vs. ROYALS, 4/25

[Jonesy10]

Guthrie and then Shields, without CD? I sure hope our pitchers can hold the royals to 1 run or less or we might be swept

Guthrie sucks.

[Il BuonO]

TJ was bad with inherited runners last year.

[eddie83]

For real Buck is a mess. Pulls Norris at 86 pitches but leaves this walk machine in at 95?

Bottom of the order. Second guy had a bunt hit and we were behind 2-0. Norris had a hamstring issue, plenty of reasons to leave him in.

[Moshagge3]

Did Buck just say Kansas City was noted for home runs? Didn't they not have any in their first ten games or something?

[Ori-Al]

Buck should have been ecstatic getting 2 ER over 6 from Jimenez. Could have helped Ubaldos confidence. But, he allows him to go too long and now leaves him facing another bad start. Buck leaves a lot to be desired in his pitching decisions.

Did the same in his last start, when he let him face Gomes, who had hit him well.

[eddie83]

Did the same in his last start, when he let him face Gomes, who had hit him well.

You want to yank a starter with a shutout over 5 and 2/3rds innings? This isn't September it's April.

[El Gordo]

Ubaldo's pitch count wasn't the problem, he always struggles with command, early or late in the game. And nobody hit him hard. If not for than BS bunt things might have been very different. The main thing has been the O's inability to do anything with Ventura.

[OFFNY]

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Game not over.

Let's go, you scrappy Baltimore Orioles.

[weams]

Ubaldo's pitch count wasn't the problem, he always struggles with command, early or late in the game. And nobody hit him hard. If not for than BS bunt things might have been very different. The main thing has been the O's inability to do anything with Ventura.

T.J. definitely has a spot for a while.

[Dark Helmet]

Did the same in his last start, when he let him face Gomes, who had hit him well.

Yep. I understand Buck wanting more innings from his starters. But he needs to accept that he has a rotation full of 5-6 inning starters. Trying to force more is just asking for trouble.

[allquixotic]

Last night, we didn't pull ahead until 1 out in the 7th.

Last season, I made the frequent mistake of giving up on the O's early when they were down. One of my new years resolutions was to not do that. Against Toronto they gave me faith that my refusal to give up was well-placed.

I'm going to keep listening (I don't have the video feed tonight, just radio) and ride this one out, win or lose. Magic may yet occur.

[jjnono]

Well, four runs in three chances isn't impossible given how we were swinging the bat against the Jays... Let's get at least one in the 7th...

[Jonesy10]

Lets at least make it interesting. Don't need all 4 right now.

[weams]

Jones is not going to hit this guy.

[Dark Helmet]

You want to yank a starter with a shutout over 5 and 2/3rds innings? This isn't September it's April.

When it was obvious he was starting to labor? Yes.