I think interleague play in Major League Baseball is awesome. Here’s 3 highlights from some incredible games last night!

The Mets should have taken game 1 of the Subway Series

Boston edges Philly in 13

1st place Rangers shut out 1st place Dodgers

Convinced yet?

I’m a die hard O’s fan, I live and die with them. I was loving life a couple weeks ago when the Orioles were doing everything right and now I’m dreading covering the team for BSR.

Image Courtesy of the Baltimore Sun

What is going on?
Are there any signs of life in the Oriole clubhouse?

It’s a building season. I know. But the way the Birds are losing makes the situation even more frustrating.

Dave Trembley is clearly upset, but he doesn’t really seem to have an answer for the problem

Baltimore hasn’t scored more than 4 runs in a game since they put up 7 against Detroit on May 29. They’ve scored just 19 runs in the past 11 games (1.72 per game).

Melvin Mora hasn’t had an RBI in 24 games and hasn’t homered in 30 games.

In June the O’s have been outscored 53-19 and have been shut out twice.

O’s Averages in June:
Brian Roberts: .210
Adam Jones: .242
Nick Markakis: .219
Aubrey Huff: .185
Melvin Mora: .182
Luke Scott: .242
Matt Wieters: .250
Robert Andino: .250
Nolan Reimold: .280

That pretty much says it all.

The O’s have to turn things around. It’s gotten to the point where the Birds need to do anything to change things up. Bend Sherrill’s brim, shave Luke Scott’s head, pull the socks up — change something.

It’s kind of becoming an every night occurrence.

(Sigh)

I feel like everyone is down. I’m searching and searching for something good about this game.

…Matt Wieters had a couple hits.
…B-Rob has had a double 4 nights in a row.
…We tied the Braves in hits.
…28,469 showed up That was mostly Hotlanta fans…

I’ve got nothing.

Jason Berken has looked a little shaky. He’s now 1-3 with a 7.32 ERA after his 4.1 innings and 4 earned runs.

Three O’s relievers that I don’t trust pitched during this game. Matt Albers, Alberto Castillo, and Mark “I should’ve stayed in the NBA” Hendrickson. Castillo allowed a run and Hendrickson allowed two.

The O’s bats just aren’t working. I like how they started the game: Roberts had a double and stole 3rd. He was later driven in my Adam Jones, but they haven’t scored more than 3 runs in 10 of their last 11.

Is anybody alive in the O’s clubhouse?

Check out Luke’s entry from June 1st.

Luke Scott’s Diary Archive

Unfortunately, the Orioles had lost 3 straight series finales and 8 of their last 9 overall going into last night’s game and hadn’t scored more than 3 runs in a game against the M’s this year.

So why should anything be any different?

The O’s took an early 2-0 lead when Luke Scott hit his 14th homerun of the season coming off of Garrett Olson. The former Oriole looked as though his early struggles would do him in, but in the end he had a better start than Koji.

In the 3rd inning the game went into a 27 minute rain delay and when the game resumed it was all down hill.

The M’s added 3 in the 3rd, 1 in the 5th, and 2 in the 7th.

This is just the wrong way to lose games.

I took the train into DC, driving there isn’t exactly pleasant. The green line drops you right off outside the park and it still has that “new look” to it.

Arriving to Nationals Park without a ticket is no problem. I walked up to the window on Monday for a game vs. the San Francisco Giants in which Tim Lincecum was the starting and had no problem purchasing $5 seats.

As I walked into Nationals Park I immediately noticed it’s open concourse layout. Having never attended an open concourse ballpark I was very interested to see how a stadium could be designed to watch the game from any where in the ballpark.

I enjoyed grabbing a dog and looking at Adam Dunn mis-play balls in the outfield at the same time.

Nationals Park is beautifully designed. Even though I’ve never been there I thought that navigating around the stadium was a piece of cake.

The food at the park was just like any other stadium, but everything was themed with an American/President name.

Of course, one of the most exciting parts of watching the Nationals is the President’s race. If you haven’t heard, the Nats have George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt race each other in between innings. Teddy has never won a race, but it’s a hoot to cheer for him.

Overall, Nationals Park is definitely worth the trip. If you get to see the O’s battle the Nats during interleague I’m sure it would back the game more enjoyable, but the stadium is definitely worth checking out.

Jeremy fell to 4-6 with the loss in his 6 inning, 6 hit, 4 run outing.

But, it was Felix Hernandez that won the game for the M’s. Hernandez held the Orioles to just 1 run in 7 innings. The run scored when Brian Roberts drove in Matt Wieters with an RBI single in the 5th.

Both Roberts and Wieters had good days at the plate (I like typing that). B-Rob was 3 for 4 with a lead off double and Matt was 2 for 4 with his second double of the year.

Tonight the O’s send Koji Uehara to the mound, fresh from the DL and Seattle counters with former Orioles’ pitcher Garrett Olson in the rubber game of the 3 game series at Camden.