Washinton/Baltimore MLB 11

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Hello guys. Going to be starting a franchise with the two home teams of Virginia, Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Nationals. I will be playing on All Star difficulty using knights opening day rosters. Played the Nationals game earlier in the week and lost 2-0 to the Braves. Will get the O's game up later today. Show some support as Jeremy Guthrie takes the mound against David Price of the Rays.

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THIS IS BIRDLAND

Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays
Jan 1,	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore (0-0)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	9	13	0
Tampa Bay (0-0)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	11	1
W: Guthrie (W, 1-0) L: Price (0-1) S: Uehara (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BAL	TAM

Baltimore Orioles
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Roberts, 2B	4	1	2	0	1	1		.500
Markakis, RF	3	1	1	0	2	1		.333
Lee, 1B	5	1	1	2	0	1		.200
Guerrero, DH	5	0	1	0	0	2		.200
Jones, CF	5	1	1	0	0	2		.200
Scott, LF	4	3	3	5	1	0		.750
Reynolds, 3B	5	1	1	0	0	2		.200
Wieters, C	4	0	1	2	0	3		.250
Hardy, SS	4	1	2	0	0	1		.500
TEAM TOTALS	39	9	13	9	4	13
BATTING: 2B: Scott(1), Wieters(1) HR: Scott 2, (2) RBI: Scott 5 (5), Lee 2 (2), Wieters 2 (2) GIDP: Jones (1), Lee (1)

Tampa Bay Rays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Zobrist, 2B	4	2	1	0	1	1		.250
Damon, LF	4	1	2	3	1	1		.500
Longoria, 3B	4	1	1	0	1	1		.250
Ramirez, DH	5	1	3	4	0	1		.600
Johnson, 1B	5	0	0	0	0	1		.000
Upton, CF	4	0	1	0	0	1		.250
Joyce, RF	4	0	0	0	0	2		.000
Brignac, SS	4	1	1	0	0	0		.250
Jaso, C	3	1	2	0	1	0		.667
TEAM TOTALS	37	7	11	7	4	8
BATTING: 2B: DAMON 2 (2) HR: RAMIREZ (1) RBI: DAMON 3 (3), RAMIREZ 4 (4) GIDP: UPTON (1)
FIELDING: E: BRIGNAC (1)

Baltimore Orioles
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Guthrie (W, 1-0)	7.0	7	2	2	2	6		2.57
Johnson (H, 1)	1.2	4	5	5	2	1		27.00
Uehara (S, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1		0.00

Tampa Bay Rays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Price (L, 0-1)	6.0	10	4	4	1	7		6.00
Cruz	1.0	0	0	0	1	2		0.00
McGee	1.0	0	0	0	0	2		0.00
Russell	1.0	3	5	5	2	2		45.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	13	9	9	4	13

The O's squeaked out a win here on opening day. Jeremy Guthrie pitched 7 solid innings only allowing 2 runs while walking 2 and striking out 6. However Jim Johnson would give the O's a scare as he allowed 5 runs to come in one of them being a 4 run shot by Manny Ramirez. However in the bottom on the ninth with 2 out Uehara would replace Johnson and get the final out. Join us tomorrow as the O's continue their gameplay in Tampa as Chris Tillman is scheduled to go up against James Shields. First pitch is at 1:00 PM EST.

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Game froze had to restart. O's ended up winning 18-5 this time.

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Froze yet again Last time restarting. Won 10-3

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4-2-11
Game 2

THIS IS BIRD LAND

Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays
Jan 1,	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore (1-0)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	8	15
Tampa Bay (0-1)	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		4	8	0
W: Berken (W, 1-0) L: Russell (L, 0-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BAL	TAM
TAM	1	Zobrist hits a home run (1) to left	0	1
BAL	3	Roberts doubles (1) to right. Hardy scores	1	1
BAL	3	Guerrero hits a home run (2) to right. Roberts scores.	3	1
TAM	3	Johnson singles to center. Damon scores.	3	2
TAM	3	Joyce Walks. Longoria scores.	3	3
BAL	8	Jones homers (1) to center. Scott scores.	5	3
TAM	8	Joyce homers (1) to right.	5	4
BAL	9	Markakis doubles(2) to right. Roberts scores.	6	4
BAL	9	Lee homers (1) to left. Markakis scores.	8	4

Baltimore Orioles
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Roberts, 2B	5	2	2	1	0	2		.333
Markakis, RF	5	1	3	1	0	0		.556
Lee, 1B	5	1	1	2	0	2		.250
Guerrero, DH	5	1	4	2	0	0		.778
Scott, LF	5	1	1	0	0	1		.111
Jones, CF	4	1	2	2	0	0		.286
Reynolds, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0		.222
Wieters, C	4	0	0	0	0	1		.250
Hardy, SS	3	1	1	0	1	0		.429
TEAM TOTALS	40	8	15	8	1	6
BATTING: 2B: Roberts (1), Markakis (2), Guerrero (1) HR: Jones (1), Guerrero (2), Lee (1) RBI: Roberts (1), Jones 2 (3), Markakis (2), Guerrero 2 (6), Lee 2 (3) GIDP: Reynolds (1)
BASERUNNING: SB: Markakis (1), Reynolds (1)
FIELDING: E: Reynolds (1)

