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

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MLB Morning News

August 2nd, 2008

Cubs Pick Up Win, Ending Losing Streak!!!!!



Chicago defeats Pittsburgh in NL Central contest at home, snap 3-game losing streak.

The Cubs beat the Pirates 5-4 in an NL Central showdown last night, going extra innings before eventually winning in 10 frames at Wrigley Field. Derrek Lee was a force offensively, going 3-for-5 with a home run and 3 RBI's to lead the charge. Scott Eyre was able to earn the win, (his 4th of the season) in the extra frames, working 1 inning and allowing no runs.

The series continues tonight with Sean Marshall (4-3, 2.97) going for the Cubs and Ian Snell (5-2, 3.06) slated to work for the Pirates.

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August 2nd, 2008
Game: 111 of 162
Attendance: 35,201
Wind: E 3 mph

(49-61) @ (53-56)

Starting Pitching Matchup

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Adam Loewen Jarrod Washburn 2-3 W-L 7-7 5.25 ERA 4.66

"O" MY!!!!! Mariners embarrassed at home in one of franchise's worst losses ever!!!!!

Seattle, WA - Oriole fans will never forget this night, as this one will be told for ages, not that it will mean anything to most outside of Baseball City, USA. The Orioles big guns, Mora, Scott, Huff, and Markakis went a combined 15-for-24 on the night with 2 homeruns and 9 RBI's in Baltimore's 13-0 domination of their northwestern foes. The "Birds" as a team combined for a season high 23 hits on the night. Not to be lost in the offensive explosion, O's starter Adam Loewen jumped back to the .500 mark at 3-3, pitching 6.2 innings of scoreless baseball, allowing just 5 hits on the night, including escaping a bases loaded, no out jam in the 3rd with the Orioles just leading 1-0 at the time. The finale of the series will be tomorrow.

Line Score

Baltimore @ Seattle (August 2nd, 2008)

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Baltimore Orioles 1 0 0 0 1 6 5 0 0 13 23 1 Seattle Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 WP - A. Loewen (3-3), LP - J. Washburn (7-8)

Extra Base Hits & RBI Summary

2B - Huff (19), R. Hernandez (10)
3B - None
HR - Mora (17), Scott (20)
RBI - Mora 3 (45), Markakis 2 (71), Huff (64), R. Hernandez 2 (39), Scott 3 (74), Cintron (25)
SB - None

2B - None
3B - None
HR - None
RBI - None
SB - None

Pitching Summary



A. Loewen (W, 3-3) 6.2 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K's
D. Sarfate 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's, 1 WP

J. Washburn (L, 7-8) 5.0 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K's
R. Rowland-Smith 1.0 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 WP
B. Morrow 1.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's
C. Baek 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Scoring Summary



Top 1st

Markakis singled to right, Huff scored (1-0)

Top 5th

Markakis singled to right, Huff scored (2-0)

Top 6th

Cintron singled to right, Millar scored (3-0)
Jones scored on a wild pitch (4-0)
Mora homered to right center, Cintron scored (6-0)
R. Hernandez doubled to right center, Scott and Markakis scored (8-0)

Top 7th

Mora singled to left, Jones scored (9-0)
Huff doubled to right center, Cintron scored (10-0)
Scott homered to right center, Mora and Huff scored (13-0)

Player of the Game

Luke Scott continued to be the dominant force behind the
Orioles offense as he went deep for the 20th time on the
year to cap a 4-for-6 night with 3 RBI's in the O's 13-0
thumping of the Mariners at Safeco Field.

Standings

American League East
Team		W	L	GB	STRK
	New York	72	39	-	W 1
	Boston	70	41	2.0	W 1
	Toronto	59	51	12.5	L 1
	Baltimore	50	61	22.0	W 1
	Tampa Bay	49	61	22.5	W 1

International League (AAA)

(62-52) @ (57-57)

Richmond Braves	9	12	0
Norfolk Tides	7	12	0

Record: (57-58)
Place: Last (11.0 games back)
Streak (Loss 1)

Eastern League (AA)

(66-48) @ (56-58)

Bowie Baysox	3	8	2
Altoona Curve	6	7	1

Record (66-49)
Place: 2nd (1.0 game back)

Streak: (Loss 1)

Statistic Leaders through August 2nd

A. Huff 1B .343 Batting Avg L. Scott LF 20 Home Runs L. Scott LF 74 RBIs B. Roberts 2B 43 Steals D. Cabrera SP 11 Wins D. Cabrera SP 3.86 ERA C. Bradford RP 0.80 ERA G. Sherrill CL 28 Saves D. Cabrera SP 100 Strike Outs J. Lewis RP 59 Strike Outs

[mlblover15]

dude what in the world is going on with your team 22 games out... come on... you cant be that bad at this game.. im playing on hof default and still in it (prays) with 6 games to play ...

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by mlblover15

dude what in the world is going on with your team 22 games out... come on... you cant be that bad at this game.. im playing on hof default and still in it (prays) with 6 games to play ...

It's not that I'm bad, it's my players that don't live up. My pitching is horrible. I can't tell you how many times a pitcher of mine leaves a pitch over the plate on an 0-2 or 1-2 count no matter where I try to place it. The control of my pitchers is less than average. I use the pitching cam with no zone or ball marker, so it's all on judgment, where I move the analog and how long I hold the button, which feels realistic to me. I have a couple good starters and a couple good bullpen guys that I can really count on. Cabrera, Loewen, occasionally Trachsel and Olson, Bradford and Walker. The rest are more bad than good. My guys just don't come through in the clutch as much as I would like them to as well. As we say in Baltimore, "O" Well, there's always next year. The problem is, that's usually the talk after the month of April or May. LOL!! I'm hoping to get some good FA in the off season, if the luck of the draw is with me. Or who knows, I could end up even worse off, pending on who I lose.

