O's swat the Nats 11-1...but who doesn't?

Tetris — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:25:53 -0000

The O's bounced back well after being swept by the FL Marlins (where they allowed 23 runs in 3 games). The O's most consistent starter...Brad Bergesen...faced off against Nats rookie Ross Detwiler who was making just his eigth start in his young career.

The O's started off the scoring in the fist when Adam Jones scored on a sac fly by Aubrey Huff. Bergesen retired the first 4 batters before allowing 3 straight singles scoring Josh Willingham that would be the only run the Nats would score. Bergesen went 6 innings of 4 hit ball allowing only 1 ER and 2 BB.

While the Nats struggled the O's who came in batting over .300 at home did not to say the least. Manager Dave Trembley decided enough was enough and switched the lineup to a more favorable one with Reimold in the 5th hole and Mora in the 7th. After much anguishing over Mora's hit-and-runs with Huff on 1st...DD finally stepped-up. The Offense responded by scoring 11 runs on 16 hits..every Oriole had a hit, but Matt Wieters who had 2 BB (and gave us a glimpse of his power, nearly knocking a barley foul ball over the bleachers (with one hand)) and Salazar who had one at-bat after replacing Mora. Most came in an 8 run 6th in which the O's sent up 15 batters...the 6th was highlighted by Mora's double that scored Reimold and Scott (yeah!!...Finally a XBH for Mora).

Baez came on a didn't blow an enormous lead by giving up an un-timely HR. Albers also pitched an inning...Albers has pitched really well since returning from AAA, lowering his ERA to 3.76. Sherrill also pitched a meaningless inning because he hadn't worked since Sunday against the Phillies (who we swept).

Overall an excellent game from the O's...Nice to see that Mora can produce in his new hole in the lineup, and just how calm and collected is Nolan Reimold, in his first game in the 5 hole Reimold goes 3-4 with a walk.

Next up Shairon Martis vs. Jeremy Guthrie...lets hope for a sweep : )

Poll

MBP 6/26 O's 11-1 over Nats

Melvin Mora (finaly batting 7th; 2-3, 4 RBI, 1 R)

29 votes

Adam Jones (ended o for; 3-5, RBI, 2 R)

5 votes

Nolan Reimold (soon to be ROY; 3-4, BB, 2 R)

42 votes

Nick Markakis (avg over .300; 3-5, RBI, 1 R)

3 votes

Aubrey Huff (2-4, 3 RBI, 2 R)

2 votes

Brad Bergesen (5-2 3.74 ERA; 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 Ks)

59 votes

Baez (not losing the game for the O's by giving up an untimely HR)

1 votes

Dave Trembley (revamping the lineup + no major baserunning mistakes)

23 votes

164 votes | Poll has closed

Catcher to be dropped...?

Tetris — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:40:19 -0000

Even though it probably won't turn out like this...I belive Zaun not Moeller should be cut on friday. When Wieters comes up he would have previously (this year in AAA) caught 3 of the new rotation starters; Bergeson, Berken, and now Hernandez. Guthrie has previously stated that he prefers Moeller as his catcher and Moeller has now caught all three of Hill's games. Moeller has almost put up the same amount of production as Zaun in much more limited time. I might be underestimating Zaun's experience as a factor, but then again Moeller is 34 and knows what he's doing too...thoughts?

Things I left out: Zaun's cool hat, his relationship with Koji, and that he is a switch-hitter.

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