Another O’s comeback falls short

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August 12, 10:26 PM

by Jay Trucker, Baltimore Orioles Examiner

 

 

The Orioles gave Garrett Olson, a marginal major league starter, a two run cushion to start the game.  They scored with a walk, two hits, and an Aubrey Huff sac fly.

Choose Your Own Adventure

With the lead already in hand, Olson came out relaxed and struck out the side….No.  Just kidding.

He pitched into a bases loaded jam with no outs, but escaped after allowing only one run to score.  Nope.  Just kidding about that, too.

Olson gave up five hits, threw a wild pitch, and suffered from two bad Lou Montanez throws that allowed runners to score.  2-4 Cleveland after one inning.

Cluck U

I watched the first portion of the game at my gym.  The volume was low, but closed captioning was on.  How is it possible that with all of the technological advancements we’ve made in the last 20 years, we can’t come up with a more accurate closed captioning system?

Here’s what O’s pitching coach Rick Kranitz said about Garrett Olson according to closed captioning:

“This cluck is as aggressive as I’ve seen.” 

Indeed. 

Olson settled down after the abysmal first inning, holding the Indians at bay until the fourth inning when Cleveland scored on a Melvin Mora throwing error.  Olson clucked his way through six innings, clucking out six. 

MASN’S Rhetorical Questions

Here’s one of the questions on MASN’s “Were you there?” campaign.

“Were you there for Olson’s quality start?”

Good question.  This is a much more realistic commercial than the one where the actor pretending to be a fan yells about how the O’s can beat the Yankees even though the Yanks are “on paper the best team in baseball.”

I guess, “on paper they’re the third best team in the AL East” doesn’t have much of a ring to it.

Veteran Move

In the sixth inning, Jay Payton showed the rookie how it’s done.  He tracked down a ball off the centerfield wall and hit relay man Juan Castro, who fired to Hernandez for an out at the plate.

Lou Montanez led off the seventh with a single.  How does this guy see with his helmet pulled so low?

Good News, Bad News

After Cleveland SP Josh Sowers was chased from the game, Luke Scott came on as a pinch hitter.  The good news is he hit a double.  The bad news is he hit for slick-fielding SS Juan Castro.  It was up to Alex “butterhands” Cintron from here out.  Roberts knocked in Montanez.  Markakis tied the game with a single up the middle.  The game was tied at 5 after 6 ½. 

Adrubal Cabrera proved himself an Orioles killer, bouncing a single up the middle for a go ahead RBI.  It was his third hit of the night.  The guy was hitting .209 before this series.  He’s hoping the O’s never leave. 

In the eighth, Lou Montanez was tested for the third time in one game.  He lofted the ball 10 feet over home plate.  It was 5-7 Cleveland after eight and that’s how it ended. 

Do you have a rhetorical question you’d like to hear MASN ask?

“Were you there when Melvin Mora bobbled the ball?”

“Were you there when George Sherrill blew the save?”

“Were you there when Ramon Hernandez walked into a double play?”

I’m open to suggestions.

Score: 5-7 Cleveland

Record: 56-62, 15.5GB

Next Game: @ Cleveland 7:05.  Guthrie (9-8, 3.26 ERA) vs. Reyes (3-1, 3.86 ERA)

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