O’s Bounce Back—Wieters 2 HRs Leads the O’s to 9-5 Win

Endy Chavez was 4-4. The O’s are 82-64 with 16 games left. Chris Tillman takes the mound tonight in Seattle.

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freddy from boca // Sep 17, 2012 at 8:00 am

by steve melewski masnsports.com (excellent coverage for orioles including great stuff about minor league players)

The Orioles are one game behind the Yankees with 16 to play and here are the remaining opponents for both teams:
Orioles:
3 at Seattle
3 at Boston
4 vs. Toronto
3 vs. Boston
3 at Tampa Bay
Yankees:
3 vs. Toronto
3 vs. Oakland
3 at Minnesota
4 at Toronto
3 vs. Boston
The Orioles are 5-1 against Seattle, 8-4 against Boston, 9-5 vs. Toronto and 9-6 versus Tampa Bay. That is a combined record of 31-16 and .660 win percentage against the remaining opponents.
The Yankees are 6-5 against Toronto, 3-4 against Oakland, 2-2 versus Minnesota and 10-5 versus Boston. That is a combined record of 21-16 and win percentage of .568.
Wild card leader Oakland has this remaining schedule: three at Detroit, three at New York, four at Texas, three versus Seattle and three versus Texas. That is a tough schedule, but the A’s are 21-18 (.538) against those teams.
Los Angeles, which is 2 1/2 games back of the O’s for the second wild card, has this remaining schedule: three versus Texas, three against Chicago, three versus Seattle, three at Texas and three at Seattle. The Angels have a 17-14 (.548) record against those teams in 2012.

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