3/21: Orioles vs. Blue Jays

[PaulFolk]

Glynn Davis strikes out.

Didn't we trade three guys for him ?

Yup. Pete Harnysch, Steve Fynley, and Curt Schylling.

[PaulFolk]

Ryan Flaherty, earlier this spring, hit a game-tying HR in the 9th. Can he do the same today?

[MarylandAaron]

Ryan Flaherty, earlier this spring, hit a game-tying HR in the 9th. Can he do the same today?

Sure hope so.

[Don Quixote]

Flaherty Ks. Orioles lose, 6-3. They fall to 6-9-4 on the spring, while the Blue Jays improve to 16-4-1.

[PaulFolk]

Ryan Flaherty, earlier this spring, hit a game-tying HR in the 9th. Can he do the same today?

...nope. Game-ending strikeout for Flaherty.

O's lose, 6-3. They're now 6-9-4 this spring.

[clapdiddy]

Glad I didn't have to watch this filth.

[OldNewGuy]

Why didn't we bring in Googles to nail down this save? Why are we paying him $6M when we could bring in Stroop to do that at 1/12 the cost?:laughlol::angryfire:; Oh, its only spring training a Googs is working on a few things! And besides, I like the way the ball is coming out of his hand.

[Tony-OH]

That'll do it for Strop. He faced 5 batters and retired only one of them. He walked 1, gave up 2 hits, committed a throwing error, and threw a wild pitch.

Stu Pomeranz comes in. He gets Valbuena to ground out, no advancement from the runners.

That is not good. I really want Strop to pitch well. He really might be on the bubble and I don't put it past Duquette to try and slip him through waivers while keeping a guy like Ayala. that's probably the first melt-down performance from Strop in an Orioles uniform. Hopefully it's just a bad day and he'll come back in hsi next appearances and throw well.

[Tony-OH]

At least the Orioles are preparing us for the season. Obviously we would of had Johnson closing and obviously a Class-A outfielder and a back up Triple-A catcher wouldn't be batting in the bottom of the 9th, but clearly this team does it's best to find a way to lose ball games.