Highheat's Orioles (MLB "The Show" '08) Final Attempt!!!!

[highheatkingsb]

News From Around The League
April 17th, 2008




- Called Up (SP) Brooks Brown From (AA) Mobile To (AAA) Tucson.




- Called Up (SP) Adam Cowart From (AA) Connecticut To (AAA) Fresno.

[highheatkingsb]

April 18th, 2008
Game 18 of 162
Attendance: 37,764
Wind: SE 4 mph

(8-9) @ (6-11)

Starting Pitching Matchup

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Mike Mussina Brian Burres 1-2 W-L 0-2 3.37 ERA 10.28

Yankees offense to much for Orioles in first game of series!!!!!

Baltimore, MD - The Yankees offense was just to much for the O's to handle tonight. Everytime the O's made an effort to keep pace, the offense for the "Bombers" would turn it up a notch and keep a small distance between them and the hometown boys. The Yankees got homeruns from Hideki Matsui and Robinson Cano, who hit his first of the year to pace the Yanks. Mike Mussina was effective enough to earn his second win of the season and Mariano Rivera delivered a perfect 9th to seal the victory and get New York back to the .500 mark. O's starter Brian Burres continued to struggle as his record now falls to 0-3 on the season. The O's will look to recover tomorrow as they will send their most effective pitcher Steve Trachsel to the hill.

Line Score

New York @ Baltimore (April 18th, 2008)

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York Yankees 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 10 0 Baltimore Orioles 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 WP - M. Mussina (2-2), LP - B. Burres (0-3), S - M. Rivera (5)

Extra Base Hits & RBI Summary



2B - Jeter (7), Matsui (6), Giambi (3)
3B - None
HR - Matsui (4), Cano (1)
RBI - Rodriguez (16), Matsui (10), Moeller 2 (5), Cano (5), Cabrera (5)
SB - Rodriguez (2)

2B - Markakis (3)
3B - None
HR - Millar (2)
RBI - Roberts (4), Mora (10), Millar 2 (5)
SB - None

Pitching Summary



M. Mussina (W, 2-2) 7.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 8 K's, 1 WP
J. Chamberlain (H, 3) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
M. Rivera (S, 5) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

B. Burres (L, 0-3) 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K's, 2 WP
J. Johnson 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K's
J. Walker 1.0 IP 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Scoring Summary



Top 2nd

Matsui homered to right (1-0)
Cabrera singled to right, Giambi scored (2-0)

Bottom 2nd

Millar homered to left center, Markakis scored (2-2)

Top 4th

Moeller doubled to left center, Matsui and Giambi scored (4-2)

Top 5th

Rodriguez grounded out to shortstop, Jeter scored (5-2)

Bottom 5th

Roberts singled to center, Millar scored (5-3)
Mora singled to center, Payton scored (5-4)

Top 6th

Cano homered to right (6-4)

Player of the Game


Hideki Matsui went 2 for 4 with a homerun and a double as the "Bombers" snapped their losing streak and took the first game of the series against Baltimore at Camden Yards.

Standings

American League East
Team		W	L	GB	STRK
	Toronto	13	4	-	L 1
	Boston	12	6	1.5	W 3
	Tampa Bay	9	9	4.5	L 3
	New York AL	9	9	4.5	W 1
	Baltimore	6	12	7.5	L 1

International League (AAA)

(9-6) @ (5-10)

Norfolk Tides	2	9	0
Louisville Bats	0	4	0

Record (10-6)

Eastern League (AA)

(11-4) @ (10-5)

Akron Aeros	6	7	1
Bowie Baysox	3	10	0

Record (10-6)

[orion523]

Wow HH,things are starting to go south in a hurry.You need to get this thing turned around

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by orion523

Wow HH,things are starting to go south in a hurry.You need to get this thing turned around

Well, not like I wasn't expecting it. It's tough. I seem to play well most of the games but just can't find a way to win consistently. It's only April though. Lots of baseball left.

