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

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by gtm

HH, sorry to see that your team took a nose dive. At one time you did have a win/loss consistency and staying around .500 but looks like you couldn't hold. Can you say NHL 09?

Quote: Originally Posted by orion523

Wow,you know its bad when your losing to the Pirates.They just guaranteed their 16th losing season in a row breaking the record set by the Phillies in the 30's and 40's.

Yeah boys, it's pretty sad, but what do I do? I keep my head up and keep on playing. My goal is not to lose 100 games and not to be the worst team. I didn't think the Nats would even come close to catching up, but it's getting there. By the way, the fans really turned out to witness my last game. See below.

[highheatkingsb]

ORIOLE FANS TURN OUT TO WITNESS INTERLEAGUE SHOWDOWN WITH PIRATES!!!!!

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June 14th, 2008
Game: 69 of 162
Attendance: 25,874
Wind: S 2 mph

(37-32) @ (25-43)

Starting Pitching Matchup

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Phil Dumatrait Steve Trachsel 3-5 W-L 5-6 4.28 ERA 4.46

Just not good enough as Orioles lose another one-run game!!!!!

Baltimore, MD - The Orioles just can't seem to get over that hump when they fall behind. The "Birds" fought back from being down 4-1, just to fall short once again at the "Yard" tonight. The scoring began in the 6th when Nate McLouth homered for the 2nd straight day to give the "Bucs" a 2-0 lead. Melvin Mora hit his 10th home run of the season in the bottom of the 6th to pull the O's to within one. The Pirates scored twice more in the 7th to make the game 4-1 before the O's made it interesting when they got back-to-back RBI doubles from Luke Scott and Aubrey Huff to make it a 4-3 game, but the O's would strand Huff at 3rd to end the inning. In the bottom of the 9th, the O's got runners on 1st and 2nd against closer Matt Capps, but left them on the pond when Capps struck out Mora to end the game, giving the O's their 6th straight loss. Manager highheatkingsb doesn't have any answers right now for this young team and it's becoming a task to get his guys up for stepping on the field everyday. In an interview after the game, the skipper replied, "We're young at heart, we just have to play through this slump were going through. The future looks bright here in Baltimore and one day we will look back at these hard times and know we made the right decisions." The O's will look to snap their skid tomorrow night.

Line Score

Pittsburgh @ Baltimore (June 14th, 2008)

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 10 1 Baltimore Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 9 0 WP - P. Dumatrait (4-5), LP - S. Trachsel (5-7), S - M. Capps (22)

Extra Base Hits & RBI Summary

2B - None
3B - Bixler (1)
HR - McLouth (12)
RBI - Bixler (15), Gomez (13), McLouth 2 (45)
SB - None

2B - Huff (13), Scott (12)
3B - None
HR - Mora (10)
RBI - Mora (24), Huff (39), Scott (37)
SB - Cintron (6), Roberson 2 (7)

Pitching Summary



P. Dumatrait (W, 4-5) 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K's
J. Grabow (H, 7) 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's
M. Capps (S, 22) 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

S. Trachsel (L, 5-7) 6.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
J. Walker 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP

Scoring Summary



Top 6th

McLouth homered to left center, Gomez scored (2-0)

Bottom 6th

Mora homered to right (2-1)

Top 7th

Bixler tripled to right, Mientkiewicz scored (3-1)
Gomez flied out to right, Bixler scored (4-1)

Bottom 8th

Scott doubled to left, Cintron scored (4-2)
Huff doubled to right center, Scott scored (4-3)

Player of the Game

Pirates starter Phil Dumatrait took a no-hitter
into the 6th inning and went 7.0 IP allowing only
5 hits and recorded 8 strikeouts as he picked up
his 4th win of the season in Pittsburgh's 4-3
victory over Baltimore.

Standings

American League East
Team		W	L	GB	STRK
	Boston	46	25	-	W 5
	New York AL	44	27	2.0	W 3
	Toronto	40	30	5.5	W 1
	Tampa Bay	30	39	15.0	L 2
	Baltimore	25	44	20.0	L 6

International League (AAA)

(34-36) @ (34-35)

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees	2	5	1
Norfolk Tides	7	10	0

Record: (35-35)
Place: 3rd (5.0 games back)
Streak (Won 1)

Eastern League (AA)

(31-37) @ (34-34)

Harrisburg Senators	6	13	0
Bowie Baysox	7	12	0

Record (35-34)
Place: 4th (3.0 games back)

Streak: (Won 1)

Statistic Leaders through June 14th

A. Cintron LF .326 Batting Avg L. Scott LF 11 Home Runs A. Huff 1B 39 RBIs B. Roberts 2B 19 Steals D. Cabrera SP 7 Wins R. Liz SP 3.13 ERA C. Bradford RP 1.08 ERA G. Sherrill CL 18 Saves D. Cabrera SP 65 Strike Outs J. Lewis RP 42 Strike Outs

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MLB Morning News

June 15th, 2008

Interleague Match-Up, Rangers Claim Victory!!!!!



In an interleague match-up, Rangers emerge on top over Mets.

Playing on the road last night, the Rangers out-scored the Mets 9-3 in front of 53,035 fans at Shea Stadium to capture a win for the AL. David Murphy was the man offensively, getting 4 hits and 3 RBI's to lead the charge. Vicente Padilla gave the club 7 innings, allowing 3 hits to earn his 3rd win of the season.

The finale of the series this will see the Rangers and Eric Hurley (2-1, 4.37) facing a tough match-up this afternoon against the Mets' ace, Johan Santana (6-5, 3.70).

[orion523]

Quote: Originally Posted by highheatkingsb

ORIOLE FANS TURN OUT TO WITNESS INTERLEAGUE SHOWDOWN WITH PIRATES!!!!!

Oh,thats so awesome,at least you have a sense of humor about it,like they say,"Losing builds character" and at this rate you'l be the biggest "character' on OS

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by orion523

Oh,thats so awesome,at least you have a sense of humor about it,like they say,"Losing builds character" and at this rate you'l be the biggest "character' on OS

Yeah man, what do you do when you feel like you are going to lose everytime you take the field? I hope someday you will all be reading about a playoff run from my team. I also hope you all still enjoy reading even though I'm losing so much.

[GoldenJet]

hey heatster how many seasons are you in in this dynasty.

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by GoldenJet

hey heatster how many seasons are you in in this dynasty.

This is my first. I hope to get at least 2 in before each game comes out.

[unexpectedorc]

ouch! Not only did you lose to the prates, but to phil dumatrait.