Rays Crush O's

Jeremy Guthrie lasted just three innings, and the Orioles were annihilated by the Tampa Bay Rays 14-3.

Guthrie's three innings were a career low, his six walks tied a career high, and the seven earned runs charged to him were a career worst...a tough game for Jeremy Guthrie. At one point in the second inning he walked four straight batters...

The Birds were down 13-0 after six innings, and never really had a chance to win this one...

Daniel Cabrera was scheduled to pitch this afternoon but his suspension was upheld, so the O's will send Chris Waters to the mound...

O's Bats Come to Life

The Orioles finished out the home stand with a bang by defeating the Chicago White Sox 11-3 last night at Camden Yards.

The Birds have had a rough couple of weeks, and finished the nine-game home series with a 2-7 mark...the starting pitching set the tone last night though, with Radhames Liz going five and 2/3 innings, allowing just two runs.

The O's had an offensive explosion, scoring 11 runs off 16 hits. Melvin Mora, Aubrey Huff and Kevin Millar all homered, and Brian Roberts doubled and drove in three runs.

The Birds are off today and begin a three-game series against the first-place Tampa Bay Rays (it just doesn't feel right saying that!) on Friday night. Jeremy Guthrie takes the mound for the O's...

(photos courtesy of MLB.com)

Burres Can't Stop the O's Slide

Welcome back to the big leagues, Brian Burres. The O's starter looked great in his return, allowing six runs in the first four innings, almost assuring yet another loss...no magic could help as the Orioles fell to the White Sox 8-3.

It's almost painful to watch the Orioles play in late August, and I'm sure September won't be a picnic. Anyone who thinks October is in sight (and I'm not even that delusional) might as well start looking toward next season...again.

No stats this time; I'll be back when the Birds win...

O's Win One, then Lose One...

The Orioles outlasted the White Sox in the conclusion of a suspended game from April, winning 4-3 in fourteen innings. They turned right around to lose 4-3 in the regularly scheduled game...

It took nearly four months for the Birds to take their revenge on Chicago...the O's won in fourteen innings; Rocky Cherry was credited with the save (ironically enough, the first blown save from George Sherrill turned into Cherry's first save).

The satisfaction was short-lived, though, as the O's lost 4-3 just hours later Chris Waters looked pretty good...he allowed just four runs (three earned) off five hits through seven innings The Birds just couldn't get much going offensively.

The Orioles look to Brian Burres tomorrow night...

Yankees Sweep O's Away

Daniel Cabrera turned in his shortest outing of the season and the Birds were swept at Camden Yards for the first time this year, falling 8-7 to the New York Yankees.

Cabrera was charged with seven runs in just 3 and 2/3 innings; he allowed nine hits, walked three and didn't strike out a single batter...check out this quote:

"As you can see, nothing's going the way I'm looking for," Cabrera said. "I've been bad for a long time" (courtesy of Orioles.com).

The Birds handed Cabrera an early lead in the first inning; Melvin Mora and Aubrey Huff hit back-to-back jacks to give the O's a 2-0 advantage. Cabrera couldn't hold on, but the O's battled back and tied the game at seven after Brian Roberts drilled a 2-run shot in the fifth.

It wasn't enough...reliever Jamie Walker gave up a solo homer in the seventh and the Yankees held on for the win...it was Walker's second loss of the season; both came in this series...

The Orioles are 1-5 on the home stand and are now a season-worst seven games under .500. They face the Chicago White Sox Monday night...the rained-out game from late April will resume at 6:05, the regularly scheduled game starts at 7:05...Chris Waters will make the start for the Birds...

Guthrie Can't Stop the Bleeding

The Birds once again were unable to support Jeremy Guthrie, falling to the Yankees 5-3 last night.

Guthrie (10-10) didn't have his usual stuff, allowing five runs and leaving with two on and two out in the sixth. He walked just one while striking out seven, but allowed seven hits, two of them home runs.

The Birds were down 2-0 in the first but scored three runs in the second for a brief lead. New York scored twice more in the third and again in the fifth to knock Guthrie out of the game...

The O's are now 1-4 on the home stand and desperately need Daniel Cabrera to set the tone early later this afternoon....