Liz Leads O’s to Victory

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June 4, 12:51 PM

by Pete Sabatini, Baltimore O's Examiner

Celebrating victory

The Orioles infield celebrates victory against the Twins. (AP Photo)

On short notice and low expectations Radhames Liz joined the Orioles in Minnesota and led them to a 5-3 win - his first major league victory.

We will need to see a few more performances like this one to say anything stronger about his performance than pleasantly surprising, but I know my expectations were very low going into the night.

Liz looked comfortable pitching 5 scoreless innings before giving up a pair of runs in the sixth.

The 24-year old righty’s history with the Orioles has been rocky. He joined the club for 9 games in 2007, 4 of them starts. Over his 24 innings he logged 24 strikeouts and 23 walks (not the ideal ratio), and a whopping 19 earned runs.

Johnson had a bounce-back relief outing giving up only 1 hit and 1 walk in an otherwise quiet eighth, which he needed after recent shakiness.

The Orioles spread out their 13 hits and 5 runs with 2 solo shots, 3 doubles (2 from the struggling Ramon Hernandez), and a triple from Brian Roberts.

Adam Jones recorded his 5^th stolen base of the season and his first since May 14^th.

Score: 5-3, Orioles - Box Score
Highlights: Liz retires 9 straight batters, Roberts hits 2B, 3B, with 1 RBI Next Game: Twins, Wed. 8:10PM, Cabrera (5-1) vs. Perkins (2-2) Current Record: 28-29, 6.5GB

Topics: Orioles , Adam Jones , Jim Johnson , Radhames Liz

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