After a deflating loss to Tampa on Tuesday afternoon that saw Koji Uehara lose despite a strong effort, the Orioles rebounded last night and won in a rain-shortened game defeating the Minnesota Twins, 4-1, in six innings. It was sloppy, wet, and miserable, but the Orioles pulled it out.
Since the Twins are only in town once it looks like Major League Baseball did their best to try to get the game in. Both Baltimore and Minnesota fought through four — yes, four rain delays — but the home team came through in the first inning as Nick Markakis hit a two run homer and then Luke Scott drove in a run with an RBI-single. They added another run in the 4th inning as Luke Scott hit a solo home run to put Baltimore up 4-1.
Minnesota’s only run came in the fifth inning as Nick Punto plated in Delmon Young with a groundout. Brian Bass came in relief of Mark Hendrickson — who threw very, very well — and allowed one run in 2 2/3 innings to earn the victory. Kevin Slowey, who started the game for Minnesota, took the loss.
The Yankees come into town for a three-game set this weekend, and the upheaval they are going through with their record under .500, the struggles of Teixiera, Joe Girardi, and the 800-pound elephant known as A-Rod, it should be an interesting time.
- Lou Montanez is ailing, but should be back in the lineup this week. He hurt his thumb while making a sliding catch in Tampa this week.
- It looks like Rich Hill is coming back surely, but slowly; however, he’s still pitching in the minors to try to make it back to the majors.
- Chris Ray is trying to work on his mechanics.
- Finally, is A-Rod going to play his first game of the season on Friday? If so, he’ll be coming to Baltimore, and would that be a show to see…