Tampa Bay Rays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Zobrist, 2B	5	1	2	1	0	2		.400
Damon, LF	5	1	1	0	0	2		.200
Longoria, 3B	3	1	1	0	1	0		.143
Ramirez, DH	3	0	0	0	1	1		.143
Johnson, 1B	3	0	1	1	1	1		.286
Upton, CF	4	0	0	0	0	1		.000
Joyce, RF	3	1	2	2	1	1		.333
Shoppach, C	4	0	0	0	0	0		.000
Brignac, SS	4	0	1	0	0	3		.375
TEAM TOTALS	34	4	8	4	4	11
BATTING: 2B: Zobrist (1) HR: Zobrist (1), Joyce (1) RBI: Zobrist (1), Johnson (2), Joyce 2 (2) GIDP: Upton (1), Shoppach (1)

Baltimore Orioles
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tillman	6.0	7	3	3	4	7		4.50
Berken (W, 1-0)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1		0.00
Gregg	1.0	1	1	1	0	1		4.50
Accardo	1.0	0	0	0	0	2		0.00

Tampa Bay Rays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Shields	6.0	9	3	3	1	6		4.50
Russell (L, 0-1)	2.0	2	2	2	0	0		9.00
McGee	0.2	3	3	3	0	0		40.50
Ramos	0.1	1	0	0	0	0		20.25

Tillman pitched a mediocre game giving up 3 runs on 7 hits. The O's blasted the Rays bullpen in the eighth and ninth innings stretching the lead out to four. Accardo came in the ninth and shut the door to secure the Orioles second straight victory. The birds will go for the sweep tomorrow as Brian Matusz is scheduled to take on Wade Davis.

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Game kept on freezing so I finally bought MLB 12. In debate on using these same two teams again. Will post later

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Decided to just stick with the Baltimore Orioles seeing how they do sponsor the local AAA team here in Virginia, the Norfolk Tides. Anyway here are the stats from opening day. Please enjoy and I apologize for this being so bland as I do not know how to take screen shots or post real life pictures yet to add to realism.

4-6-12 THIS IS BIRDLAND!

Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles
Apr 6, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (0-0)	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	6	1
Baltimore (0-0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
W: Pavano (W, 1-0) L: Arrieta (L, 0-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			MIN	BAL

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
SPAN, CF	5	0	2	0	0	0		.400
CARROLL, SS	2	1	0	0	2	0		.000
MAUER, C	3	0	1	0	1	0		.333
MORNEAU, DH	4	0	0	0	0	1		.000
WILLINGHAM, LF	3	1	1	1	1	1		.333
DOUMIT, RF	3	2	1	2	1	0		.333
VALENCIA, 3B	4	1	1	1	0	0		.250
PARMELEE, 1B	2	0	0	1	1	0		.000
PLOUFFE, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0		.000
TEAM TOTALS	30	5	6	5	6	2
BATTING: 2B: SPAN 3B: VALENCIA HR: DOUMIT RBI: WILLINGHAM, DOUMIT 2, VALENCIA, PARMELEE SF: PARMELEE GIDP: MORNEAU, DOUMIT
BASERUNNING: SB: CARROLL
FIELDING: E: DOUMIT

Baltimore Orioles
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
REIMOLD, LF	2	0	0	0	1	1		.000
HARDY, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1		.250
MARKAKIS, RF	4	0	0	0	0	0		.000
JONES, CF	3	0	0	0	1	0		.000
WIETERS, C	3	0	1	0	0	0		.333
BETEMIT, DH	3	0	0	0	0	0		.000
REYNOLDS, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0		.000
DAVIS, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0		.000
ANDINO, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0		.000
TEAM TOTALS	28	0	2	0	2	2
BATTING: 2B: HARDY, WIETERS HBP: REIMOLD GIDP: JONES, BETEMIT

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
PAVANO (W, 1-0)	6.0	1	0	0	2	2		0.00
BURNETT (H,1)	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
BURTON	1.0	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	2	0	0	2	2

Baltimore Orioles
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
ARRIETA (L, 0-1)	6.0	5	5	5	3	1		7.50
STROP	1.0	1	0	0	2	1		0.00
AYALA	1.0	0	0	0	1	0		0.00
O'DAY	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	6	5	5	6	2

As we can see not a great day for the Orioles as we took the loss 5-0. Jake Arrieta just didn't have the goods to shut down the Minnesota Twins' offense. He gave up the 5 runs in 6 innings of work, walking 3 and only striking out 1 Twin. The bullpen was strong allowing just 1 hit, walking 3, and striking out 1 other Twin. However the five runs the Twins pushed were against Arrieta. Carl Pavano worked 6 strong innings as well giving up only 1 hit, walking 2, and striking out 2 as well. Their bullpen shut down the O's as well. On with game 2 as Tommy Hunter takes on Francisco Liriano.