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

[highheatkingsb]

Promotion News From Around The League
June 18th, 2008




- Called Up (1B) Scott McClain From (AAA) Fresno To (MLB) San Francisco.

- Sent Down (1B) Brett Harper From (MLB) San Francisco To (AAA) Fresno.

- Called Up (RP) Kelvin Pichardo From (AA) Connecticut To (AAA) Fresno.

- Sent Down (RP) Erick Threets From (AAA) Fresno To (AA) Connecticut.

- Called Up (1B) Travis Ishikawa From (AA) Connecticut To (AAA) Fresno.

- Sent Down (LF) Brian Horwitz From (AAA) Fresno To (AA) Connecticut.




- Called Up (RP) Clay Radada From (AA) Erie To (AAA) Toledo.

- Sent Down (RP) Stephen Conrad From (AAA) Toledo To (AA) Erie.




- Called Up (SP) Oliver Perez From (AAA) New Orleans To (MLB) New York.

- Sent Down (SP) Claudio Vargas From (MLB) New York To (AAA) New Orleans.

- Called Up (1B) Mike Carp From (AA) Binghamton To (AAA) New Orleans.

- Sent Down (SS) Anderson Machado From (AAA) New Orleans To (AA) Binghamton.

[highheatkingsb]

MLB Morning News

June 19th, 2008

No Relief For Reds!!!!!



Dodgers get to Reds bullpen, take over game late.

The Dodgers picked up a one-run victory on the road last night, with the 3-2 final a disappointment to both the Reds and their 32,942 fans in attendance. Jeff Kent collected 2 hits in 3 at-bats and had 2 RBI's for the victors. Brad Penny wasn't bad, allowing 2 runs over 6 innings, but all he has to show for it is a no-decision. Coming into a tie game, Scott Proctor was able to snatch a win, his 5th of the season, pitching 1 inning in relief of Brad Penny.

The series wraps up with an afternoon game today, with the Dodgers starting Derek Lowe (8-1, 3.46) and the Reds turning to Bronson Arroyo (4-5, 5.60).

[highheatkingsb]

Wow, there is a lot of action on the boards today. You guys are slipping a little. First day in a long time I was on page 2 when I logged on. For some reason, I'm having issues getting a reply in when I hit the post reply button. I have to use the quick reply. I guess I'm using IE for any updates as it's not working on my Firefox. Makes things a little more difficult, so bare with me until I can get the feel for it guys. Thanks.

[highheatkingsb]

June 19th, 2008
Game: 73 of 162
Attendance: 27,518
Wind: NE 3 mph

(32-40) @ (27-45)

Starting Pitching Matchup

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Brandon Backe Radhames Liz 4-7 W-L 1-3 4.80 ERA 3.13

Expl"O"sive!!!!! Birds wrap up series in another rout of Astros!!!!!

Baltimore, MD - The O's bats were once again on fire tonight at the "Yard" pounding out 12 hits and accumulating their run total to 23 for the series. The "Birds" began things once again in the 1st inning with RBI singles from Nick Markakis and Ramon Hernandez. With the game at 2-1 in the 4th, Aubrey Huff crushed his 10th home run of the season to propel the O's to a 4-1 advantage. The Orioles added three more in the 5th following a leadoff triple by Brian Roberts, his 1st of the year, and then added the 8th run of the night in the 8th inning when Freddie Bynum tuned up his 1st home run of the season. Radhames Liz picked up win number two on the year, going 7.0 innings, allowing only 1 run. Chad Bradford and George Sherrill continued to not see game time due to the circumstances, as of right now, that's the main concern of the O's skipper, but he enjoys the blowouts in his favor, as it seems the O's are beginning to heat up a few weeks before the All-Star break.

Line Score

Pittsburgh @ Baltimore (June 18th, 2008)

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston Astros 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 Baltimore Orioles 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 X 8 12 0 WP - R. Liz (2-3), LP - B. Backe (4-8)

Extra Base Hits & RBI Summary

2B - Lee (19)
3B - None
HR - None
RBI - Tejada (37)
SB - Lee (11)

2B - None
3B - Roberts (1)
HR - Huff (10), Bynum (1)
RBI - Markakis (33), Huff 2 (42), R. Hernandez 2 (23), Scott (42), Bynum (13), Millar (26)
SB - Roberts (24)

Pitching Summary



B. Backe (L, 4-8) 4.0 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 5 K's
O. Villarreal 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
D. Brocail 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's

R. Liz (W, 2-3) 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K's
D. Sarfate 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
J. Walker 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Scoring Summary



Bottom 1st

Markakis singled to right, Roberts scored (1-0)
R. Hernandez singled to second, Markakis scored (2-0)

Top 2nd

Matsui grounded into a double play (4,6,3), Lee scored (2-1)

Bottom 3rd

Huff homered to left, Markakis scored (4-1)

Bottom 5th

Scott flied out to center, Roberts scored (5-1)
R. Hernandez singled to right, Markakis scored (6-1)
Millar flied out to center, Huff scored (7-1)

Bottom 8th

Bynum homered to left (8-1)

Top 9th

Tejada singled to shortstop, Berkman scored (8-2)

Player of the Game

Radhames Liz cruised through 7.0 innings and earned his 2nd win of
the season, as the O's routed the Astros 8-2 tonight to capture the
series against Houston. Radhames struck out 5 hitters and allowed
only 1 run in the outing to earn Player of the Game honors.

