What a day for Orioles' fans...
Early Thursday afternoon, it was announced that Buck Showalter would be the new manager for the O's...he'll be in the dugout Tuesday when the Birds return to Camden Yards.
Just a few hours later, Miguel Tejada was traded to the San Diego Padres.
And late Thursday night, the O's beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5 in 11 innings.
Honestly, the Orioles' organization completely exhausted me today...
Back to the game...
The O's went ahead 3-0 and seemed destined for a win on this monumental day in franchise history. Brian Matusz took a no-hitter into the fourth inning but quickly fell apart...Matusz left after 3 1/3 innings and was charged with five runs off two hits and four walks...Matusz is now tied with Jeremy Guthrie with the most losses (11) of the season for an O's pitcher.
The bullpen held the Royals scoreless through the final frames, with David Hernandez (5-7) picking up the win and Alfredo Simon earning his 15th save. Hernandez now leads the O's in wins...
I'll say this much for the Birds...they certainly battled back in this one. Down 5-3, the O's tacked on a run in the sixth and tied the game with a solo homer from Corey Patterson in the eighth. Ty Wigginton's sac fly in the 11th plated Brian Roberts and gave the O's the 6-5 lead...still, the O's went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position while stranding 11 men on base...good thing they were playing Kansas City.
The Birds try to make it two straight on Friday night. The consensus in the clubhouse seems to be to play hard for Juan Samuel, and send him back to third base coach on a high note. Jake Arrieta takes the mound for the O's...
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