Baltimore Orioles @ Toronto Blue Jays GameThread, Jun 6, 2008 7:07 PM EDT

Troubled Times Had Come to My Hometown - Game 63, Orioles at Jays

by hugo on Jun 6, 2008 6:31 PM EDT in Game Threads Comment 135 comments

Baltimore Orioles @ Toronto Blue Jays

Lineup

06/06/08 7:07 PM EDT

Baltimore Orioles	Toronto Blue Jays
Brian Roberts - 2B	Shannon Stewart - DH
Nick Markakis - RF	Marco Scutaro - 2B
Melvin Mora - 3B	Alex Rios - CF
Aubrey Huff - DH	Scott Rolen - 3B
Kevin Millar - 1B	Kevin Mench - LF
Luke Scott - LF	Lyle Overbay - 1B
Adam Jones - CF	Rod Barajas - C
Ramon Hernandez - C	Brad Wilkerson - RF
Freddie Bynum - SS	David Eckstein - SS

It's another evening of inter-avian warfare as the Orioles come to T.O. to take on the Jays. The Jays are reeling a bit after a tough series with the Yankees in which they were just a few outs away from winning the series despite a poor start from Dustin McGowan, who is starting to worry me. Even though I took a bet at the beginning of the season (for which I was ridiculed quite a bit, and which I still might lose) that Marcum would conclude the season with a lower ERA than McGowan, I didn't expect McGowan to be bad.

Anyway, B.J. Ryan came in to blow his second-straight save, and it was an ugly one. He gave up 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th and the Jays had dropped the series. It was a tough roadtrip, so the Jays are hoping that a trip back to the Rogers Centre will put them back on the right track. It was always going to be a hard roadtrip, and 4-5 isn't the worst one could expect. We all know B.J. was not looking lights out every night just because he was 12-12 in save opportunities, so blowing one at some point was going to happen.

The Jays are still reeling from some injuries, however. Aaron Hill has still not been able to play so the Jays are playing a man down. Rod Barajas is banged up and looked absolutely awful on Thursday (I'm told, by my brother, who was at the game), so a day off would seem to be in order. Gregg Zaun, Vernon Wells, John MacDonald, and Jeremy Accardo are on the mend, though. And Brian Wolfe has returned to find there is no room at the inn. With no one on the big-league club to be sent down, Wolfe, who made the team out of spring training, was optioned to Syracuse.

Check out the draft report below, happy friday everyone, and let's go Jays!!!

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Hope today's game is better than yesterday's....though really there is no way it could be worse.

I see Barajas is in the line up….I wish they’d give him the day off, had a rough one yesterday and Hill isn’t in the line up. Is looking more and more like he should go on the DL.

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 6:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Marcum gets the double play to eliminate the single

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

hey everyone

finally got out of work at a semi-decent hour, but the outlaws are in town so posting will be spotty tonight. Let’s go Jays!!!

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 6, 2008 7:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

My monster in law is in this weekend too....so I'll be heading out of town

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well Marcum gets out of the second too

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 7:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Marcum gets in a bit of trouble with a hit and a walk, but strands 2

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 7:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So what's your opinion....Bad luck for BJ or something more?

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 7:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

More like good luck to this point?

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah I think so....I thought he was getting lucky earlier....

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice Double for Rolen....

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If Scott had played the Carom well I think he might have been toast

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not sure why I capitalized carom

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm such a lousy typist I capitalize random words all over

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Note to Tabler

if the Jays were hitting 3 run homers, they would be hitting with RISP.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 7:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Good job of tagging up...

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 7:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Who needs to ground to the right side?

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I see Crisp is playing in Boston....must be challenging his suspension

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 7:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Everyone challenges their suspensions

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah till they find a good moment to serve it....a minor injury or somethin

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Overbay draws the walk

Hope Barajas has his swing back.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 7:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice RBI for the Cap'm

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 7:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wilkerson joins the Hit Parade

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 7:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

x shows off the warning track power

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 7:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Stew grounds out to Mora to strand 2

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 7:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice to get some runs

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 7:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Man of Steeles walks Markakis with 2 outs and strands him.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 8:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

When was Rios' last home run?

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 8:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

They said over a month ago

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

May 1

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

JP keeps talking about the new world order for power now....seems to me he was almost hinting that Rios was juicing

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 8:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

But if he knew, why sign him to the long term deal?

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know....just listening to him on the Wednesdays that he does the phone in....he talks about not knowing which guys will hit home runs anymore.

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So you think he's guessing that Rios's power dropoff is from not juicing

without having known at the time that he was?

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah I think so....always sounds to me that he's basically saying 'we don't know who was juiceing but power numbers are down for a reason'

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

His power did seem to come out of no where

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The scouts said he'd grow into his power

Is that a knowing wink from the scouts?

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seemed to to grow into it suddenly....

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rios takes third

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 8:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Think Burres is vulnerable to the steal of home?

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 8:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

please no

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sac fly scores Rios, moves Rolen to second

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 8:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice swing by Eck

by Tom Dakers on Jun 6, 2008 8:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Barajas tried the pickoff at first

and on the next pitch catches Bynum stealing

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 8:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seattle is crushing the Sox

I know you can’t really use up all your hits, but I hope they use up all their hits this weekend. Everyone else got to play them while they still sucked.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 6, 2008 9:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs