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

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by RAZRr1275

You have the exact same record of my play 1 sim 2 nationals. I'm 7-14 to. Congrats on winning!

Hey man, boy it's sad when I have people congratulating me on winning a game. . Yeah, the Nationals are pretty pathetic, even more than my team. I just looked, they are 2-19 in my season. Ouch!!!!! I will post standings after every month.

[RAZRr1275]

Quote: Originally Posted by highheatkingsb

Hey man, boy it's sad when I have people congratulating me on winning a game. . Yeah, the Nationals are pretty pathetic, even more than my team. I just looked, they are 2-19 in my season. Ouch!!!!! I will post standings after every month.

lol. Yeah the nats are really tough to play with. They're offense is weak. For me their only threats are Lastings Milledge (batting 363 I believe), Felipe Lopez (290 but plays better than that), and Willy Mo Pena (hits homeruns and doubles a lot but really is my only scoring threat). I constantly get quality starts only to have them blown by lackluster offense. Last game I lost 5-4 on a walkoff double in the 9th against the marlins. Off of John Rauch (my best reliever besides Cordero)

[bhurst99]

Quote: Originally Posted by highheatkingsb

LOL!!! That is awesome. Yeah, I know, it's looking bad, but there's much more baseball to be played. Roberts should be pointing down, because that's where he's going in the lineup in favor of Cintron.

Glad you liked it. Hopefully, when you turn things around I can do a more positive SI cover.

[highheatkingsb]

April 23rd, 2008
Game 22 of 162
Attendance: 32,821
Wind: SW 5 mph

(7-14) @ (12-9)

Starting Pitching Matchup

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Daniel Cabrera Erik Bedard 2-1 W-L 2-0 3.69 ERA 2.85

Mariners even series behind Erik's strong outing!!!!!

Seattle, WA- The Orioles offense struggled tonight against their former teammate Erik Bedard. The Orioles only tally came in the top of the 2nd off the bat of Ramon Hernandez who delivered his team high 7th homerun of the season over the wall in right to even the game at 1-1. From there, it was all Erik Bedard and the Mariners. The M's got a run in the 4th to break the tie off a Betancourt groundout that pushed Beltre across and then Melvin Mora extended the 7th inning with a throwing error that led to two more runs. The "Birds" fall to 1-5 against the Mariners on the season and they don't seem to be able to put a consistent run together, but will look to win there first series since the opener against Tampa Bay tomorrow night.

Line Score

Baltimore @ Seattle (April 23rd, 2008)

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Baltimore Orioles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 Seattle Mariners 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 X 5 9 1 WP - E. Bedard (3-0), LP - D. Cabrera (2-2), S - J. Putz (8)

Extra Base Hits & RBI Summary



2B - Mora (6)
3B - None
HR - R. Hernandez (7)
RBI - R. Hernandez (12)
SB - B. Roberts (8)

2B - Beltre (5), Ibanez (7)
3B - None
HR - Beltre (5)
RBI - Beltre (13), Ibanez 2 (14), Betancourt (10)
SB - None

Pitching Summary



D. Cabrera (L, 2-2) 6.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K's
J. Walker 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP
G. Aquino 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP

E. Bedard (W, 3-0) 7.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K's, 1 WP
A. Rhodes (H, 3) 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's
J. Putz (S, 8) 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Scoring Summary



Bottom 1st

Ibanez doubled to right center, Burke scored (1-0)

Top 2nd

R. Hernandez homered to right (1-1)

Bottom 4th

Betancourt grounded out to shortstop, Beltre scored (2-1)

Bottom 7th

Burke reached on an error by Mora, Betancourt scored (3-1)
Sardinha scored on a wild pitch (4-1)

Bottom 8th

Beltre homered to left (5-1)

Player of the Game


Erik Bedard once again shut down his former team
tonight as the Mariners evened the three game series
with a 5-1 victory over the Orioles. Erik went 7.2 IP
recording 9 strikeouts to improve his record to 3-0 on
the season.

Standings

American League East
Team		W	L	GB	STRK
	Toronto	15	7	-	W 1
	Boston	14	9	1.5	L 2
	New York AL	13	9	2.0	W 5
	Tampa Bay	10	12	5.0	L 1
	Baltimore	7	15	8.0	L 1

International League (AAA)

(11-8) @ (12-7)

Richmond Braves	8	8	0
Norfolk Tides	10	12	0

Record: (13-7)

Eastern League (AA)

(12-8) @ (12-8)

Bowie Baysox	7	13	1
Connecticut Defenders	0	7	1

Record (13-8)

[highheatkingsb]

News From Around The League
April 23rd, 2008




- Called Up (RP) Luis Vizcaino From (AAA) Colorado Springs To (MLB) Colorado.




- Called Up (RF) Travis Buck From (AAA) Sacramento To (MLB) Oakland.

- Called Up (CF) Jermaine Mitchell From (AA) Midland To (AAA) Sacramento.

