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Today's pitchers: Matusz vs. Halladay

April 07, 2010, 5:30pm

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LHP Brian Matusz (1-0, 1.80) today makes his second Major League start of this season. He got the win Tuesday at Detroit. In five innings, he gave up six hits and one run with three walks and five strikeouts. Matusz threw 99 pitches. In 19 starts this year between Frederick and Bowie, the 22-year-old Matusz went 11-2, 1.91 and fanned 121 in 113 innings. He began the year at Frederick, going 4-2, 2.16 in 11 starts. Matusz made his first Double-A start on June 17th and pitched even better...

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The home run problem

April 07, 2010, 5:29pm

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Giving up the longball continues to be a problem for the O's pitching staff. The Orioles entered play today with 138 homers allowed, the most by any staff in the American League. Brian Matusz gave up three homers today in his 2 2/3 innings outing. O's pitchers have now allowed at least one long ball in 12 of the last 13 games, giving up 23 in that stretch. Chris Tillman and Matusz have combined to allow eight homers in 25 innings so far. Meanwhile, the Orioles have hit 108 homers on the...

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Jays use longball to win series finale

April 07, 2010, 5:28pm

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Brian Matusz could not follow up his winning Major League debut at Detroit with another strong outing. Matusz got rocked for three homers today as his outing lasted just 2 2/3 innings as Toronto beat the Birds, 7-3, to win the series, two games to one. Kevin Millar hit a solo homer in the second while Vernon Wells and Marco Scutaro hit two-run shots in the third off the 22-year-old left hander. Matusz allowed five runs and seven hits in 2 2/3 innings to fall to 1-1 on the year. Brian Matusz...

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Post-game Notes: Jays take series finale

April 07, 2010, 5:26pm

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Post-game Notes: Jays take series finale

Roy Halladay today became a career 20-game winner vs. the Orioles. In eight innings he gave up nine hits and three runs (two earned) with one walk and four strikeouts. He threw 107 pitches, 79 strikes. He is 12-5, 2.73 on the year. Halladay improved to 2-0, 3.13 in three starts on the year vs. the O's and 20-4, 2.89 in 31 games, 27 career starts vs. Baltimore covering 193 innings. Halladay won for just the second time in his last nine starts and Toronto is now 12-10 in his 22 starts in...

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Another take on Steve Johnson

April 07, 2010, 5:24pm

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He never seemed to be atop anyone's top prospects list. He never blew up anyone's radar gun. But Steve Johnson just kept getting outs, impressing his coaches and just kept moving up the Minor League ladder. Just a few weeks ago, the Dodgers promoted him to Double-A Chatanooga and just days after that, Johnson got traded to the Orioles with Josh Bell for George Sherrill. Now the kid from St. Paul's School, the Baltimore native whose dad played for the Orioles and now broadcasts for the...

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The homestand begins: A's at O's

April 07, 2010, 5:22pm

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Game Preview Oakland (49-62) at Orioles (46-65) Home after a seven-game road trip where they went only 2 and 5, the Orioles look for more victories as they begin a seven-game homestand tonight vs. Oakland. The Orioles are 28-26 at home this year. After they play three with Oakland, the stand continues with a four-game series vs. the Los Angeles Angels. Here are the pitching matchups for the Oakland series: Mon, 7:05p - Jeremy Guthrie (7-11, 5.28) v. Gio Gonzalez (3-2, 6.31) Tues, 7:05p -...

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Matusz talks about his rough start in Toronto

April 07, 2010, 5:16pm

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Matusz talks about his rough start in Toronto

Brian Matusz says a combination of less than stellar command, nerves and spending too much time focusing on the hitter rather than his own game, all led to his short outing on Sunday at Toronto. Matusz gave up seven hits and five runs, three homers, in just 2 2/3 innings vs. the Blue Jays. "I've learned a lot, a lot about myself. I know what my strengths are," the 22-year-old lefty said. "Yesterday, I didn't pitch to my strengths. We went over the scouting report before the game and...

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Tonight's pitchers: Guthrie vs. Gonzalez

April 07, 2010, 5:15pm

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Tonight's pitchers: Guthrie vs. Gonzalez

RHP Jeremy Guthrie (7-11, 5.28) tonight will make his 23rd start of the year, his 12th at home and the 5th of his career vs. Oakland. Guthrie is coming off a decent outing, but still took the loss on Wednesday night at Detroit. In 7 1/3 innings he gave up six hits and three runs, throwing 109 pitches. In four second-half starts, Guthrie is 1-3, 5.02. The right-hander leads the AL in home runs allowed with 27. He has given up at least one homer in 17 of 22 starts and has allowed ten homers...

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If Guthrie knew why.......

April 07, 2010, 5:14pm

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He gave up so many runs in the first two innings of his starts this year, he'd fix the problem. Because it has been a season-long issue for him. Coming into tonight, where he allowed two runs in the second to Oakland, Guthrie had given up 36 runs in the first two innings of his starts and 46 in all other innings. That's 43.9 percent of his runs allowed in those two innings. Last year, he gave up 109 runs all year and 27 came in the first two innings. That's 24.7 percent. That still...

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Rain delay anyone?

April 07, 2010, 5:12pm

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It was raining hits on Jeremy Guthrie earlier. Soon, it should just be raining. The wind is whipping up big time at the Yard and the radar says the rain is cloisng in. Good times all around.

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Taking rain delay questions (the game has resumed at 9:58pm)

April 07, 2010, 5:11pm

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Taking rain delay questions (the game has resumed at 9:58pm)

Okay, the rain delay is now here. During this delay, please send in some O's questions and I'll try to answer them. Any O's topic, Major or Minors. Sends those questions on this blog. I'll answer a few more here during the game, but we are back to baseball. Thanks for all the questions!

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A's take series opener, 9-1 over Orioles

April 07, 2010, 5:09pm

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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...

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Post-game Notes: A's over O's

April 07, 2010, 5:06pm

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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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Tuesday night baseball: O's host A's

April 07, 2010, 5:05pm

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Game Preview 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...

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Trembley on the lack of offense

April 07, 2010, 5:04pm

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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...

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Will some of the young pitchers need to be shut down?

April 07, 2010, 5:03pm

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Will some of the young pitchers need to be shut down?

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...

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Tonight's pitchers: Hernandez vs. Cahill

April 07, 2010, 5:00pm

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Tonight's pitchers: Hernandez vs. Cahill

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...

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A few words from Koji

April 07, 2010, 4:59pm

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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...

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Hernandez gets the win as the O's edge the A's

April 07, 2010, 4:56pm

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Hernandez gets the win as the O's edge the A's

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...

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David Hernandez's post-game comments

April 07, 2010, 4:54pm

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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...