June 8th Vs. Toronto

[AUOriole]

They're not going to let Halladay face Scott again.

The O's should be making chicken noises from the dugout ;-)

Go O's!

[Palmer Esque]

I would hate to lose this game. Sweeping the Jays and going into Boston with an off day would be huge.

I smell a comeback some how someway.

[jamessemaj]

When I think of the 9th, I think B.J. Ryan. When I think BJ Ryan, I think former closer. When I think former closer, I think Armando Benitez...

[LA2]

C'mon Luke!!

[LA2]

Way to hold off on the slow outside pitch.

[LA2]

Luke hanging tough!

[LA2]

didn't take a full swing at that one--was overthinking.

[JTrea81]

Downs wins the battle. Going to need JJ to hold them and then somehow get a run off of Ryan

Ryan hasn't exactly been lights out this year, so we've got a shot...

[VivianDarkbloom]

Liz's last six outs:

1) Got behind Wilkerson, overmatched him with a fastball, pop out foul

2) Scutaro crushed a line drive right at Luke Scott on a breaking ball

3) McDonald grounds out on a ball that was probably low

4) Rios hits the first pitch to the deepest part of the park and Jones catches it on the track.

5) Stairs strikes out on a 3-2 change up that was ball four, but he was guessing fastball.

6) Rolen crushes a line drive right at the centerfielder.

Saying he was cruising with seven outs in a row just isn't an accurate description of what was going on. It was a good move to pull him. It just didn't work.

Thanks for the extended analysis. It wasn't a bad decision, I just don't think it was the best one. I mean, would you pull Guthrie in the same circumstances? Yes, Guts has a longer history and has been more consistent. Pitchers are going to give up hard outs. I just thought it was overly cautious to yank him that early, the kidgloves are on because they're fearful he'll implode.

[Crazysilver03]

Cormier still in.

[Palmer Esque]

Does Vernon Wells big nose bother anyone else???

[jamessemaj]

Cormier really looks good right now ... a lot of awkward swings.

[Ven6]

Cormier still in.

And got him. nice.

[JTrea81]

Cormier still in.

I actually like this move, Cormier's done pretty well so might as well leave him in. It's not like JJ needs work...

[JTrea81]

That should have been strike 3...