With the way this season has gone thus far with all the injuries I'm not surprised about Scott playing first. Dave Trembley has to find ways to get his healthy players in the lineup, and that is hard to do when you have so many players who play the same position (ex: Left Field).
Brad Bergesen got off to a rough start after he gave up a leadoff double to Ichiro (who now the higest BA. of any opponent in Orioles history) in the first inning and walked Franklin Gutierrez to set up first and second with one out. He was lucky to get a double play ball off the bat of Jose Lopez to get out of the early jam.
In the second inning he looked good as he got three quick groundouts all to Julio Lugo at second base to set down the Mariners. The third inning is when it all fell apart.
After a fly ball out by Rob Johnson to lead off the inning, Bergesen gave up a double to Jack Wilson and walked Ichiro and Chone Figgins to load the bases. A single by Franklin Gutierrez put the Mariners on the board. An error on Ty Wigginton at third led to another run and the bases remaining loaded. A single, a double, and homerun followed that error and put the Mariners up 7-0.
I'll have more on Bergesen after the game.
The extra outs given to the Mariners by the Wigginton error led to the Mariners opening up the flood gates. The Mariners sent 10 batters to the plate, and lasted my entire drive home (about 15 minutes).
Berken has looked solid out of the bullpen so far, only giving up 1 hit and striking out 3 in his two and a thirds innings of work. I'm interested in seeing what happens as he goes through the lineup again and batters are seeing him for the second time tonight.
Lets get some runs!
EDIT: Let's get some hits first...I don't want to see a no-hitter.
Go O's
Randy Biggs
Baltimore Sports Blog
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