jesse Beal – 4 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, BB, K (3.70 ERA)
RF Brian Conley – 1-4, 2 Run HR (4) (.279 AVG)
1B Tyler Townsend – 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, triple (2), HR (3) (.330 AVG)
SS Garabez Rosa – 1-3, R (.235 AVG)

Short A Aberdeen 3, Tri-City 0

RHP Tim Adleman – 5.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, W (1-1) (2.64 ERA)
CF Trent Mummey – 2-4, R, RBI (.317 AVG)
SS Sammie Starr – 2-4, double (1) (.500 AVG)
LF Kipp Schutz – 1-3, BB (.379 AVG)
3B Adam Gaylord – 1-4, solo HR (2) (.308 AVG)

Rookie Bluefield 2, Kingsport 1

LHP Jacob Petitt – 6 IP, 3 H, ER, 3 K, W (2-2) (2.45 ERA)
RF Luis Ramirez – 2-4, R, RBI (.321 AVG)
CF Brenden Webb - 3-3, RBI, BB, 2 triples (5) (.279 AVG) – Minor League Player Of The Night
2B Moises Ciriaco – 1-3, R (.241 AVG)

GCL Orioles 1, Red Sox 4

RHP Douglas Ferguson – 5.2 IP, 9 H, ER, BB, 8 K, L (2-2) (1.57 ERA)
1B Preston Hale – 2-3, R, double (8) (.314 AVG)
RF Grolmann Gonzalez – 1-3, BB (.308 AVG)
2B Auburn Donaldson – 1-3 (.250 AVG)

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O’s Shut Out In Series Opener 5-0

July 22, 2010 by tank222

W – Carl Pavano (12-6)     L – Kevin Millwood (2-9)

I have to admit that tonights game was very boring to watch. I just had a hard time getting exciting to watch Kevin Millwood’s return from the DL. We didn’t miss much, he was the same guy he was when he went on the disabled list. He ate some innings (6.1 to be exact) but gave up 5 runs including three in the first on 7 hits and 3 walks with 2 strikeouts. Michael Gonzalez also made his first appearance since coming off of the disabled list, giving up a hit and an intentional walk but no runs. Koji Uehara pitched the last two innings without allowing any runs and striking out two. The Orioles only had six baserunners in the game. Cesar Izturis and Jake Fox each doubled while Nick Markakis, Luke Scott, and Craig Tatum singled and Ty Wiggington walked. Wiggington was involved in the only entertaining part of the game when he was ejected in the middle innings. I’ve never seen an Oriole so worked up before. It was pretty refreshing. The first base umpire missed an obvious call at first base on a bad steal attempt. Wiggington clearly tagged him before he touched the base as he was trying to scramble back to first but the umpire called him safe. Wiggington was thrown out and could face a suspension and then a few batters later pitching coach Rick Kranitz was thrown out from the dugout. Juan Samuel didn’t like that and exploded on the home plate umpire earning himself an early exit as well. I love the fire, next time lets play some good baseball to go with it.

Player of the game: Koji Uehara – 2 IP, H, 0 ER, 2 K (2.51 ERA)

The series continues tomorrow with Jeremy Guthrie (3-10, 4.58) going up against Brian Duensing (3-1, 1.67) in game two.

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