Bottom of the lineup production

[Legend_Of_Joey]

Thursday - Orioles lose 4-3

Valencia - 2-3, 1 walk

Peterson - 1-3, 1 walk (1 double)

Joseph - 0-4 (1 caught stealing)

 

Friday - Orioles win 15-5

Mancini - 1-3, 1 walk

Peterson (PR) - 1 walk, 2 runs scored

Rickard - 1-3, 3 rbi, 1 run, 1 walk (bases loaded double)

Joseph - 0-4, 1 run

Wynns (PH) - 1-1, 1 rbi

 

Saturday - Orioles win 11-2

Mancini - 4-4, 3 runs, 2 rbi (1 home run)

Rickard - 3-4. 3 runs, 5 rbis (2 doubles, 1 home run)

Joseph - 3-4. 1 run, 2 rbi

 

Sunday - Orioles win 11-5

Rickard - 2-4, 1 walk

Peterson - 1-5, 1 rbi

Wynns - 1-3, 3 runs, 1 rbi, 1 walk (1 home run) (caught runner stealing)

In the Orioles loss, the 7-8-9 hitters went 3-10 (.300) with 2 walks and 1 double.

In the 3 wins after that, the 7-8-9 hitters went 17-35 (.486) with 5 walks, 14 runs, 15 rbi, 3 doubles, and 3 home runs. Now THAT is production. Orioles catchers also caught 2 of 3 runners attempting to steal, eliminating potential runs.

Granted, these 3 spots weren't the only ones producing during the combined 37 run outburst, but they drove in almost a third of the runs. Not bad for the area usually considered the weakest part of the lineup (or in the Orioles case, the part that usually bats in the 3rd, 6th, and 9th innings.)

[sportsfan8703]

Lol at this point to spots in the lineup matter?  Davis is batting 5th. Good post though. Overall players OPS’s are creeping towards darn near respectable.