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Down On The Farm: June 30th

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AAA Norfolk 1, Charlotte 2

LHP Troy Patton – 6 IP, 5 H, ER, 2 BB, 2 K, L (5-9) (4.84 ERA)
RHP Pat Egan – IP, 0 ER, K (6.75 ERA)
3B Josh Bell – 2-4 (.266 AVG)
RF Blake Davis – 1-4, R (.220 AVG)

AA Bowie 4, Erie 3

LHP Rick Zagone – 7 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K (3.86 ERA) – Pretty good start to Zagone’s AA career.
LF Felix Pie – 1-4, R, BB, SB (1) (.556 AVG)
2B Ryan Adams – 2-4, R, 2 RBI, 2 doubles (24) (.286 AVG)
DH Joel Guzman – 2-4, solo HR (18) (.282 AVG)
C Caleb Joseph – 1-4, double (9) (.242 AVG)

A+ Frederick 7, Salem 0

LHP Nathan Moreau – 9 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, W (1-0) (0.00 ERA) – Minor League Player Of The Night - Nice debut (to say the least) for Moreau as he throws a no hitter (2 errors short from perfection) in his first start with Frederick after going 2-3 with a 2.98 ERA over 16 games (7 starts) with A Delmarva. He had 70 strikeouts and 23 walks over 60 innings.
CF Xavier Avery – 2-4, BB (.284 AVG)
RF Ronnie Welty – 2-5, RBI (.270 AVG)
3B Buck Britton – 2-5, R (.284 AVG)
DH Bill Rowell – 2-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, 2 doubles (12) (.256 AVG)
SS Bobby Stevens – 2-4, 3 R, RBI, double (4), triple (2) (.204 AVG)
C Brian Ward – 2-4, R, 3 RBI, double (6) (.211 AVG)

A Delmarva 7, West Virginia 1

RHP Luis Noel – 5 IP, H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, W (3-2) (2.94 ERA)
RF Brian Conley – 1-4, R, BB, double (13) (.290 AVG)
3B Tyler Kelly – 1-4, R, RBI, double (21) (.260 AVG)
1B Tyler Townsend – 2-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, double (2) (.314 AVG)
DH Kieron Pope – 3-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, double (7), HR (4) (.309 AVG)
LF Steve Bumbry – 2-4, triple (8) (.288 AVG)

Short A Aberdeen 2, Staten Island 4

LHP Justin Anderson – 5 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, L (1-1) (3.63 ERA)
2B Omar Casamayor – 2-5 (.296 AVG)
LF Kipp Schutz – 1-3, RBI (.385 AVG)
1B Mike Flacco – 2-4 (.313 AVG)
RF Jeremy Nowak – 3-3, RBI, BB (.206 AVG)

Rookie Bluefield 2, Burlington 7

RHP David Baker – 4.1 IP, 5 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, K, L (0-1) (11.05 ERA)
CF Brenden Webb – 1-4 (.259 AVG)
1B Corey Thomas – 1-3, 2 R, RBI, BB, HR (2) (.281 AVG)
RF Luis Ramirez – 1-4 (.393 AVG)

Home Run Ball Leads O’s Past A’s 9-6

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W – Matt Albers (3-3)     L – Cedrick Bowers (0-1)     SV – Alfredo Simon (10)

So much for the offense being a bunch of singles hitters… The Orioles hit five homeruns last night and also a double. We got off to a good start in the 2nd inning. Luke Scott walked to lead it off and Adam Jones followed with a homerun to right field. It was a great piece of hitting that never would’ve happened a month ago. Jones has really worked to improve his approach and it looks like it working. We tacked on another run in the 3rd inning when Jones doubled in Scott, who had his second of three walks. After a huge 4th inning put the A’s in the lead 6-3 we came right back in the bottom half and got one back. After being robbed earlier in the game Corey Patterson hit a solo homerun. In the bottom of the 7th Nick Markakis walked and Ty Wiggington hit the first homerun out of the first base position for the Orioles this year. It was a clutch two run shot that tied the game at six. Scott followed it up with a solo shot of his own to give us the lead. Unfortunately he seemed to hurt himself as he was rounding the bases. It looked like a hamstring issue. The last homerun came in the 8th inning when Miguel Tejada hit a two run bomb after Patterson singled. Matt Wieters and Cesar Izturis each singled.