[mlblover15]

Dang son, that is hard to take.. .ouch... well im in pretty much the same boat as you as in the off season i dont know who i will keep and who i wont. i had taken out 2 $50,000,000 dollars loans and the computer just paid one of them off for me so you can imagine what that did to my bank roll. which was pretty goos at the time lol.

im on a win out or im done pretty much stretch in my final four games. i trail the yankees by 3.5 with five days remaining in the season. i have one day off where they will be playing and ill be praying they lose. this time next year with 09 however ill be able to watch it unfold "live" like i was watching it on tv. im still not sure if that is a goos thing or a bad thing lol.

oh well my friend, at least your having fun with it and enjoying it. ill try to keep up better next year with you. this year for me was a personal mess. have a good weekend...

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MLB/Orioles Promotional News

August 2nd, 2008




- Called Up (RP) Royce Ring




- Called Up (SP) Jack McGeary

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MLB Morning News

August 3rd, 2008

Ervin Santana Gets Drubbed, Takes Loss!!!!!



Victorious Yankees beat up Ervin Santana, scoring 5 runs off him.

The 58,037 fans in attendance at Yankee Stadium went home happy following the Yankees 7-3 victory over the Angels yesterday. The bullpen was able to preserve the lead for Chien-Ming Wang, who allowed 3 runs on 9 hits over 6.2 innings en route to his 15th win of the year. The offense was paced by Morgan Ensberg, who went 2-for-3 and knocked in 1 run.

This afternoon's game at Yankee Stadium, featuring a match-up of Andy Pettitte (6-5, 4.65) of the Yankees and John Lackey (9-6, 3.68) of the Angels, will mark the end of the series.

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August 3rd, 2008
Game: 112 of 162
Attendance: 38,674
Wind: N 9 mph

(50-61) @ (53-57)

Starting Pitching Matchup

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Daniel Cabrera Felix Hernandez 11-6 W-L 6-11 3.86 ERA 3.65

Mariners survive O's late to take series!!!!!

Seattle, WA - What a great ballgame we had this afternoon in the finale at Safeco Field between the Orioles and Mariners. The Mariners jumped out to an early 2-0 lead off of O's starter Daniel Cabrera in the 2nd inning on a Yuniesky Betancout 2-run single to left. The Mariners had an opportunity to add more in the inning, but left the bases loaded. The O's got even in the 4th on a 2-run monster shot by Nick Markakis, a 406 ft homerun to right center field at the base of the snack attack shack to even the game. Both Felix Hernandez and Daniel Cabrera would match each other thereafter until the 7th, when the Mariners managed to get a run home on an Ichiro Suzuki RBI single to center field. In the 9th, the Orioles managed to load the bases with 1 out, but J.J. Putz got Melvin Mora to strikeout and Ramon Hernandez to ground out to second base to end the threat and send the Orioles south to Anaheim with a heart-wrenching defeat.

Line Score

Baltimore @ Seattle (August 2nd, 2008)

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Baltimore Orioles 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 Seattle Mariners 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 6 0 WP - F. Hernandez (7-11), LP - D. Cabrera (11-7), S - J. Putz (27)

Extra Base Hits & RBI Summary

2B - None
3B - None
HR - Markakis (13)
RBI - Markakis 2 (73)
SB - None

2B - None
3B - None
HR - None
RBI - Betancourt 2 (41), Suzuki (44)
SB - None

Pitching Summary



D. Cabrera (L, 11-7) 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 3 K's, 2 WP
J. Walker 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 WP

F. Hernandez (W, 7-11) 7.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K's
J. Benoit (H, 13) 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
J. Putz (S, 27) 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP

Scoring Summary



Bottom 2nd

Betancourt singled to left, Sexson and Morse scored (2-0)

Top 4th

Markakis homered to right center, Roberts scored (2-2)

Bottom 7th

Suzuki singled to center, Balentien scored (3-2)

Player of the Game

"King" Felix Hernandez brought his "A" game to the ballpark
tonight against visiting Baltimore. Felix went 7.2 innings and
allowed just 4 hits while recording 5 strikeouts as Seattle
took the 3-game series with a 3-2 victory.

Standings

American League East
Team		W	L	GB	STRK
	New York	73	39	-	W 2
	Boston	71	41	2.0	W 2
	Toronto	60	51	12.5	W 1
	Baltimore	50	62	23.0	L 1
	Tampa Bay	49	62	23.5	L 1

International League (AAA)

(63-52) @ (57-58)

Richmond Braves	8	11	0
Norfolk Tides	4	6	1

Record: (57-59)
Place: Last (11.0 games back)
Streak (Loss 2)

Eastern League (AA)

(66-49) @ (57-58)

Bowie Baysox	6	12	1
Altoona Curve	0	5	3

Record (67-49)
Place: 2nd (1.0 game back)

Streak: (Won 1)

Statistic Leaders through August 3rd

A. Huff 1B .341 Batting Avg L. Scott LF 20 Home Runs L. Scott LF 74 RBIs B. Roberts 2B 43 Steals D. Cabrera SP 11 Wins D. Cabrera SP 3.89 ERA C. Bradford RP 0.80 ERA G. Sherrill CL 28 Saves D. Cabrera SP 103 Strike Outs J. Lewis RP 59 Strike Outs

[Heisman316]

How does it feel having Cabrera wear a Nats cap in your recap now???? lol

[gtm]

c'mon hh. The Tides are letting me down. The O's and Tides are both lost for this season.