Standings

American League East
Team		W	L	GB	STRK
	Boston	49	26	-	L 1
	New York AL	48	27	1.0	W 7
	Toronto	42	32	6.5	L 1
	Tampa Bay	31	42	17.0	L 1
	Baltimore	28	45	20.0	W 2

International League (AAA)

(36-37) @ (41-32)

Norfolk Tides	4	11	0
Durham Bulls	6	18	1

Record: (36-38)
Place: T-3rd (6.0 games back)
Streak (Loss 1)

Eastern League (AA)

(36-36) @ (38-34)

Akron Aeros	0	7	0
Bowie Baysox	1	10	0

Record (39-34)
Place: T-2nd (1.0 game back)

Streak: (Won 5)

Statistic Leaders through June 19th

A. Huff 1B .322 Batting Avg L. Scott LF 12 Home Runs L. Scott/A. Huff LF/1B 42 RBIs B. Roberts 2B 24 Steals D. Cabrera SP 8 Wins R. Liz SP 2.77 ERA C. Bradford RP 1.08 ERA G. Sherrill CL 18 Saves D. Cabrera SP 70 Strike Outs J. Lewis RP 43 Strike Outs

[gtm]

HH, 2 game winning streak. A positive direction for the team. Good work.

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by gtm

HH, 2 game winning streak. A positive direction for the team. Good work.

Thanks man, I can't believe there is a team out there that their starting pitching is worse than mine, but Houston's is really bad. For me to put up 20+ runs in a series is something to say.

[orion523]

Its gotta feel good to lay the wood on somebody,good going! and BTW,how bout them Fightins', all but in with 5 to play,I really want them to take the division though,the Dodgers just seem like the better match-up right now although I worry about Charlie having to match wits with Joe Torre.

[highheatkingsb]

Hey Orion, it's about time that I'm the one putting up some runs and knocking the opposing pitching around. I'm rooting for your Phillies, my friend and I were actually talking today about going to a playoff game if we can get our hands on some tickets. Are you going to try and go to one?

[highheatkingsb]

Promotion News From Around The League
June 19th, 2008




- Called Up (3B) Wilson Betemit From (AAA) Scranton/WB To (MLB) New York.

- Sent Down (3B) Mitch Hilligoss From (MLB) New York To (AAA) Scranton/WB.




- Called Up (SP) Chris Young From (AAA) Portland To (MLB) San Diego.

- Sent Down (SP) Josh Banks From (MLB) San Diego To (AAA) Portland.

- Called Up (RP) Mauro Zarate From (AA) San Antonio To (AAA) Portland.

- Sent Down (RP) Edwin Moreno From (AAA) Portland To (AA) San Antonio.




- Called Up (RP) Yhency Brazoban From (AA) Jacksonville To (AAA) Las Vegas.

- Sent Down (RP) Matt Riley From (AAA) Las Vegas To (AA) Jacksonville.




- Called Up (SP) Jack McGeary From (AAA) Columbus To (MLB) Washington.

- Sent Down (SP) John Lannan From (MLB) Washington To (AAA) Columbus.

- Called Up (LF) Jake Smolinski From (AA) Harrisburg To (AAA) Columbus.

- Sent Down (LF) Mike Daniel From (AAA) Columbus To (AA) Harrisburg.




- Called Up (SP) Blake Beavan From (AA) Frisco To (AAA) Oklahoma.

- Sent Down (SP) Kasey Kiker From (AAA) Oklahoma To (AA) Frisco.




- Called Up (2B) Marcos Cabral From (AA) New Hampshire To (AAA) Syracuse.

- Sent Down (SP) Kyle Ginley From (AAA) Syracuse To (AA) New Hampshire.

- Called Up (1B) Chip Cannon From (AA) New Hampshire To (AAA) Syracuse.

- Sent Down (2B) Marcos Cabral From (AAA) Syracuse To (AA) New Hampshire.




- Called Up (RP) John Wasdin From (AAA) Memphis To (MLB) St. Louis.

- Sent Down (RP) Ron Flores From (MLB) St. Louis To (AAA) Memphis.

- Called Up (RP) Dennis Dove From (AA) Springfield To (AAA) Memphis.

- Sent Down (RP) Ryan Franklin From (AAA) Memphis To (AA) Springfield.




- Called Up (SP) Gil Meche From (AAA) Omaha To (MLB) Kansas City.

- Sent Down (SP) Brett Tomko From (MLB) Kansas City To (AAA) Omaha.




- Called Up (SP) Matthew Torra From (AA) Mobile To (AAA) Tucson.

- Sent Down (SP) Jarrod Parker From (AAA) Tucson To (AA) Mobile.




- Called Up (2B) Jesus Guzman From (AA) Midland To (AAA) Sacramento.

- Sent Down (SS) J.J. Furmaniak From (AAA) Sacramento To (AA) Midland.




- Called Up (SP) Matt Garza From (AAA) Durham To (MLB) Tampa Bay.

- Sent Down (SP) Jason Hammel From (MLB) Tampa Bay To (AAA) Durham.

- Called Up (RP) Jeff Kamrath From (AA) Montgomery To (AAA) Durham.

- Sent Down (RP) J.P. Howell From (AAA) Durham To (AA) Montgomery.

- Sent Down (SP) Jason Hammel From (MLB) Tampa Bay To (AAA) Durham.

[orion523]

Quote: Originally Posted by highheatkingsb

Hey Orion, it's about time that I'm the one putting up some runs and knocking the opposing pitching around. I'm rooting for your Phillies, my friend and I were actually talking today about going to a playoff game if we can get our hands on some tickets. Are you going to try and go to one?

I may,but my work schedule is so unpredictable that its hard for me to make plans and stick to them,most of the time I end up giving the tickets away.I'm thinking about it though