ORIOLES vs. D-RAYS 4/01

[Rene88]

Woah!!! O's losing 6 to 1 ! We are ready for the season!

Nah-no need for a long reliever like Simon, we are good:)

[Il BuonO]

As to that last outing, he did get hit, right. That was his last time out?

[Don Quixote]

Whoa Chris Davis has another AB coming....

I'll feel the breeze all the way up here, then.

[PaulFolk]

Markakis walks and Jones replaces him at first on a FC. Then Shields tries like 5 straight times to pick off Jones. It's spring training! Just pitch the ball!

[PaulFolk]

Shields looks nasty. Back-to-back strikeouts of Wieters and Johnson. Neither came anywhere close to hitting the ball.

6-1 Rays after 4.

[Il BuonO]

Adam being aggressive on the bases.

[PaulFolk]

Now Longoria goes deep. Chen is fooling nobody. 7-1.

[Don Quixote]

Too bad golf isn't on until 3:00.

[PaulFolk]

Chen retires the other three batters-- all on flyouts, of course.

Halfway through it. O's trail, 7-1.

[Can_of_corn]

Chen must have been worried Buck would name him OD starter after Jake's shaky performance.

Just curious, what is his velocity at?

[Il BuonO]

Now Longoria goes deep. Chen is fooling nobody. 7-1.

He fooled someone into signing him though.

[PaulFolk]

Chen must have been worried Buck would name him OD starter after Jake's shaky performance.

Just curious, what is his velocity at?

I haven't noticed, sorry.

Somebody named Torra pitches a scoreless 5th against the Orioles. Torra! Torra! Torra!

[mrbig1]

Our team is really bad.

[PaulFolk]

Zach Phillips now pitching for the Birds.

Chen went 5 innings and gave up 7 runs, including 3 homers. In fairness, a couple of those runs were J.J. Hardy's fault after he booted a double-play grounder. But still, it's an awful final outing of spring training for Chen.

[PaulFolk]

Phillips make a real impressive play on a dribbler to the right side, flipping the ball with his glove to first.

1-2-3 inning for Zach. He's making a strong case to be on the Opening Day roster even though he has an option left.