Kevin Millwood deserved better than his line indicates. All of the runs he gave up came in the top of the 4th inning thanks to a bunch of bad defensive plays. The inning started with an error on Miguel Tejada. An out was recorded on a fly ball but then a run scored when Ryan Sweeney singled to left field because Corey Patterson overran the ball, allowing Sweeney to take second base. The next batter hit a ball to Miguel Tejada that he couldn’t handle. It was a tough play but I think he would admit he should’ve made it. Another single scored another run and then the weirdest play of all happened. Millwood walked Cliff Pennington but Matt Wieters didn’t realize it was ball four and threw the ball to second base because the runner on first took off. Unfortunately that allowed the runner on third to “steal” home. The next batter hit a three run homer to cap it all off. Overall Millwood pitched 5 innings and allowed those 6 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks with 2 strikeouts. The bullpen continued its recent success. Mark Hendrickson pitched a scoreless 6th and Matt Albers a scoreless 7th. Will Ohman got the first out of the 8th and David Hernandez finished it off and then Alfredo Simon recorded the save with a perfect 9th. The Orioles have now won four out of the last five games and have the first winning stretch of 10 games on the season (6-4).

Player of the game: Adam Jones – 3-5, R, 3 RBI, double (10), HR (13) (.274 AVG)

Jake Arrieta (2-1, 6.20) needs a good start tonight to keep the positive stretch going. He’ll be up against Trevor Cahill (7-2, 2.88) and the rest of the Athletics.

Down On The Farm: June 29th

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AAA Norfolk 12, Charlotte 3

RHP Chris Tillman – 6.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, W (7-4) (3.07 ERA)
RF Jeff Salazar – 1-3, 2 R, 2 BB (.284 AVG)
3B Josh Bell – 2-5, 2 R, 6 RBI, 2 HR (10) (.262 AVG) – Minor League Player Of The Night
DH Rhyne Hughes – 2-5, R (.262 AVG)
C Adam Donachie – 2-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, HR (3) (.204 AVG)
2B Paco Figueroa – 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR (1) (.291 AVG)

AA Bowie 6, Erie 5

RHP Chorye Spoone – 6.1 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 6 K (3.63 ERA)
LF Felix Pie – 4-5, R, double (1) (.800 AVG)
3B Ryan Adams – 2-3, 2 R, RBI, BB, double (22) (.283 AVG)
RF Joel Guzman – 2-4, R, RBI, BB (.279 AVG)
DH Robert Widlansky – 1-4, R, RBI (.286 AVG)

A+ Frederick 2, Wilmington 3

LHP Oliver Drake – 7 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, L (2-3) (3.95 ERA)
LF Xavier Avery – 1-4, R, BB (.281 AVG)
RF Ronnie Welty – 2-5, RBI (.267 AVG)
2B LJ Hoes – 1-3, BB (.289 AVG)
3B Bill Rowell – 2-3, BB, double (10) (.251 AVG)

A Delmarva 4, West Virginia 3

RHP Bobby Bundy – 6 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K (3.83 ERA)
2B Michael Mooney – 2-5 (.216 AVG)
3B Tyler Kelly – 1-3, R, BB, triple (2) (.260 AVG)
CF Michael Planeta – 2-4, R (.242 AVG)
C Justin Dalles – 1-4, 2 Run HR (3) (.279 AVG)
SS Garabez Rosa – 1-3, R, RBI, BB (.261 AVG)

Short A Aberdeen 8, Staten Island 10

LHP Mike Gonzalez – 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 K (7.71 ERA)
CF Trent Mummey – 1-4, 2 R, BB (.375 AVG)
SS Michael Rooney – 2-5, 2 R (.226 AVG)
LF Kipp Schutz – 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI (.389 AVG)
DH Mike Flacco – 2-4, 3 RBI (.286 AVG)
RF Austin Knight – 2-4, double (1) (.160 AVG)

Rookie Bluefield 5, Burlington 1

RHP Angel Cespedes – 8 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 K (0.00 ERA)
CF Brenden Webb – 2-5, RBI, triple (1) (.261 AVG)
1B Corey Thomas – 2-5, R, double (1) (.276 AVG)
RF Luis Ramirez - 3-4, 2 R (.417 AVG)
LF Christopher Clinton – 2-4, R, RBI (.273 AVG)

GCL Orioles 5, Twins 1

LHP Enrico Jimenez – 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (1.29 ERA)
CF Martin Serrata – 2-3, R, RBI, BB (.318 AVG)
SS Jonathan Schoop – 1-3, RBI, double (2) (.296 AVG)
C Rolando Petit – 1-4, solo HR (1) (.200 AVG)
RF Jose Nivar – 1-3, R, BB (.200 AVG)
DH Marcus Jones – 2-4, R, RBI, 2 doubles (3) (.500 AVG)