BALTIMORE, Maryland April 8, 2014 - After struggling mightily for their first seven games, the Orioles broke out today in New York against the Yankees. Delmon Young, Adam Jones and Matt Wieters homered and Josh Stinson lowered his ERA to 1.50 with two shutout innings of relief as the Orioles hammered the Yankees, 14-5. Wei-Yin Chen was not overly effective, surrendering four runs and nine hits over five innings, but on a day when the Birds bashed Yankee pitching for 20 hits, it was good enough. Every Oriole starter had at least two hits except Matt Wieters, but Wieters only hit was a home run that seemed to just keep going. The official Orioles twitter writer said of Wieters' blast, "Wieters drills a long home run into the left-field seats, his 2nd of the season. The #Orioles now lead, 13-4. [another tweet:] There's crushing a home run, and then there's what Matt Wieters did to this baseball."
The Orioles' box score, which I tried to put into columns but the format won't holt it. So you get it like this:
Baltimore Orioles
Nick Markakis, RF, 5 at bats, 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 RBI, ends game with .265 avg.
Delmon Young, DH, 6 at bats, 2 runs, 3 hits, 3 RBI, ends game with .333 avg.
Chris Davis, 1B, 3 at bats, 2 runs, 2 hits, 2 RBI, ends game with .310 avg. (1 BB)
a-Steve Pearce, 1B, 1 at bat, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 RBI, ends game with .000 avg.
Adam Jones, CF, 4 at bats, 2 runs, 2 hits, 2 RBI, ends game with .286 avg. (1 BB)
Matt Wieters, C, 4 at bats, 1 run, 1 hit, 1 RBI, ends game with .370 avg
Steve Clevenger, C, 0 at bats, 0 runs, 0 hits. 0 RBI, ends game with .400 avg
Nelson Cruz, LF, 4 at bats, 1 run, 2 hits, 1 RBI, ends game with .286 avg (1 BB)
Steve Lombardozzi, 2B, 5 at bats, 1 run, 3 hits, 1 RBI ends game with .333 avg
Ryan Flaherty, SS, 5 at bats, 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 RBI, ends game with .154 avg
Jonathan Schoop, 3B, 5 at bats, 1 run, 2 hits, 1 RBI, ends game with .192 avg
Totals: 42 at bats, 14 runs, 20 hits, 14 RBI, team batting avg .268 batting avg. (3 BB)
a-Struck out for Davis, C in the 9th.
New York Yankees
Brett Gardner, LF 4 at bats, 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 RBI, ends game with .269 avg (1 BB)
Brett Jeter, SS, 4 at bats, 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 RBI, ends game with .250 avg
Anna, SS, 1 at bat, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 RBI, ends game with .143 avg
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF, 4 at bats, 1 run, 3 hits, 0 RBI, ends game with .414 avg
Ichiro Suzuki, CF, 1 at bat, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 RBI, ends game with .429 avg
Carlos Beltran, RF, 5 at bats, 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 RBI, ends game with .185 avg
Alfonso Soriano, DH, 4 at bats, 1 run, 2 hits, 1 RBI, ends game with .192 avg
Brian McCann, C, 4 at bats, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 RBI, ends game with .172 avg
