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

[highheatkingsb]

April 5th, 2008
Game 5 of 162
Attendance: 29,639
Wind: NW 5 mph

(3-1) @ (2-2)

Starting Pitching Matchup

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Miguel Batista Garrett Olson 0-0 W-L 0-0 0.00 ERA 0.00

Batista's strong performance boosts Mariners over O's!!!!!

Baltimore, MD - Miguel Batista went 8.0 innings tonight striking out 9 Oriole hitters and allowing only one run as the Mariners took game two of the four game series tonight at Camden Yards. The Mariners got two long balls off the bats of their killer B's, Betancourt and Balentien to set the pace for the victory. The O's are now under the .500 mark at 2-3 and will turn to their ace, Jeremy Guthrie to try and snap the two game skid.

Line Score

Seattle @ Baltimore (April 5th, 2008)

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Seattle Mariners 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 5 13 0 Baltimore Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 7 0 WP - M. Batista (1-0), LP - G. Olson (0-1), J. Putz (3)

Extra Base Hits & RBI Summary



2B - Suzuki (4), Sexson (3)
3B - Johjima (1)
HR - Balentien (1), Betancourt (1)
RBI - Johjima (4), Balentien (2), Betancourt 3 (3)
SB - None

2B - Scott (2)
3B - None
HR - Millar (1)
RBI - Mora (2), Millar 2 (3)
SB - Roberts 2 (5), Mora (3)

Pitching Summary



M. Batista (W, 1-0) 8.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K's
A. Rhodes 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's
J. Putz (S, 3) 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

G. Olson (L, 0-1) 6.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K's
D. Sarfate 1.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 WP
J. Walker 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Scoring Summary



Top 5th

Betancourt homered to left, Johjima scored (2-0)

Top 6th

Balentien homered to right (3-0)

Bottom 6th

Mora singled to left, Cintron scored (3-1)

Top 8th

Johjima singled to center, Sexson scored (4-1)
Betancourt singled to center, Johjima scored (5-1)

Bottom 9th

Millar homered to left, Mora scored (5-3)

Player of the Game


Miguel Batista struckout 9 Orioles hitters and pitched an
outstanding 8 innings as he picked up his first win of the
year and propelled the Mariners to take the second game
of the series against Baltimore.

Standings

American League East
Team		W	L	GB	STRK
	Toronto	4	1	-	W 3
	Boston	3	3	1.5	L 2
	Baltimore	2	3	2.0	L 2
	Tampa Bay	2	3	2.0	W 1
	New York AL	2	3	2.0	L 1

International League (AAA)

(1-1) @ (1-1)

Buffalo Bisons	1	6	0
Norfolk Tides	5	14	0

Record (2-1)

Eastern League (AA)

(1-1) @ (1-1)

Erie Seawolves	1	6	0
Bowie Baysox	3	12	1

Record (2-1)

[highheatkingsb]

News From Around The League
April 5th, 2008




- Called Up (CP) Marcus McBeth From (AAA) Louisville To (MLB) Cincinnati.

- Called Up (SP) Daryl Thompson From (AA) Chattanooga To (AAA) Louisville.

[Marino]

hey im not sure if you have noticed this or not but in game 4, the first against seattle you have TB names with the 2B, 3B HR RBI section

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by marino13882

hey im not sure if you have noticed this or not but in game 4, the first against seattle you have TB names with the 2B, 3B HR RBI section

Sorry man, I had the same issue as you did. I went to post and my computer locked up. I tried to do the recaps by what you can get off the box scores, but must of overlooked it when I re-did it. I'll try to fix it. Thanks.

[highheatkingsb]

Fixed it man, I could only post the stats from that game, so the overall for each player for the season isn't there for that game. Good heads-up man!!! I appreciate it. I like to keep this the best it can be for you guys to read.

[doncoryell]

I think that you are doing a great job with the layout. The 2-3 start is also pretty good to begin the season. Hopefully Cabrera can pitch for you as good as he did with me before I stopped due to a bunch of Orioles journals being done.

[callmetaternuts]

Looks good! How are the new sliders working out for you? And as always, STOP BEATING MY RAYS!

