And Mark Reynolds hit his first two homers on Friday and Saturday after I dropped him from my fantasy team on Friday.
Orioles and Red Sox tied at 6 in the 14th. Both teams low on pitchers, especially because Buchholz was knocked out in the 4th inning and Hunter was knocked out in the 5th.
Alvarez had a 97-pitch shutout on Friday night. How common is it for a team to record 27 outs on less than 100 pitches these days? Not sure if there is an easy place to look up such a stat.
Boston has used 8 pitchers. Baltimore has used 9, including current pitcher Chris Davis (who's actually a first baseman). Darnell McDonald warming up for the Red Sox. Marlon Byrd thrown out at the plate, and we're going to 17.
Orioles win 9-6. Chris Davis gets the win. Game-ending double play with 2 men on hit into by Darnell McDonald, who allows a three run homer and then ends his team's rally. Adrian Gonzalez went 0 for 8, which included a 17th inning K against Chris Davis.
Cole Hamels suspended 5 games for throwing at Bryce Harper and then telling reporters so after the game.
Yes! Fish on a 7 game win streak on this road trip so far... Big Z with his first complete game since 2009...He has been awesome this year...
Game 1 of Texas at Baltimore doubleheader. Orioles 1st Colby Lewis pitching: Ryan Flaherty : Ball, Flaherty homered to right. J.J. Hardy : Ball, Ball, Hardy homered to left. Nick Markakis : Strike looking, Strike looking, Markakis homered to right. back to back to back to lead off the game he's striking guys out now. Five in a row. Three homers and a deep flyball followed by 5 Ks. Orioles 1st Colby Lewis pitching: Ryan Flaherty : Ball, Flaherty homered to right. J.J. Hardy : Ball, Ball, Hardy homered to left. Nick Markakis : Strike looking, Strike looking, Markakis homered to right. Adam Jones : Strike looking, Strike looking, Jones flied out to deep center. Matt Wieters : Foul, Strike looking, Ball, Wieters struck out swinging. Wilson Betemit : Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Betemit struck out swinging. End of Inning (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) Orioles 2nd Colby Lewis pitching: Chris Davis : Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Davis struck out looking. Mark Reynolds : Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Reynolds struck out swinging. Robert Andino : Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Andino struck out swinging. End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
New rule change for next year? http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/baseball/mlb/05/10/pick.off.move.ap/index.html A pickoff move that's been part of baseball strategy for years might get picked off next season. Major League Baseball is poised to eliminate the fake-to-third, throw-to-first trick that teams routinely use. The Playing Rules Committee has approved a proposal to make the move a balk, and MLB executives and umpires are in agreement. The players' union vetoed the plan for this season to discuss it further. MLB is allowed to implement the change after a one-year wait. There's no telling yet whether that would happen if players strongly object. Under the new wording, a pitcher could not fake to third unless he first stepped off the rubber. If he stayed on the rubber, as most all pitchers do now, it would be a balk.
^ weird that they're considering doing that. It's been a part of the game for such a long time (I guess spitballs were too, but we haven't had rule changes like this lately that I can recall, other than playoff structuring). Strasburg 13 Ks over 6 innings. Now 3-0 with a 1.64 ERA
I agree. Unlike spitballs, this doesn't give pitchers THAT much of an advantage over base runners (if any).
Has anybody seen this? Kind of interesting. Rally beers? http://www.csnne.com/pages/video?PID=uvXM2-inUvMA80JJ7T5lCpr7xdYdVw_dFzy4Oy