Austin Romine, C, 1 at bat, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 RBI, ends game with .000 avg
Francesco Cervelli, 1B, 4 at bats, 1 run, 1 hit, 0 RBI, ends game with .273 avg
Brian Roberts, 2B, 3 at bats, 1 run, 1 hit, 1 RBI, ends game with .174 avg
Kelly Johnson, 2B, 1 at bat, 1 run, 1 hit, 1 RBI, ends game with .238 avg
Yangervis Solarte, 3B, 4 at bats, 0 runs, 2 hits, 1 RBI, ends game with .458 avg
Totals: 40 at bats, 5 runs, 13 hits, 5 RBI, end game with .266 avg (1 BB)
BATTING:
Doubles: Jonathan Schoop (second of season, off Nova), Adam Jones (second of season, off Nuno), Ryan Flaherty (first of season, off Nuno), Nelson Cruz (second of season, both off Nuno), Carlos Beltran (second of season, off Wei-Yin Chen), Yangervis Solarte (two doubles in game, six for season, off Wei-Yin Chen and Josh Stinson), Jacoby Ellsbury (third of season, off Wei-Yin Chen), Alfonso Soriano (first of season, off Darren O'Day)
Triples: none
Home Runs: Adam Jones (first of season, 1st inning off Nova, 1 on, 1 out), Delmon Young (first of season, 6th inning of Nuno, 1 on, 1 out), Matt Wieters (second of season, 8th inning off Nuno, 1 on, 1 out}, Alfonso Soriano (first of season, 4th inning off Wei-Yin Chen, none on, none out), Kelly Johnson (first of season, 8th inning off Brian Matusz, none on, one out)
Total Bases: Chris Davis 2, Jonathan Schoop 3, Nelson Cruz 3, Ryan Flaherty 4, Steve Lombardozzi 3, Nick Markakis 2, Matt Wieters 4, Adam Jones 6, Delmon Young 6, Jacoby Ellsbury 4, Derek Jeter, Francesco Cervelli, Brett Gardiner, Brian Roberts, Yangervis Solarte 4, Carlos Beltran 2, Alfonso Soriano 6, Kelly Johnson 4,
RBI: Chris Davis 2 (now with 5 for season), Adam Jones, 2 (now with 4 for season), Jonathan Schoop (now with 2 for season), Nick Markakis (now with 2 for season), Delmon Young, 3 (now with 4 for season), Matt Wieters 3 (now with 6 for season), Nelson Cruz (now with 6 for season), Steve Lombardozzi (now with 1 for season), Carlos Beltran (now with 3 for season), Alfonso Soriano (now with 1 for season), Yangervis Solarte (now with 7 for season), Brett Gardiner (now with 5 for season), Kelly Johnson (now with 4 for season)
2-out RBI: Delmon Young, Chris Davis, Nelson Cruz, Carlos Beltran
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Delmon Young, 2; Matt Wieters 2, Alfonso Soriano, Carlos Beltran, Derek Jeter, 2; Steve McCann, Austin Romine
Sacrifice Fly: Chris Davis, Nick Markakis, Matt Wieters
Grounded Into Double Play: Steve Lombardozzi.
Total Runners In Scoring Position, Total Runners In Scoring Position Scored: Orioles 5-for-11, Yankees 1-for-10
Team Left On Base: Orioles 7; Yankees 10
BASERUNNING
Put Out: Steve Lombardozzi (at 2nd base by Steve McCann).
Stolen Bases: Jacoby Ellsbury (4 for season, stole third base off Wei-Yin Chen with Matt Wieters)
FIELDING
Double-Plays: (Brian Roberts to Derek Jeter to Francesco Cervelli).
Pickoffs: Steve McCann (Steve Lombardozzi at 2nd base).
