It seems Jeremy Guthrie is not the pitcher to shut down the Oakland A's.
The A's hit him hard for the second time this year in a 9-1 win over the Orioles on Monday night that started a seven-game homestand.
Guthrie allowed a season-high 11 hits and five runs and is now 7-12, 5.43.
In two starts vs. Oakland, he is 0-2, 18.57 and has allowed 11ER and 18 hits in 5 1/3 innings.
The O's avoided their 8th shutout when Luke Scott led off the ninth with a solo homer, his 19th of the year and...
Jeremy Guthrie stood in front of his locker and answered questions at length tonight about his poor outing vs. Oakland and his tough season.
On tonight's outing: "It was a tough game, they strung together some two out hits. You tip your cap to Gio Gonzalez, he proved tonight unless I shut them out, we didn't have much of a chance anyway. I did not pitch well throughout."
On getting two strikes, then giving up hits: "I've always been the same type of pitcher, I go after people. ...
Jeremy Guthrie took his 12th loss tonight, that matches his total from all of last year. Guthrie gave up a season-high 11 hits along with five runs in 4 2/3 innings. He threw 107 pitches and is now 7-12, 5.43.
He has made two starts vs. the A's this year and is 0-2, 18.57. He did not survive the first inning in a June 5th loss at Oakland.
A's hitters have 18 hits in 34 at bats over those two starts vs. Guthrie this year for an average of .529.
He has allowed four runs or more in 12 of...
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Oakland (50-62) at Orioles (46-66)
Orioles fans have somewhat gotten used to the fact the O's struggle against teams in the tough American League East.
But the O's have also struggled this year vs. the AL West and they have not won vs. the Oakland A's in over two years.
The Birds are 8-18 on the season (2-8 at home) vs. AL West clubs.
The Orioles are 0-4 this year vs. Oakland and have lost nine in a row vs. Oakland since last beating the A's on July 22, 2007.
The A's have...
If you look at the players that make up the Orioles lineup and think that group should be scoring more runs, you are not alone.
Manager Dave Trembley was asked about that today and agrees that the team's offense has underachieved.
"Agreed. We've gone through a stretch here where we are 6 and 18 and probably 13 or more of those have been decided by two runs or less. We've really been searching for the big hit, the one hit to break the game open.
"I can understand that it's part of...
It would seem to make sense that some of the Orioles young starting pitchers might have to be shut down before the season ends due to pitching a lot of innings.
But Dave Trembley today seemed to indicate that will not happen, as the club watches the youngsters carefully, while at the same time going to a six-man rotation in September.
"I think we've got that pretty much written out," Trembley said. "There are three off days in September that will help. The off day on Thursday pushes...
RHP David Hernandez (3-4, 3.96) tonight makes his 10th start of the season, his 4th at home and the 1st of his career vs. Oakland.
Hernandez was pitching very well until his last two starts, when he has failed to pitch even five innings each vs. Boston and Detroit.
He is 0-2, 8.59 in those outings, giving up 14 hits and seven earned runs over 7 1/3 innings. He allowed three homers in the two starts.
Before that, over a four-start stretch, Hernandez went 2-0, 2.45. The final two starts of...
The next step is here for O's right-hander Koji Uehara. He will head to Sarasota, Florida tomorrow to begin a throwing program that the Orioles hope will lead to him returning to the team and the mound in September.
But this time the 34-year-old from Japan will pitch out of the O's bullpen.
He has been on the DL twice this year, most recently with right elbow tendonitis that was later termed a partially torn flexor tendon. He has spent more days this year on the DL, than on the active...
David Hernandez rebounded from two sub-par starts to win his 4th game of the year as the Orioles beat the Oakland A's 3-2 Tuesday in front of 23,006 at Camden Yards.
The O's ended a nine-game losing streak vs. the A's and beat Oakland for the first time since July 22, 2007.
Hernandez, who picked up his first win since July 26th, gave up two runs and six hits over 6 2/3. He is now 4-4, 3.81. He recorded a season-high six strikeouts.
Dave Trembley talks with the media after the O's 3-2...
When David Hernandez pitched at Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park back-to-back and gave up just two earned runs in 13 innings, it looked like he was a pitcher on a roll.
But over his last two outings, vs. Boston and Detroit, he allowed 7ER in 7 1/3 innings for an ERA of 8.59.
He certainly bounced back well tonight, pitching the Orioles past Oakland, 3-2. Hernandez is now 4-4, 3.81.
