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

[RAZRr1275]

Quote: Originally Posted by highheatkingsb

Yeah, they are fun to play with. It can be frustrating at times also, like my last game. I had my chances to win, but couldn't produce when I needed to.

I'm pretty sure about that. In the 2 games that I simmed the relievers blew it late in the game.

[doncoryell]

Luke Scott is off to a strong start but Daniel Cabrera continues to give you fits. What may be your plans for him if his struggles continue?

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by doncoryell

Luke Scott is off to a strong start but Daniel Cabrera continues to give you fits. What may be your plans for him if his struggles continue?

If it were up to me, he would've been on the block at the beginning of the season, but seeing I have the CPU dealing and controlling everything, only time will tell.

[highheatkingsb]

News From Around The League
April 12th, 2008




- Called Up (SP) Mike Hampton From (AAA) Richmond To (MLB) Atlanta.




- Called Up (SP) Brad Knox From (AAA) Sacramento To (MLB) Oakland.

- Called Up (SS) Cliff Pennington From (AA) Midland To (AAA) Sacramento.

[highheatkingsb]

April 13th, 2008
Game 13 of 162
Attendance: 28,841
Wind: 0 mph (dome)

(4-8) @ (7-5)

Starting Pitching Matchup

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Brian Burres Andy Sonnanstine 0-1 W-L 0-1 11.25 ERA 7.19

Rays obliterate O's pitching to take series!!!!!

St. Petersburg - It didn't matter who the Orioles sent to the hill tonight as the Rays had the answers. The Rays went gambling tonight at the dome and came away with a 21. That is 21 hits against the "Birds" staff tonight. The O's kept the game close at 4-3 until the bottom of the 7th when the Rays sent 12 batters to the plate and put up a 7 spot in the inning to put the game out of reach for good. Akinori Iwamura recieved player of the game honors after delivering his 2nd homerun of the year in that same inning that pushed the Rays into double digits in the run column. Andy Sonnanstine picked up his first win of 2008 as the Rays continue to play well and keep pace in the tough AL East. Brian Burres once again looked atrocious on the mound as he only went 3.0 IP and gave up 10 hits while he was out there. The O's fall to 4-9 on the season and continue to look up at the rest of the division.

Line Score

Baltimore @ Tampa Bay (April 13th, 2008)

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Baltimore Orioles 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 10 3 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1 2 0 0 0 1 7 0 X 11 21 1 WP - A. Sonnanstine (1-1), LP - B. Burres (0-2)

Extra Base Hits & RBI Summary



2B - Mora (4)
3B - None
HR - None
RBI - Roberts (1), Mora (9), Huff (6)
SB - Mora (5), Bynum (2)

2B - Riggans (1), Gross (2)
3B - Floyd (1)
HR - Iwamura (2)
RBI - Iwamura 3 (10), Crawford (10), Floyd 2 (8), Bartlett 2 (5), Longoria (10), Gomes (8), Gross (4)
SB - None

Pitching Summary



B. Burres (L, 0-2) 3.0 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
J. Johnson 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
G. Aquino 0.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 WP
J. Walker 1.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
D. Sarfate 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A. Sonnanstine (W, 1-1) 6.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's
T. Miller (H, 4) 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
D. Wheeler 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Scoring Summary



Top 1st

Huff singled to center, Mora scored (1-0)

Bottom 1st

Gross flied out to left, Crawford scored (1-1)

Bottom 2nd

Bartlett singled to right, Gomes scored (2-1)
Crawford singled to second, Riggans scored (3-1)

Top 6th

Mora doubled to right center, Roberts scored (3-2)

Bottom 6th

Iwamura singled to right, Bartlett scored (4-2)

Top 7th

Roberts singled to center, R. Hernandez scored (4-3)

Bottom 7th

Floyd tripled to left center, Pena and Longoria scored (6-3)
Gomes flied out to center, Floyd scored (7-3)
Bartlett singled to right, Riggans scored (8-3)
Iwamura homered to right, Bartlett scored (10-3)
Longoria singled to center, Gross scored (11-3)

Player of the Game

Akinori Iwamura continues to emerge as a star in this league as he went 3 for 5 with a homerun and 3 RBI's in tonight's 11-3 trouncing of the Orioles at the dome.