PITCHING
Baltimore Orioles: Wei-Yin Chen (W, 1-1)
Wei-Yin Chen: 5 innings pitched, 9 hits, 4 runs, 4 earned runs, 0 walks, 3 strike outs, 1 home run surrendered, 6.75 ERA at end of game
Josh Stinson: 2.1 innings pitched, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 1 walk, 3 strike outs, 0 home runs surrendered, 1.50 ERA at end of game
Brian Matusz: 0.2 innings pitched, 2 hits, 1 run, 1 earned run, 0 walks, 1 strike out, 1 home run surrendered, 11.57 ERA at end of game
Darren O'Day: 1 inning pitched, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 0 walks, 1 strike out, 0 home runs surrendered, 0.00 ERA at end of game
Totals: 9 innings pitched, 13 hits, 5 runs, 5 earned runs, 1 walk, 8 strike outs, 2 home runs surrendered, 4.96 ERA at end of game
New York Yankees: Ivan Nova (L, 1-1)
Ivan Nova: 3.2 innings pitched, 10 hits, 7 runs, 7 earned runs, 0 walks, 3 strike outs, 1 home run surrendered, 8.68 ERA at end of game
Cesar Cabral: .1 innings pitched, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 1 walk, 0 strike outs, 0 home runs surrendered, 0.00 ERA at end of game
Vidal Nuno: 3.1 innings pitched, 8 hits, 7 runs, 7 earned runs, 2 walks, 2 strike outs, 2 home runs surrendered, 14.54 ERA at end of game
Dellin Betances: 1.2 innings pitched, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 0 walks, 3 strike outs, 0 home runs surrendered, 4.83 ERA at end of game
Totals: 9 innings pitched, 20 innings pitched, 14 runs, 14 earned runs, 3 walks, 8 strike outs, 3 home runs surrendered, 4.83 earned run average at end of game
Though the season is still very young, the Oriole win jammed up the American League East Standings. One game separates first place from last place. Here are the standings:
American League East Standings
1. New York Yankees: 4 wins, 4 losses, .500 pct
1. Tampa Bay Rays: 4 wins, 4 losses, .500 pct
3. Boston Red Sox: 3 wins, 4 losses, .429 pct, 0.5 games behind
3. Toronto Blue Jays: 3 wins, 4 losses, .429 pct, 0.5 games behind
5. Baltimore Orioles: 3 wins, 5 losses, .375 pct, 1 game behind
The Orioles and Yankees played today. the Rays, Red Sox and Blue Jays are playing now (9:23 pm on Tuesday, April 8)
Maryland improved to 20-10 on the season (6-8 in the ACC), with an 11-0 rout of George Mason in Fairfax, Virginia. George Mason fell to 17-11. Jake Drossner started and went five scoreless innings for Maryland to get the win and improve to 4-0. Brandon Lowe had three hits for the Terps, and four other Maryland hitters had two hits. The Terps scored during six of their nine at bats. A five-run fourth inning broke the game wide open. After Drossner pitched the first five, he was relieved by Jared Price, who went two innings and struck out six. After Price, Robert Galligan and Jamie Pashuck eached pitched a scoreless inning, each striking out two Patriot hitters. For the game, Maryland hurlers had 13 strike outs.
Maryland has arguably turned into one of ten or fifteen best teams in the country, and they are certainly the best team that nobody knows about. They toil in the best conference in the country, but they do so without the history of success that the southern schools in the conference all possess. Maryland is unranked. They were ranked only once, for one week, and then only in the two more minor polls. One had them no. 24 and the other had them no. 25. And yet, in the RPI they are currently no. 13 and have been as high as no. 8. The week they were no. 8 they were the only unranked team in the top 25 of the RPI. How can all of this be? Maryland plays the sixth toughest schedule in the country. They are 6-8 after playing all of the tough teams in the conference save for Virginia and Miami. They do not hit home runs. All they do is win or, when they lose to the really good teams, they take them down to the wire. They have wins over Florida State, Florida, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Virginia Commonwealth and Liberty. They have three wins over North Carolina State. Each of these teams are either ranked or getting votes to be ranked. In the coach's poll this week, Maryland received not one vote. If the NCAA uses these facts as a pretext to keep them out of the national tournament, a real wrong will have been done to them, and the season will end without anybody knowing who they are except the teams they have beaten.
The Terps return home tomorrow for a 6 pm game against Mount Saint Mary's. The Mount is 8-11 on the season. They have been a full victim of the long, cold winter, having had seven games postponed or outright cancelled. They are 2-2 in the Northeast Conference. The highlight of their season was an 8-2 win over Davidson back in February. They have also beaten Lehigh once and Central Connecticut State twice. They have four wins - two double-header wins on consecutive days - against the New York Institute of Technology. Their eleven losses include two against powerful Mississippi State, 13-1 and 10-1, and two each to Maryland-Eastern Shore and Central Connecticut. After beating Lehigh in Florida in February, they lost three straight to the Engineers in March. Their roster includes two graduate students who pitch.
And Maryland has something to play for in this game. Last season they managed to lose to the Mount.
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