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by doncoryell

I think that you are doing a great job with the layout. The 2-3 start is also pretty good to begin the season. Hopefully Cabrera can pitch for you as good as he did with me before I stopped due to a bunch of Orioles journals being done.

Thanks man, yeah hopefully I can keep it around the .500 mark and not let the big boys get to far ahead. I'd like to still be at least in the wild-card hunt come the All-Star break, but we'll see.

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by callmetaternuts

Looks good! How are the new sliders working out for you? And as always, STOP BEATING MY RAYS!

Thanks man, sliders are awesome. They really have saved this game for me this year. I was to the point where it was heading back because I was so frustrated with it, but these have made this game the best baseball game I've ever played, bar none. I love how both the AI get so much hit variety, singles, doubles, triples, gappers, etc....

[highheatkingsb]

April 6th, 2008
Game 6 of 162
Attendance: 29,835
Wind: E 4 mph

(4-1) @ (2-3)

Starting Pitching Matchup

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Felix Hernandez Jeremy Guthrie 0-0 W-L 0-0 0.00 ERA 0.00

Sexson homers twice as Mariners offense pummels O's pitching!!!!!

Baltimore, MD - The Mariners offense exploded tonight as they put 12 runs on the board against the O's pitching staff. The big inning came in the 5th as the M's plated 7 runners capped by back to back homers by Richie Sexson and Kenji Johjima. Starter Felix Hernandez was phenomenal in picking up his second win of the year by going 7.0 IP, allowing only 1 run and striking out 9 batters. The O's are on a 3 game losing streak and will try to avoid a sweep tomorrow.

Line Score

Seattle @ Baltimore (April 6th, 2008)

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Seattle Mariners 0 0 0 2 7 0 3 0 0 12 13 0 Baltimore Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 7 0 WP - F. Hernandez (2-0), LP - J. Guthrie (0-1)

Extra Base Hits & RBI Summary



2B - Beltre (1), Ibanez (2)
3B - Balentien (1)
HR - Sexson 2 (2), Johjima (2)
RBI - Ibanez 2 (3), Sexson 5 (5), Johjima 2 (6), Balentien (3), Betancourt (4)
SB - None

2B - None
3B - None
HR - R. Hernandez (2)
RBI - Mora (3), Markakis (5), R. Hernandez (4)
SB - Roberts (6), Mora (4)

Pitching Summary



F. Hernandez (W, 2-0) 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K's, 2 WP
R. Rowland-Smith 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
B. Morrow 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

J. Guthrie (L, 0-1) 4.0 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 5 K's
M. Albers 2.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
G. Aquino 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Scoring Summary



Top 4th

Sexson homered to right, Balentien scored (2-0)

Top 5th

Betancourt scored on a wild pitch (3-0)
Ibanez doubled to right, Suzuki and Lopez scored (5-0)
Balentien grounded out to shortstop, Vidro scored (6-0)
Sexson homered to right, Ibanez scored (8-0)
Johjima homered to right center (9-0)

Top 7th

Sexson singled to right, Beltre scored (10-0)
Johjima grounded out to first, Balentien scored (11-0)
Betancourt grounded out to shortstop, Sexson scored (12-0)

Bottom 7th

R. Hernandez homered to right (12-1)

Bottom 8th

Mora grounded into fielder's choice, Cintron scored (12-2)
Markakis singled to right, Mora scored (12-3)

Player of the Game


Richie Sexson went 3 for 5 with 2 homeruns and 5 RBI's
as the Mariners routed the Orioles 12-3 at Camden Yards
this afternoon.

Standings

American League East
Team		W	L	GB	STRK
	Toronto	4	2	-	L 1
	Boston	4	3	0.5	W 1
	New York AL	3	3	1.0	W 1
	Baltimore	2	4	2.0	L 3
	Tampa Bay	2	4	2.0	L 1

International League (AAA)

(1-2) @ (2-1)

Buffalo Bisons	5	9	1
Norfolk Tides	1	8	1

Record (2-2)

Eastern League (AA)

(1-2) @ (2-1)

Erie Seawolves	3	4	0
Bowie Baysox	9	13	1

Record (3-1)