Standings

American League East
Team		W	L	GB	STRK
	Toronto	10	2	-	W 6
	Tampa Bay	8	5	2.5	W 2
	Boston	8	5	2.5	W 2
	New York AL	7	6	3.5	L 2
	Baltimore	4	9	6.5	L 2

International League (AAA)

(5-5) @ (7-3)

Norfolk Tides	5	14	0
Indianapolis Indians	4	7	0

Record (6-5)

Eastern League (AA)

(7-3) @ (7-3)

Bowie Baysox	4	11	0
Akron Aeros	6	12	1

Record (7-4)

[highheatkingsb]

News From Around The League
April 13th, 2008




- Called Up (RF) Travis Snyder From (AA) New Hampshire To (AAA) Syracuse.




- Called Up (RF) Bronson Sardinha From (AAA) Tacoma To (MLB) Seattle.

- Called Up (RF) Carlos Peguero From (AA) West Tenn To (AAA) Tacoma.

[highheatkingsb]

April 14th, 2008
Game 14 of 162
Attendance: 26,745
Wind: SW 5 mph

(10-2) @ (4-9)

Starting Pitching Matchup

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Dustin McGowan Steve Trachsel 2-0 W-L 1-1 0.75 ERA 5.02

Veteran pitchers untouchable as O's knock off first place "Birds" from the north!!!!!

Baltimore, MD - A night after the Orioles gave up a franchise record 21 hits to the Rays, they got just the opposite tonight as Steve Trachsel delivered another great outing allowing only 3 hits against the visiting Blue Jays on route to a 2-1 victory. After Greg Zaun homered in the 3rd inning off of Trachsel, he sent down the next 15 Blue Jay hitters to come to the plate. Chad Bradford then pitched a perfect 8th and closer George Sherrill capped it in the 9th with a 3 up, 3 down inning of his own to close out the game and push the O's record to 5-9 on the season. Aubrey Huff was involved in both Orioles runs as he delivered a 2 out RBI single to left in the first and tagged up on a sacrifice all the way from 2nd on a bizarre play in right field as Hector Luna caught the ball behind the corner wall in right field and while Huff was tagging to 3rd, the throw hit the corner of the wall and bounced into the outfield. Aubrey took advantage with his great running awareness and rounded 3rd base without any hesitance and scored the game winning run. Alex Cintron also extended his hitting streak to 11 games. The O's will try to sweep the short 2 game series tomorrow night.

Line Score

Toronto @ Baltimore (April 14th, 2008)

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Toronto Bluejays 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Baltimore Orioles 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2 7 0 WP - S. Trachsel (2-1), LP - D. McGowan (2-1), S - G. Sherrill (3)

Extra Base Hits & RBI Summary



2B - None
3B - None
HR - Zaun (1)
RBI - Zaun (3)
SB - None

2B - None
3B - None
HR - None
RBI - Huff (7), R. Hernandez (6)
SB - None

Pitching Summary



D. McGowan (L, 2-1) 6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K's
A. Benitez 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

S. Trachsel (W, 2-1) 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
C. Bradford (H, 3) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
G. Sherrill (S, 3) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Scoring Summary



Bottom 1st

Huff singled to left, Roberts scored (1-0)

Top 3rd

Zaun homered to left (1-1)

Bottom 4th

R. Hernandez flied out to right, Huff scored (2-1)

Player of the Game

Steve Trachsel showed his veteran leadership again tonight as he improved his record to 2-1 on the season. Steve went a strong 7.0 IP, surrendering only 3 hits and retiring the last 15 batters he faced as the O's took the opener of a two game set against Toronto 2-1.

Standings

American League East
Team		W	L	GB	STRK
	Toronto	10	3	-	L 1
	Boston	9	5	1.5	W 3
	Tampa Bay	8	6	2.5	L 1
	New York AL	8	6	2.5	W 1
	Baltimore	5	9	5.5	W 1

International League (AAA)

(6-5) @ (7-4)

Norfolk Tides	6	12	0
Indianapolis Indians	2	9	0

Record (7-5)

Eastern League (AA)

(7-4) @ (3-8)

Bowie Baysox	3	7	0
Erie Seawolves	2	6	2

Record (8-4)

[a2ndrgmaster]

nice win against the jays! the jays are good so far. and ur division is gonna be tough and from the way they are playing, everyone has a sho for the division title

[highheatkingsb]

Quote: Originally Posted by a2ndrgmaster

nice win against the jays! the jays are good so far. and ur division is gonna be tough and from the way they are playing, everyone has a sho for the division title

Thanks man. Yeah, it's gonna be tough, but I'm not going to give up hope. It's early. I just need to get consistent pitching like last game and not be giving up those 20+ hit outings. That was embarrassing.

[highheatkingsb]

News From Around The League
April 14th, 2008


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