Game 94 Recap-
The Detroit Tigers, picked by many to be the AL representative in the World series, hit 3 home runs, helping them defeat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 Thursday night in the 2nd half opener at Camden Yards in Maryland. DH Gary Sheffield, 3b Brandon Inge(2 run shot) & red hot LF Marcus Thames homered for the winners. Baltimore had 14 hits but was 4 for 11 with runners in scoring position, the Os have lost 8 of 9 and 9 straight one run decisions.
Young Orioles LH SP Garrett Olson(6-5,5.79) battled vs a solid Tigers batting order. Slumping and injury riddled DH Gary Sheffield homered in the 2nd with a runner on for a 2-0 Detroit lead. The Os rallied in the 2nd vs veteran Tigers LH Kenny Rogers(7-6,4.62) with 3b Melvin Mora(double) & C Ramon Hernandez(single) collecting rbi. The teams matched runs in the 3rd for a 3-3 score. Mora homered in the 4th for a brief Os lead.
Tigers 3b Brandon Inge hit a huge 2 run shot off of Olson with 2 outs in the 6th to make it 5-4 Detroit. Olson called it a night with 6 innings of work, 7 hits allowed & 5 runs against, he also walked 4 and struck out 5. Thames homered for an insurance run in the 7th vs RH Dennis Sarfate(4-1,3.45). The run became huge as the Os rallied vs shaky Tigers closer, veteran RH Todd Jones(4-0,4.82,17 saves). DH Aubrey Huff hit a deep drive to center for a sacrifice fly to make it 6-5. However, Jones got 1b Kevin Millar to ground out and get him in a close play at 1b for a 6-5 Tigers win.
Star of the Game-
Thames- 2 for 3, homer, double, walk,run,2 rbi plus the game winning hit
Orioles Notes-
Team is four games under .500(45-49) for the 1st time this season….CF Adam Jones has reached base in 17 consecutive games… Jones, Huff, Millar, Mora and LF Jay Payton all had 2 hits to lead the Os
Next Game-
Friday,7:05 Camden Yards
Orioles LH Jeremy Guthrie(5-7,3.49) vs Tigers RH Armando Galarrage(7-3,3.27)
