O's Use the Long Ball to Take Down Tigers

The Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers last night, 7-4.

The Birds homered four times in the game. Luke Scott smacked two dingers, while Aubrey Huff and Melvin Mora settled for one a piece.

Mora homered in Thursday's 6-5 loss to the Tigers...looks like his bat is heating up. That was a tough loss to swallow...I couldn't blog about it, but baserunning mistakes cost the O's the game. They made it exciting in the ninth, but still lost...is there such a thing as too much rest?

The O's evened up the series last night, and even put runs on the board for Jeremy Guthrie (6-7). It certainly wasn't Guthrie's best performance; he went six innings and allowed a career-high 12 hits. He walked two and struck out five. Guthrie started the seventh, but after two singles was pulled for reliever Chad Bradford. Bradford got out of the inning which kept Guthrie as the pitcher of record. The bullpen was superb; they allowed only two hits through three innings...closer George Sherrill picked up his 29th save.

The O's play game three of this four-game series later tonight...Daniel Cabrera (6-5) takes the mound as the Birds try to start a winning streak at home...

(photos courtesy of MLB.com)