Daily Archives: July 31, 2009

Bergesen To DL; Ray and Mickolio Up

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The Orioles have placed RHP Brad Bergesen on the 15 day disabled list with a left shin contusion. RHP Chris Ray has been activated from the disabled list to replace him on the roster. The Orioles have also recalled RHP Kam Mickolio from AAA Norfolk to replace LHP George Sherrill on the roster.

Grade: B

Losing Bergesen hurts. Hopefully he won’t be out for long and he can come back to the rotation when his 15 days are up. The x-rays on his leg came back negative, but the bruise was deep enough to make him unable to make at least his next start. Ray threw 3 scoreless innings in his injury rehab with AA Bowie over 3 appearances. He’ll try to earn his set up man job back. I’m glad Mickolio will be back with the club. He looked good in his limited time with the O’s a couple weeks ago, throwing 3.2 scoreless innings in 3 games. I’d like to see Danys Baez and Mark Hendrickson traded so we can give RHP Jim Miller and LHP Wilfredo Perez a look in the bullpen.

Down On The Farm: July 30th

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AAA Norfolk 3, Indianapolis 11

RHP Andy Mitchell: 4 IP, 9 H, 8 ER, BB, 3 K, L (9-3) (4.56 ERA)
1B Brandon Snyder: 2-4, RBI (.248 AVG)

AA Bowie 2, Connecticut 3

RHP Brandon Erbe: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K (2.50 ERA) – Minor league player of the night
2B Miguel Abreu: 3-4, RBI, double (24) (.298 AVG)
SS Robert Valido: 1-3, R, double (9) (.219 AVG)

Short A Aberdeen 3, Hudson Valley 1

RHP Kenny Moreland: 6 IP, 4 H, ER, 2 BB, 4 K, W (6-1) (0.88 ERA) – Moreland needs to be moved up immediately. Hes 23, dominating, and already had 2 good starts at high A Frederick before being assigned to Aberdeen.
DH Levi Carolus: 2-4, RBI, double (12) (.325 AVG)
LF Arthur Bonevacia: 2-3, RBI (.220 AVG)
1B Tom Baxter: 1-3, RBI, double (6) (.258 AVG)

O’s Split Series; Win 7-3

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Brad Bergesen improved his record to 7-5.

Bergesen pitched an excellent game yesterday. He held the Kansas City Royals to only 1 run on 7 hits and 2 walks over 7 innings while striking out 6 batters. He also didn’t give up that run until the 7th inning, when the game was already in hand with a 7-0 lead. Unfortunately he was hit by a line drive against the last batter he faced, although Matt Wieters turned into an out by firing to first to get the runner. The ball hit Bergesen on the upper shin and he had to limp off the field. He was definitely in pain. Mark Hendrickson pitched the last 2 innings and struck out 3 batters, but he gave up 2 runs on homerun in the 8th inning.

Ty Wiggington got the offense going in the 2nd inning, hitting his 7th homerun, a solo shot, into the stands in left center field. The O’s broke the game open in the 5th. Matt Wieters started it off with a double. After a pop out and a strikeout, Felix Pie singled and Adam Jones walked to load the bases. Nick Markakis singled in one of the runners, still leaving the bases loaded. That wouldn’t last long as Aubrey Huff cleared them with 21st double of the year. Back to back doubles by Cesar Izturis and Brian Roberts put another run on the board, then a Pie single scored the 7th run. Pie has had an OPS just over .800 since his struggles in April.

Player of the game: Brad Bergesen (7 IP, 7 H, ER, 2 BB, 6 K, W (7-5) (3.43 ERA))

We start a 3 game series with the Boston Red Sox tonight. Jeremy Guthrie (7-9, 5.21) vs. John Smoltz (1-4, 7.04) is the match up in game 1.