8/16/10 Orioles vs. Mariners

[Don Quixote]

Lineups, per Gameday:

Seattle Mariners (46-72)

Ichiro Suzuki RF

Chone Figgins 2B

Russell Branyan DH

Jose Lopez 3B

Franklin Gutierrez CF

Casey Kotchman 1B

Adam Moore C

Michael Saunders LF

Josh Wilson SS

Doug Fister RHP

Baltimore Orioles (41-77/"9-4")

Brian Roberts 2B

Nick Markakis RF

Ty Wigginton 1B

Luke Scott DH

Adam Jones CF

Felix Pie LF

Matt Wieters C

Cesar Izturis SS

Josh Bell 3B

Brad Bergesen RHP (now featuring an ERA under 6.00...a limited time offer?!)

I was sick as hell Saturday (especially) and Sunday (less so)...the Orioles lost Saturday (badly) and Sunday (less so, in a way). Let's hope these have a high Pearson's r value, especially since I'm back to "normal"....

[Glenn Gulliver Fan]

On paper this should be an easy win. Bergeson is on fire and the Mariners' lineup consist of eight players hitting .252 or under.

I believe we also miss Felix this series.

If we don't win this series I'll be very disappointed.

[RoflDogs]

Bergy just hit 95 on the gun

[O'sFanThruJune]

Bergy just hit 95 on the gun

I was noticing that too. That can't be right.

[tntoriole]

Lineups to come....

I hate modern day hitters that just lean in, dig in and foul off every pitch....at some point Bergesen should have thrown it right under Branyan's chin...

What should have been a great start in the first inning is now a complete mess..even if Bergesen gets out of it, he has been mortally wounded in terms of having to throw 20-25 pitches.

[EtotheKallday17]

I believe we also miss Felix this series

Yeah, you're right. King Felix is scheduled to pitch Saturday against the Yankees, so we dodged a bullet there.

Lets hope this hot streak at home under Buck keeps going!

[tntoriole]

Throw damn strikes!!

[RoflDogs]

Wow, that was a series of bad swings

[EtotheKallday17]

GREAT job getting out of that jam. That was a beautiful 3-1 slider to Gutierrez, who was obviously looking for a heater...then Bergy simply overmatched him on the next pitch. :clap3:

[Hank Scorpio]

Bergy's a pretty damn good pitcher when he mixes in a four seamer along with his sinker.

[O-The-Memories]

I was noticing that too. That can't be right.

I was thinking the exact same thing. I don't recall him pitching nearly that hard. If this is a fast gun that isn't good when Matusz is hitting 89-90 though.

The Mariners line-up is an example of what could have happened to the Orioles had we signed certain players like Figgins or Branyan. I recall posters wanting to sign them last off-season. Figgins looks bad this year, and Branyan is playing like he did most every year besides last.

[O'sFanThruJune]

Bergy just hit 95 on the gun

Gameday has him maxing out at 93 with that last pitch to Gutierrez, with 91-92 for the rest of his fastballs.

[scOtt]

Fister? Nearly killed her!

[O-The-Memories]

Gameday has him maxing out at 93 with that last pitch to Gutierrez' date=' with 91-92 for the rest of his fastballs.[/quote']

Rep to you, thanks for the info. Seemed too high for what I remember.

[O-The-Memories]

Fister? Nearly killed her!

You beat me in coming up with a joke, haha. :rofl: