The Bird is the Word- A Baltimore Orioles MLB 11 The Show Franchise

[osubeavs721]

I just want to give another author's note. I have just found the sportscast manager for the sim... I started it with the Yankee's series. Simmed the first two games. I love it, because I can still control the team. So the simmed games' recaps should be detailed as the ones I play from here on out.

And a quick thanks to everyone still reading. I appreciate it!

[enyc718]

I'm following! Enjoying the read and all the stats. Keep it up.

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Series Review

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Game 1

Tex's Grand Slam breaks O's back

Troy Patton finally came back down to earth tonight. The rookie pitched five innings giving up four runs on eight hits. He walked four and struck out two. His first two innings weren't to bad but then for three consecutive innings he gave up runs. In the third, Robinson Cano drove in Russell Martin with a single, 1-0. The fourth inning Gardner singled to center and Andruw Jones scored, 2-0. A-Rod hit a solo shot in the fifth, then Swisher singled and Posada hit a double scoring Swisher, 4-0. The Birds started to fight back in the bottom of the fifth. Matt Wieters scored on a JJ Hardy double and then Hardy scored on a Felix Pie double, 4-2. Patton was pulled for Alfredo Simon in the sixth. Simon loaded the bases up and pitched his way out in that sixth inning. Jeremy Accardo got the call for the seventh inning. Accardo gave up a single and then walked two, loading the bases for Mark Teixeira. If you remember Teixeira hit a homerun in the tenth inning of the O's only loss to the Yanks in New York. Well today he was in an 0-2 count after fouling off four straight pitches, on the fifth he went yard for the grand slam. Baltimore would add two more in the eighth, but it was to little too late. Yanks take the opener 8-4.
The bullpen has been the achilles heel this year, this was was the third straight loss where the bullpen was the cause. There has been no word from the front office if they will try to make a move for relief help or not. NY starter Freddy Garcia netted his second win by going seven and a third innings with only two walks and striking out seven.

NYY at BAL - Camden Yards- Baltimore, MD
Apr 22, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Yankees (11-8)	0	0	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	8	13	0
Baltimore Orioles (13-7)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	8	0
W: Garcia 2-1 L: Patton 2-1 S: Soriano, 2

Player of the Game

Mark Teixeira
1-5 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI

Notables

Baltimore
Derrek Lee- 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Brian Roberts- 2-4 1 R, 1 SB
Troy Patton- L, 5.0 IP 8 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 2 K

New York
Mark Teixeira 1-5 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI
Alex Rodriguez- 1-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Jorge Posada- 3-5, 2 2B, 1 RBI
Freddy Garcia- W, 7.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 7 K

Game 2

Homer Happy O's Power Past Yanks, 9-2

Derrek Lee led the homerun parade. He started off in the first inning with a two shot blast driving in Brian Roberts. In the third inning Vlad Guerrero led off with a double and Mark Reynolds promptly crushed a homer to left. In the bottom of the fourth Derrek Lee hit his second homer of the game, this time a solo shot. After Vlad doubled again after Betances, Joe Girardi pulled him after three and a third. Andrew Brackman was his replacement. The fourth pitch he threw to Luke Scott, he bombed a shot to right field scoring Vlad and hitting his first homer of the year and the O's fourth and final in the game. At that point they led 8-0 through four. After Adam Jones singled in the seventh, he stole second. Brian Roberts then doubled to score Jones.
"I'm loving that duo right now. Adam (Jones) hitting ninth has given us more opportunities to score, because Brian (Roberts) is such as good hitter." Manager Showalter on Jones and Roberts' play this year.
Now the offense shouldn't get all of the attention tonight. Starter Jeremy Guthrie went the whole nine yards. His first seven innings were scoreless and he only gave up one hit through those seven. New York added four hits and two runs in the final two innings but Guthrie walked one of those runs in. "He was masterful tonight, he's pitching like a top of the rotation guy. I'm glad he's ours" Showalter said about Guthrie's performance.

NYY at BAL - Camden Yards- Baltimore, MD
Apr 23, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Yankees (11-9)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	0
Baltimore Orioles (14-7)	3	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	X	9	19	1
W: Guthrie 2-0 L: Betances 0-2

Player of the Game

Derrek Lee
2-5 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI


Notables

Baltimore
Derrek Lee 2-5 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI
Vladimir Guerrero- 2-5 2 R, 2 2B
Brian Roberts- 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SB, 1 RBI
Adam Jones- 2-4, 1 R, 1 SB
Jeremy Guthrie- W, CG, 9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K

New York
Brett Gardner- 1-3, 1 RBI
Dellin Betances- L, 3.1 IP, 12 H, 7 ER, 3 K

Game 3

Bullpen Woes Continue, Yanks Take Rubber Match in 9th

The Orioles killer did it again. The hometown kid Mark Teixeira hit another big homerun to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth. Brian Matusz left the game with a 3-1 lead. He pitched very good game, going seven innings with one earned run on four hits with seven strikeouts. He was poised to win his fourth game of the year. Kevin Gregg gave up a solo homerun to Andruw Jones in the eighth, it seemed harmless. Then in the top of the ninth closer Koji Uehara came in to presumably save the game for the O's. As Dana Carvey would say doing his George Bush Sr. impersonation "Not gonna do it". Teixeira hit the first pitch Uehara threw, a slider that didn't break inside, tied game, blown save. Then the wheels came off, Uehara gave up four more runs by the time Jim Johnson was warm. Johnson gave up the sixth run of the inning after he bobbled a Jeter dribbler (scored an E1). The Yankees pulled Sabathia in the seventh and brought in the lefty side arm thrower Pedro Feliciano. He shut the Birds down. Adam Jones did get a two run homer in the bottom of the ninth but it wasn't enough. The damage had already been done.
The glaring weakness in this ball club is the bullpen. It's becoming more and more evident every close game the O's play in. There is a feeling the bullpen is going to let the team down and it has. The reputation of this club right now is stay close, get to their pen and beat them late.

NYY at BAL - Camden Yards- Baltimore, MD
Apr 24, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Yankees (12-9)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	8	12	0
Baltimore Orioles (14-8)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	5	10	1
W: Feliciano 2-1 L: Uehara 0-1

Player of the Game

Mark Teixeira
2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI

Notables

Baltimore
Adam Jones- 2-4, 1 R, 2 SB, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Matt Wieters- 1-4 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Brian Matusz- ND, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 7 K

New York
Mark Teixeira- 2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Andruw Jones- 3-5 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Alex Rodriguez- 2-4 1 3B, 1 RBI
CC Sabathia- ND, 6.0 IP 8 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Roster Managment News

Closer Koji Uehara has been relieved of his duties. Mike Gonzalez will take over the closer job. Kevin Gregg will stay as the setup man. Uehara will be relegated to middle relief. There is also a rumor, at the end of the month the O's will call up veteran RP Mark Hendrickson from AAA and option Jason Berken down to AAA. Hendrickson has a 3.12 ERA in 8.2 IP and a 0.58 WHIP, so far this season. The rumor was provided by an un-named source in the O's front office.

Next Update will have the Series Preview for the Red Sox.

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Series Preview
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Pitching Probables

Game 1
vs
Buchholz - Arrieta__
3-1 - 2-0

Game 2
vs
____Lackey - Duchscherer
1-0 - 2-1

Game 3
vs
Matsuzaka - Patton___
0-1 - 2-1

Team Stats Comparison


Team Stats
BOS -Stat- BAL
11-11 -Record- 14-8
5.02 -Team ERA- 3.62
.289 -Team AVG- .304

Team Leaders
_BOS -Stat- BAL
Ellsbury .360 -AVG- Hardy .347
_Crawford/Gonzalez 5 -HR- Guerrero/Reynolds 7
Youkilis 21 -RBI- Lee 22__


Boston comes into Baltimore on a game four losing streak. The O's look to add on to that streak. Baltimore is the besting hitting team in the MLB right now and Boston's staff is sorely lacking behind. They have the 24th best team ERA in the MLB. Meanwhile Boston's bats keep them in any game with their team AVG being third best in the majors. The Buchholz - Arrieta match up should be a very good game and it should be a pitcher's duel. In game two savvy vets John Lackey and Justin Duchsherer face off and again the game should be a good one. While Lackey is more heralded, Duchscherer has pitched better this year. Dice K and Troy Patton take the mound in game three. Which Troy Patton will show up? First Yankees start or second Yankees start? If it's the first game, Patton will push the O's to victory. If it's the later, then we are in for a very offensive game. The key factor in any Orioles game now is the bullpen. Can the Orioles get to Mike Gonzalez quickly? They may need their starters to go eight innings. Which is an extremely tall order and pressure on them. Look for Showalter to be patient with his starters over pulling them for a bullpen arm.

Prediction

I think Baltimore wins two of three. Game one is the one up in the air. The if Arrieta wins his start the O's have the ability to sweep the series. I don't know if you can say that for Boston if Buchholz wins. I'd put my money on Duchsherer and Patton to win their matchups. The big key is the bullpen in this series, it can't be stressed enough. Look for Baltimore get back on track with another series win.

Injury Report

Neither Team has any injuries at the Major League Level.

AL East Update

MLB Standings - Updated: Apr 25, 2011
AL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Baltimore Orioles	14	8	-	127	85
New York Yankees	13	9	1.0	123	124
Tampa Bay Rays	13	10	1.5	137	131
Boston Red Sox	11	11	3.0	139	116
Toronto Blue Jays	7	15	7.0	95	122

With the series win in Baltimore, the Yankees move within a game out of first in the division. Tampa Bay took care of Toronto by sweeping their three game series and Boston dropped all four games out in the city of angels. Boston is of course in Baltimore. New York starts a home stand with four games against the White Sox. The Rays take their three game winning streak into Minnesota for a three game set and the Blue Jays go to Arlington, TX for four.

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Series Review

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Game 1

Arrieta Pitches Gem, O's Shutout Sox, 2-0

As expected game one was a pitcher's duel and Jake Arrieta out pitched and out shined Clay Buchholz. Arrieta pitched seven scoreless innings. He gave up seven hits, one walk and struck out five. The O's scored in the first after Markakis singled and then stole second, allowing Vladimir Guerrero to single, scoring Markakis. The other run came in the sixth inning when Mark Reynolds hit a solo shot to left field. That was the end of the scoring. Buchholz also pitched seven innings. He gave up the two runs on ten hits and he struck out two. Arrieta was tired at the end of the seventh but pitched his way out of a first and third jam. Setup man Kevin Gregg earned his seventh hold of the year by pitching a scoreless eighth and new closer Mike Gonzalez closed down the ninth, completed the team shutout and garnered his third save of the year.

BOS at BAL - Camden Yards- Baltimore, MD
Apr 26, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston Red Sox (11-12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Baltimore Orioles (15-8)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	10	0
W: Arrieta 3-0 L: Buchholz 3-2 S: Gonzalez, 3

Player of the Game

Jake Arrieta
W, 7.0 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K

Notables

Baltimore
Mark Reynolds 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Vladimir Guerrero- 1-3 1 RBI
Jake Arrieta- W, 7.0 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K

Boston
Jacoby Ellsbury- 1-4, 1 2B
Clay Buchholz- L, 7.0 IP, 10 H, 2 ER, 2 K

Game 2

Sox Bats Wake Up, Bludgeon O's 10-3

Starter Justin Duchscherer only lasted three and two thirds innings giving up seven runs on five hits walking six while only striking out one. Carl Crawford killed the O's today. He went 4-5 scoring two runs and in the fourth inning the bases were loaded and Crawford hit a bases clearing triple. Not only did the pitching suffer today, the bats were silenced too. They did get ten hits but they could never get a hit to get runs on the board. Jim Johnson came in for three innings. A run was given up but it wasn't an earned run. Kevin Youkilis hit a home run in the ninth off of Jason Berken to put more salt in the wound. Duchscherer looked terrible today. He had no control what so ever. Six walks was by far the most by any Orioles pitcher this year. In AAA Zach Britton threw a no hitter, the only base runner was a walk. We'll keep an eye to see if the team decides to bring up Britton over Bergesen first this year. Though there are no rumors at all of sending Duchsherer down. The club officially said "We are set in our rotation right now, even with a rough outing today its only one game."
We are told they are looking for bullpen help via trade.

BOS at BAL - Camden Yards- Baltimore, MD
Apr 27, 2011		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston Red Sox (12-12)	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	2	10	14	0
Baltimore Orioles (15-9)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	10	1
W: Lackey 2-0 L: Duchsherer 2-2

Player of the Game

Carl Crawford
4-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 SB, 3 RBI

Notables

Baltimore
Brian Roberts- 2-4 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SB
Vladimir Guerrero- 3-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Justin Duchsherer- L, 3.2 IP, 5 H, 7 ER, 6 BB, 1 K

Boston
Carl Crawford- 4-5, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 SB, 1 BB, 3 RBI
Kevin Youkilis- 1-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Dustin Pedroia- 2-4, 3 R, 1 2B,
John Lackey- W, 8.0 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 5 K

Game 3

Dice K Dominate's O's, Sox Game and Series

Even though Troy Patton pitched a solid seven innings and only gave up three runs, it wasn't enough. Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched six and a third innings of great baseball and when he gave up a couple of hits in the seventh, Red Sox Manager Terry Francona pulled him for fire baller Daniel Bard who shut down the rest of the inning. Patton gave up a first inning run but the O's got it back in the fourth when Matt Wieters doubled and JJ Hardy doubled right after him to score Wieters. That was the only consecutive hits the Birds could muster all game. Dice K lived up to the name by striking out six. The offense was a no show and especially late against Bard and Jenks. Then Papelbon in the ninth went three up and three down. The good news for Baltimore is that Jeremy Accardo came in the eighth and ninth and pitched two very good scoreless innings. Baltimore loses its second series of the year and it was the first time all year they lost consecutive games. In the last ten games Baltimore has a 4-6 record.

BOS at BAL - Camden Yards- Baltimore, MD
Apr 28, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston Red Sox (13-12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	8	0
Baltimore Orioles (15-10)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
W: Matsuzaka 1-1 L: Patton 2-2 S: Papelbon, 5

Player of the Game

Daisuke Matsuzaka
W, 6.1 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 6 K

Notables

Baltimore
JJ Hardy- 3-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Troy Patton- L, 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K

Boston
Adrian Gonzalez- 2-4 1 RBI
Daisuke Matsuzaka- W, 6.1 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 6 K


Program Note:
The Next Update will be the White Sox series preview. The end of the month happens to end in the middle of the series. The end of the month update will be after the series review.

[alldaypeterson]

Hey I love how this is going and would like to do one of my own. How do you get all the cool graphics and box scores loaded up and the players pictures and just everything. Is there a website that helps do this?

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Quote: Originally Posted by alldaypeterson

Hey I love how this is going and would like to do one of my own. How do you get all the cool graphics and box scores loaded up and the players pictures and just everything. Is there a website that helps do this?

thank you.

http://dynasties.operationsports.com/ is where all the tables are at. OS's Pujols4MVP has designed all of them and is the master of all things tables.

The pics are just from google images. Make sure you use the advanced editor in replies and two icons from the link make button there is an insert image button, click that paste the image url in there and whala. when you get the image url right click on the pic that you want and select "copy image location" if using firefox like me dont use not "copy link location" and it should display the pic.

If you have any other questions just PM me

[alldaypeterson]

Thanks man, I think I am going to start my brew crew chise tomorrow. Hopefully it will be half as good as yours.