Called Up (3B) Eric Chavez From (AAA) Sacramento To (MLB) Oakland.




- Sent Down (SP) John Danks From (MLB) Chicago To (AAA) Charlotte.




- Sent Down (SP) Mike Pelfrey From (MLB) New York To (AAA) New Orleans.

[highheatkingsb]

April 24th, 2008
Game 23 of 162
Attendance: 33,079
Wind: NW 9 mph

(7-15) @ (13-9)

Starting Pitching Matchup

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Brian Burres Miguel Batista 0-3 W-L 1-1 10.63 ERA 3.66

Mariners blast "Birds" out of Seattle with 12-3 series clincher!!!!!

Seattle, WA- The Orioles came into tonight's game looking for their second series win of the season, but it didn't take long for the fans of the "Birds" to realize that wasn't in store. Brian Burres once again looked absolutely atrocious as he lasted only 2.2 IP. Before the O's knew it, they were down 5-0 after a pair of homeruns by Ibanez and Suzuki, then a 2 RBI single by Jose Lopez. The Orioles struck back in the 6th after a 2 run homerun by Aubrey Huff to close the gap to 5-3, but the Mariners then turned it up in the remaining innings. As a whole, the M's homered 5 times tonight and Ichiro Suzuki delivered his 2nd of the night in the 8th inning, well after the Mariners were in charge to add to another night of embarrassment for the O's pitching staff. The Orioles still sit 8.0 games out of front running Toronto as they can't seem to gain any ground when the "Blue Birds" lose. The O's are off to the Windy City tomorrow to open a 3 game set with the White Sox.

Line Score

Baltimore @ Seattle (April 24th, 2008)

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Baltimore Orioles 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 10 0 Seattle Mariners 0 2 3 0 0 2 4 1 X 12 13 0 WP - M. Batista (2-1), LP - B. Burres (0-4)

Extra Base Hits & RBI Summary



2B - Mora (7)
3B - None
HR - Huff (3)
RBI - Huff 2 (12), Cintron (3)
SB - None

2B - Lopez (8)
3B - None
HR - Suzuki 2 (3), Ibanez (2), Sexson (7), Johjima (3)
RBI - Suzuki 2 (10), Ibanez 3 (17), Sexson 2 (18), Johjima 2 (13), Lopez 3 (15)
SB - Sardinha (2)

Pitching Summary



B. Burres (L, 0-4) 2.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP
M. Albers 3.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
D. Sarfate 0.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
G. Aquino 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

M. Batista (W, 2-1) 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's
R. Rowland-Smith (H, 4) 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's
B. Morrow 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Scoring Summary



Bottom 2nd

Ibanez homered to right, Betancourt scored (2-0)

Bottom 3rd

Suzuki homered to right (3-0)
Lopez singled to center, Beltre and Sexson scored (5-0)

Top 5th

Cintron singled to right, R. Hernandez scored (5-1)

Top 6th

Huff homered to right center, Markakis scored (5-3)

Bottom 6th

Johjima homered to left, Lopez scored (7-3)

Bottom 7th

Sexson homered to left, Beltre scored (9-3)
Lopez doubled to left center, Betancourt scored (10-3)
Ibanez singled to left, Lopez scored (11-3)

Bottom 8th

Suzuki homered to left (12-3)

Player of the Game

Seattle homered 5 times tonight, twice coming off the bat of Japanese phenom Ichiro Suzuki who set the pace for Seattle's 12-3 pouncing of the Orioles tonight at Safeco field.

Standings

American League East
Team		W	L	GB	STRK
	Toronto	15	7	-	L 1
	Boston	14	10	1.5	L 3
	New York AL	13	10	2.0	L 1
	Tampa Bay	11	12	4.0	W 1
	Baltimore	7	16	8.0	L 2

International League (AAA)

(11-9) @ (13-7)

Richmond Braves	1	10	0
Norfolk Tides	2	8	0

Record: (14-7)

Eastern League (AA)

(13-8) @ (9-11)

Bowie Baysox	6	11	3
New Hampshire Fishercats	2	5	0

Record (14-8)

[orion523]

Boy HighHeat,this is painful.I'm really feeling for ya man.You're actually on a pace to win 49 games.Here's to brighter days

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by orion523

Boy HighHeat,this is painful.I'm really feeling for ya man.You're actually on a pace to win 49 games.Here's to brighter days

LOL!!! Yeah, it is painful. Everytime I look at my record I shake my head. Then I go to the NL East page and the Nationals are 3-20. I'm still the top team in the area!!!!!!!!!!! I'm really hoping the AI puts Burres and Olson down and throws maybe Johnson and another in the rotation. Heck, the majority of my pitching needs a makeover. Some of these guys are really pathetic.

[gtm]

HH, I'm back and following. Now you will win your next game.

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by gtm

HH, I'm back and following. Now you will win your next game.

Welcome back gtm. Seems to be that way, win one, lose two. Just can't seem to get it rolling, yet.