3 solo HRs from Flaherty, Markakis, and Reimhold led the O’s. Jason Hammel gets the win and JJ gets his 5th save.

Markakis 2, Vlad 1, Adam Jones 1–that;s four dingers from the Orioles projected starting lineup. Not bad. O’s win 12-6 with Mr A in attendance.

The bullpen was stellar last night.  I find myself watching intently as if the O’s are in a pennant chase. Some thoughts:

What a great call to have Adam Jones lay one down to secure the victory.

Simon will fall deeper down the bullpen rotation if he continues to serve up gopher balls.

Markakis is now the leader he was always supposed to be.

16000 watched the Orioles tough one out Tuesday, as Luke went yard twice and Wiggy and Adam Jones also went deep.

The Orioles rise to 30-63 on the year.

Winning is always great!!! In the middle of the 5th , I hear Tillman has a N0-N0 going and that the O’s have gone deep 3 times against Mr Invincible Cliff Lee.  Unfortunately the no hitter ended with 1 out in the 7th on a cheap ground ball hit but Tillman threw a gem and the O’s won!

Sandwiched around an amateurish defensive effort from the Orioles, were 5 homers from Wiggy, Adam Jones, Patterson, Tejada, and Luke Scott which led to an Orioles victory . The bullpen again was stellar which beckons the thought–don’t inject Gonzo into this bullpen.  21000 were in attendance for Matt Wieters bobblehead night.

Finally, Millwood gets a win. Simon pitched the 9th inning for a save.

It always bugs me when a team deserts its Coach. Kyle Boller never said one word of support for Brian Billick even though Coachspeak probably lost his job over the Boller decision. Trembley–love him or hate him—refuses to toss his non-performing players under the bus. MacPhail has been hesitant to dump the Skip probably because then the focus would be on him. Corey Patterson please don’t get picked off third–it’s embarrassing. It was good to see Trembley smile.

I only post this because I doubt if many of you stayed up to watch this. No one knows what to say anymore. The absence of Brian Roberts is killing the offense. Gonzo is out for at least 3 weeks, so there is no closer and let’s face it when he returns there probably still is no closer. Markakis … Read More »