He gave up just six hits and two runs over 6 2/3, throwing 107 pitches.
David Hernandez discusses his strong...
A rare type of win - Coming into tonight the Orioles had lost 19 straight games when scoring three runs or less. That streak ends with a 3-2 win over Oakland. Their last win in such a game was a 2-1 victory on June 21st at Philadelphia.
The Orioles ended a nine-game losing streak vs. Oakland and beat the A's for the first time in over two years. Before tonight, their last win vs. Oakland was on July 22, 2007.
The nine-game losing streak tied the Dodgers current nine-game win streak vs....
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Oakland (50-63) at Orioles (47-66)
Now that the Orioles have ended a nine-game losing streak vs. Oakland, this afternoon they'll try to take the next step and win a series from the A's.
The clubs have split the first two of this series and today, in the deciding game at 1:35 p.m. Jason Berken (2-9, 6.72) pitches for the Orioles vs. Vin Mazzaro (3-8, 5.70).
The O's last win over Oakland before Tuesday's 3-2 victory came on July 22, 2007. That was also the last time the O's...
When the O's offense struggles, the message boards start buzzing with criticism of hitting coach Terry Crowley. But he can't go into the box and swing for the players.
While he can and should provide help, doesn't it really become the responsibility of the guy with the bat in his hand?
We could debate that for hours, but let's skip that for right now.
Anyway, talking about the O's slumping offense right now is probably not at the top of Crowley's list of wonderful things. He did take...
RHP Jason Berken (2-9, 6.72) today makes his 15th start of this season, his 9th at home and the 2nd of this season vs. Oakland.
Berken got that elusive second win on Friday at Toronto. He pitched six innings and gave up five hits and three runs. He allowed two homers and threw 91 pitches.
That followed his worst start of the year when he gave up six runs in just 1 1/3 innings vs. Boston.
Berken won his first Major League start on May 26th vs. Toronto, then went 0-9 over 12 starts before...
Jason Berken pitched shutout ball in four of his five innings Wednesday afternoon.
But he gave up four runs in the fourth inning vs. Oakland and that was enough for the A's to hand him his 10th loss and win the final game of this series, 6-3.
Oakland, which has won seven of its last ten games, takes the series, two wins to one. The A's are 10-1 in their last 11 games vs. Baltimore.
Oakland took a 4-0 lead with a four-hit fourth inning that included two sac flies and Landon Powell's...
Some post-game comments from Jason Berken and Nick Markakis after the O's lost 6-3 to Oakland on Wednesday afternoon.
Jason Berken on his outing - "I didn't feel like I had my best stuff, but I was able to make some pitches early in the game, but the big inning hurt me. For whatever reason, that's something that has hurt me all year. If you look over my starts, I've often had one bad pitch or one bad inning. You try to limit it to one or two runs if you can and try to stay out of a...
The Offense Again - Another day with just three runs for the O's on offense. They scored just seven runs in this series and have scored just 12 runs over the last five games and 24 runs over the last eight.
The O's had nine hits today and have just one game of ten or more hits in the last eight games. They have homered just twice in the last seven contests.
The O's hitters went 1 for 7 today, for the second straight game, when batting with runners in scoring position. The Orioles are...
It was not looking good earlier this week for the Orioles to sign their second-round draft choice, Florida high school shortstop Mychal Givens.
Tonight it looks like the O's have closed the door on negotiations and will move on without signing Givens.
O's scouting director Joe Jordan tells MASNsports.com "we no longer have an offer on the table."
In the weeks leading up to the draft, the Orioles thought they had a handle on the dollar amount it would take to sign Givens. On draft day,...
Joe Jordan's track record as Orioles' scouting director is very good. We can all look at his drafts and see the talent he has added to the organization.
His decision to withdraw a contract offer to second-round pick Mychal Givens was not made lightly.
When I spoke on the phone with him Wednesday night he sounded pretty down about the whole thing. After all, he and his scouts put in a massive amount of time and effort in scouting and getting to know Givens. To not get the player signed is...
When the Orioles were unable to sign second-round draft pick Mychal Givens, O's scouting director Joe Jordan said this would now allow the club to pursue other players later in the draft that the O's felt were "second round talents."
It's clear tonight, one of the players he was referring to was high school pitcher Cameron Coffey. Check out this story out of Houston tonight and the big dollars the O's are giving Coffey.
Before you ask why he lasted until round 22 of the draft, one...