vs. INDIANS 7/01

[OFFNY]

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CLEVELAND INDIANS

Shin-Soo Choo - RF

Asdrubal Cabrera - DH

Jason Kipnis - 2B

Jose Lopez - 3B

Shelley Duncan - LF

Casey Kotchman - 1B

Jason Donald - SS

Lou Marson - C

Aaron Cunningham - CF

Justin Masterson - RHP (4-7. 4.09 ERA)

BALTIMORE EROMITLAB

Brian Roberts - 2B

J.J. Hardy - SS

Chris Davis - RF

Adam Jones - CF

Jim Thome - DH

Wilson Betemit - 1B

Ryan Flaherty - LF

Ronny Paulino - C

Robert Andino - 3B

Brian Matusz - LHP (5-9, 5.24 ERA)

http://baseballpress.com/lineup.php

[Goober Noodles]

Wasting no time getting Thome in there.

[alaniee]

The Jim Thome Baltimore Orioles ERA starts now.

[alaniee]

It's always never good when you have people playing positions they aren't really "supposed" to be playing...

Andino at 3rd. (At least he's probably our best option as Betemit and Reynolds like to throw it away!)

Flaherty in the OF.

Davis in the OF.

Betemit at 1B.

I guess it's just a reminder of how much work we still have to do on the Orioles. Need real corner IFers big time.

[alaniee]

I dont think it will be a long era...we also lose Wieters as a DH today. We will see. I like the guy very much..but he's 41 and not much left in the tank.

Same thoughts here. I have always liked Jim Thome. He sticks around and does good. I just don't think he is what the Orioles need right now. We have so many DHers and you're right, we lose Wieters today.

Wish Avery were out there in LF today not Flaherty. I just don't see Flaherty being better than Avery. I absolutely hate that we have to keep Flaherty on the roster the rest of the year or lose him and the Orioles for some reason don't want to lose him. I just hate that. Doesn't make any sense to me. That said I hope Flaherty has a red hot game! lol

[Goober Noodles]

96 degrees and 40% humidity? Sounds like the O's are coming to Seattle at the right time.

[swerda]

Would have been funny if we could have had Moyer and Thome on the same roster.

[swerda]

Matusz with control problems already....predictable.

[Greg]

nice to see matusz sucking early

[Don Quixote]

Leadoff walk - awesome.

[Goober Noodles]

Quite the control Matusz has today...

[MDK02]

By just looking at Matusz you would think he already had the bases loaded.. dude just has no confidence, therefore he sucks.

[swerda]

Matusz needs to develop some kind of game face, he always look so unconfident.

[alaniee]

Really???? I'm speaking with no knowledge of what happened.... I go get a cup of coffee and the game has already started and already a base runner..... Ahhhhhhh

[MDK02]

Matusz needs to develop some kind of game face, he always look so unconfident.

lol read my mind