[highheatkingsb]

News From Around The League
April 18th, 2008


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April 19th, 2008
Game 19 of 162
Attendance: 38,521
Wind: NE 7 mph

(9-9) @ (6-12)

Starting Pitching Matchup

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Ian Kennedy Steve Trachsel 2-0 W-L 2-1 1.71 ERA 3.79

O's pitching continues to look pathetic as Yankees cruise to 11-3 victory!!!!!

Baltimore, MD - It wasn't pretty for the Orioles tonight at home. Before Yankees starter Ian Kennedy even took the mound in the last of the 1st, the Orioles knew it wasn't going to be their night. The Yankees knocked "Birds" starter Steve Trachsel from the ballgame in only 2/3 of an inning pitched as the "Bombers" plated 5 runs in the 1st inning alone. The big blows of the inning coming in form of the long ball off the bats of Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano, both 2-run homeruns off the O's veteran. Not that the game wasn't already out of reach, Jason Giambi delivered a grand slam homerun of his own in the 6th to reassure the Yankees rout. A-Rod delivered his 2nd homerun of the game in the 8th inning to earn him player of the game honors and boost the Yankees into 3rd place in the division as the Rays lost again to extend their losing streak to four games. The Orioles will hopefully salvage the finale tomorrow night before they finally get a much needed day off to rest their starters.

Line Score

New York @ Baltimore (April 19th, 2008)

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York Yankees 5 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 11 16 3 Baltimore Orioles 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 0 WP - I. Kennedy (3-0), LP - S. Trachsel (2-2)

Extra Base Hits & RBI Summary



2B - Jeter 2 (9), Cano (8)
3B - None
HR - Rodriguez 2 (6), Giambi (3), Cano (2)
RBI - Abreu 2 (23), Rodriguez 3 (19), Giambi 4 (12), Cano 2 (7)
SB - None

2B - Roberts (2), Payton (3)
3B - None
HR - Mora (3), R. Hernandez (5)
RBI - Mora (11), Huff (10), R. Hernandez (10)
SB - None

Pitching Summary



I. Kennedy (W, 3-0) 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K's, 1 WP
K. Farnsworth (H, 1) 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's
J. Chamberlain 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

S. Trachsel (L, 2-2) 0.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
M. Albers 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP
J. Johnson 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K's
D. Sarfate 1.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K's
J. Walker 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 WP

Scoring Summary



Top 1st

Abreu singled to right, Jeter scored (1-0)
Rodriguez homered to right center, Abreu scored (3-0)
Cano homered to right, Giambi scored (5-0)

Bottom 1st

Huff flied out to right, Roberts scored (5-1)

Top 2nd

Abreu singled to center, Jeter scored (6-1)

Bottom 3rd

Mora homered to right (6-2)

Top 6th

Giambi homered to right center, Abreu, Rodriguez and Matsui scored (10-2)

Top 8th

Rodriguez homered to left center (11-2)

Bottom 9th

R. Hernandez homered to right (11-3)

Player of the Game


Alex Rodriguez is beginning to turn things up for the
Yankees offense as he went 2 for 4 tonight with both
hits being the long ball in the "Bombers" 11-3 rout of
rival Baltimore at Camden Yards this evening.


Standings

American League East
Team		W	L	GB	STRK
	Toronto	13	5	-	L 2
	Boston	12	7	1.5	L 1
	New York AL	10	9	3.5	W 2
	Tampa Bay	9	10	4.5	L 4
	Baltimore	6	13	7.5	L 2

International League (AAA)

(8-8) @ (10-6)

Durham Bulls	3	13	1
Norfolk Tides	4	17	0

Record (11-6)

Eastern League (AA)

(12-4) @ (10-6)

Akron Aeros	8	8	0
Bowie Baysox	7	12	1

Record (10-7)

[orion523]

Quote: Originally Posted by highheatkingsb

Well, not like I wasn't expecting it. It's tough. I seem to play well most of the games but just can't find a way to win consistently. It's only April though. Lots of baseball left.

Remember the Alamo!

[Marino]

just think HH if you were in the NL West you would be near first

[windseer90]

Tough stretch here... I know its early but you're playing in a really tough division. Hopefully you'll turn things around.

Quote: Originally Posted by marino13882

just think HH if you were in the NL West you would be near first

lol

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by orion523

Remember the Alamo!

LOL!!!